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MONTANA TRUCK PLATES
Began 1922. Numbers assumed to begin at 1 all years.
1922 T-6601
1923 T-5447
1924 T-8786
1925 T-12394 (5-digit has hyphen dovetailed under "T")
1926 T-14-787
1927 T-17239 (T-1-000 - T-14-700 have 2 hyphens; 15,000 initially ordered)
1928 T19-824 (Verify 3-digit)
1929 T24-218 (T9-29 seen)
1930 T25-480 (T-990, T2-060 seen)
1931 T20-569 (T1-04, T 1-820 seen)
1932 T20-516 (T2-32, T7-730 seen)
1933 T23-281 (T-37, T5-265 seen, verify 3-digit)
1934-56 FORMATS 1-T1 - 9-T9999 County codes also
10-T1 - 56-T999 on tabs 1943-66.
1939 10T1000+ added (Verify 1946, 1949 Adams)
(No hyphen 1939-44, 1949 Prison, 1953)
(Hyphen dovetailed under "T" 1945, 1948)
(Hyphen or no hyphen 1950-51, 1955)
VARIATIONS
1941-46: Long dash on 3-5-figures, short hyphen on 6-figures.
1944: Embossed steel, map outline, "MONTANA - 44" bottom.
(Fiberboard also reported)
1949: S.G. Adams dies, or Montana dies.
1950-55: Long dash followed by short hyphen, i.e. 1--T-2732.
1953: Some have no 2nd hyphen.
1955-56: Some are Black/Bright Red (28-T-3, 28-T-7, 28-T-18,
32-T-10, 43-T-9, 47-T-4, 54-T-46, 0-T-000, 11T1111),
thought to be for trucks subject to the G.V.W. fee.
Normal White/Dark Red (28-T-4, 45-T-8, 47-T574, 54-T609,
counties 1-9,13-14,16-20,25-31,34-37,39,41-47,52,54-56).
1957-58 FORMATS 1/ T 1 - 9/ T9999
1/0 T 1 - 5/6 T9999
1959-75 FORMATS 1-1 - 9-9999 "TRUCK" legend top
10-1 - 56-9999 in place of slogan.
1964 3-11291
1976-91 BICENTENNIAL BASE No I,O,Q,R used.
1976 "JUN 76" 1T-1 - 9T-99999
1981 "JAN 82" 10T-A1 - 10T-Z999 added
1988 "9 89" 3T-A1 - 3T-B3211 added (13,210 P)
1989 "10 90" 13T-1A1 - 13T-2E11 added (2,585 P)(only 1-2 used)
32T-1A1 - 32T-1F33 added (528 P)
Letter series seen: (11T-9993)
3T-B5324, 10T-E752, 12T-T765, 13T-Z715, 14T-G727, 15T-X811,
16T-J922, 17T-E555, 18T-D162, 19T-C680, 20T-F20, 22T-J274,
25T-B199, 26T-B684, 27T-S821, 29T-H20, 30T-B247, 31T-A828,
32T-1F33, 35T-F502, 38T-J782, 49T-K945, 51T-B279, 56T-U121
1988-96 CENTENNIAL BASE No I,O,Q used.
Jan.87 "1 88" 1TAA1 - 9TAC999 Optional, extra-cost
10TAA1 - 56TAF99 issue.
Error hyphen: 6T-AA589, 55T-AA13
1991-2001 SKY BLUE BASE No I,O,Q,R,V used.
1-2-91 "7 91" 1T-1A - 9T-9999Z
10T-1A - 56T-999Z
1996 "6 97" 13T-1AA - 13T-5GE added (12,875 P)
1998 "2 99" 15T-1AA - 15T-75BZ added (4,134 P)
2001-06 BIG SKY BASE No I,O,P,S,U,V,W,Y,Z seen.
3-1-2000 1T-A1 - 9T-Z9999
10T-A1 - 56T-Z999 (15T-Q2 - 15T-Q601 seen 2003)
13T-AA1 - 13T-BY69 added (4,425 P w/o I,O,Q)
Truck plates discontinued 2006; replaced by passenger plates.
PLATE COLORS WINDSHIELD STICKER COLORS
1955-56 BASE White/Red or 1947 Black/Green & White
Black/Red 1952 (Same as passenger)
TAB COLORS All have 0T0000 or 00T000 format.
1954 Red/Aluminum 1960, 1966 Light Blue/Yellow
1956, 1958 White/Aluminum 1961, 1964 Yellow/Black
1962, 1965 Yellow/Light Blue
PLATE STICKER COLORS
1969 Black/Yellow (Sideways "TRUCK" left)
1971 Green & Black/White ("TRUCK" bottom)
1972, 1974 (Same as passenger) ("T72" or "T74")