Began 1921. All full year series begin at #1 1921-71.
PNEUMATIC-TIRE TRUCKS:
1 TON 2 TONS 3 TONS 4 TONS OVER 4 TONS
1921 H3247
1922 H1-161
1923 H4-093
1924 H 3-905
1925 H13-766
1926 H12-584 P 24
1927 H 15-126 N 25
1928 H-19-252
1929 H-19-941 J-119
1930 H-11-822 J-5-979
1931 H-10-799 J-7-614 L-182
1932 H-11-276 J-2-878
1933 H-6-718 J-6-992
1934 H-4-336 J-9-077 L-866
1935 H-10-112 L-580
1936 H-9-836 J-10-379
1937 H-16-301 J-84
1938 H-6-081 J-8-716 L-1-888
1939 H-4-492 J-1-718
1940 H-13-608 J-9-653
1941 H-19-464 J-5-928 L-585
1942 H-18-601 J-6-111 N-151
1943 H-20-509 J-4-913 L-3-866 N-1-443
1944 TAB H-21-199 J-4-185 L-1-708 N- 268
1945 H-24-100 J-8-053
1946 H-21-680 J-13-079
1947 H-38-515 J-14-807 L-2-954 N-1-756 P6-6-873
1948 H-40-149 J-15-879 L-6-736 N-2-214
1949 H-53-430 J-10-028 N-1-036
1950 H-60-726 J-11-984
1951 H-67-578 J-11-479 N-6-489 P5-5-091
1952 H-74-025 J-11-533 L-5-435 N-2-023
1953 H-79-571 J-17-756 L-7-960 N-3-018 P5-4-090 - 6-567, P6-7-135, P7-9-040
1954 H-81-971 L-6-580 N-3-525 P5-5-287
1955 H 83-574 J-15-744 L-6-809 N-4-801
1956 H 90-008 J-4-346 L-6-697 N-6-297 P5-2-463
1957 H 95 803 J-15-199 L-6-842 N-6-249
1958 H 88 880 J-7-452 L-6-377 N-5-283 P7 11 892 - 14 210
1959 H 103 356 J-15-484 L-6-595 N-2-569 P5 3 412, P7 7 959
SOLID-TIRE TRUCKS: (Still listed 1944 except I; none seen after 1939)
1 TON 2 TONS 3 TONS 4 TONS OVER 4 TONS
1921 I 1098
1922 I1-708
1923
1924 I 1-541 K 503
1925 I 1-859
1926 O 80 Q 28
1927 I 76
1928 K-397
1929 I-370
1930 I-3
1931 K-100 M-105
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936 M-5
1937 I-5-139
1938 I-7-605
1939 I-1-179
1940
HALF-YEAR PNEUMATIC TIRE TRUCKS:
1 TON 2 TONS 3 TONS 4 TONS OVER 4 TONS
1935 H-54-967 L-50-286
1936 H-52-448
1937 (No H 1937 on)
1938 J-52-015
1939
1940 L-51-859
1941 N-51-969
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947 N-53-150 P5-50-823
1948 N-51-387
1949 L-51-537 N-53-934
1950 L3 50-077
1951 L3 50-705 N4-52-246
1952
1953 L3-50-038 P5-52-135
1954 P7-70-965
1955 P6-51-488 P7-70-130
1956 L3 32-464 N4-42-968 P5-52-366
1957 P7 72-753
1958 L3 31 724 N4 41 327 P7 70 913
1959 (No J issued) L3 30 025 P5 51 355
HALF-YEAR SOLID TIRE TRUCKS: (None seen)
WEIGHTS 1940 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7+ Tons (Solid Tire double rate)
WEIGHT CODES 1944 AND 1959 1959
H 1 TON P 5-001 5 TONS P 9 TONS
J 2 TONS P 6-001 6 TONS P 10 TONS
L 3 TONS P 7-001 7 TONS P Over 10 TONS (no weight embossed)
N 4 TONS P 8-001 8 TONS
VARIATIONS
1947: H-37-714 overstamp.
1951: H-14-004 stamped over C-47-586, H-26-683 also overstamp,
H-34-515 stamped over 1949 Half Year Trailer 4 Ton 40-218.
1955: 6" x 12 1/2" H-1 - H-80-463
6" x 12" H 82-794 - H 83-574 (781 P)
1960: H 45359 has 4 corner holes,
H 68403 - H 97599 have no corner holes.
WEIGHT CODES 1964-75
H = Payload capacity 1 ton, empty weight up to 4,000 lbs.
(Discontinued 1972, merged with passenger)
P = Payload capacity 1 ton, empty weight 4,001 - 5,000 lbs.
(Discontinued 1982, merged with passenger)
(P 1 - P 5000 assigned 1970, P 1 - P 9250 assigned 1973)
Truck = "2 TON" through "40 TON" (Discontinued 1982)
(1971-73 Full Year up to 69999, Half Year 70001 - 99999)
(1975 Full Year up to 99999, Half Year A1001 - Y9999)
H TRUCK PLATES OBSERVED
1960 H 97599
1961 H 93762
1962 H-98-220
1963 H105439
1964 H-96-168, HB-3880 (111,878)
1965 H-98-107, HC-2293 (119,290)(H-7595 hyphen format)
1966 H 99934, HD 1142 (127,138)
1967 H 95947, HD 8989 (134,985)
1968 H138196 (138,196)
1969 H 96517, HG 3899 (156,892)
1970 H 99822, HG 9202 (162,195)(H 1 - H 99999, HA 1001 - HF 9999 assigned)
1971 H 99018, HH 9478 (171,470)
P TRUCK PLATES OBSERVED (Seen: 1965 #H-531 = 1966 #P 531)
1966 P 531 - 1982 P100028 - P221538 (121,511)
1967 P 18 - P 4046 (4,029) 1983 P103832 - P202554 (98,723)
1968 P 531 - P 6353 (5,823) 1984 P104733 - P193340 (88,608)
1969 P 16 - P 4985 (4,970) 1985 P102954 - P195859 (92,906)
1970 P 531 - P 6335 (5,805) 1986 P100001 - P196276 (96,276)
1971 P 220 - P 4168 (3,949) 1987 P100001 - P197582 (97,582)
1972 P 1334 - P 6500 (5,167) 1988 P100001 - P184830 (84,830)
1973 P 1816 - P 14211 (12,396) 1989 P100001 - P177892 (77,892)
1974 P 1110 - P 21252 (20,143) 1990 P100001 - P190320 (90,320)
1975 P 2022 - P 25490 (23,469) 1991 P100001 - P192125 (92,125)
1976 P 1261 - P 28780 (27,520) 3/31/93 P100001 - P188836 (88,836)
1977 P 5632 - P 42219 (36,588) 3/31/94 P100001 - P173273 (73,273)
1978 P 2125 - P 48572 (46,448) 3/31/95 P100001 - P126092 (26,092)
1979 P 6132 - P 57581 (51,450)
1980 P 1052 - P 54004 (52,953) (3/31/95 "P" only issued to
1981 P 1017 - P 63192 (62,176) trucks over 16,000 lbs.)
VARIATIONS
1990: Type 1 - Painted border P100001 - P155515 (55,515)
Type 2 - No painted border P189313 - P190320 (1,008)
UNDATED GREEN/WHITE 1995-96 BASE
4/1/94 "3-95" PF10001 - PF98430 (88,430)
UNDATED RED/WHITE 1997-2016 BASE
4/1/96 "3-97" Type 1: Embossed P100955 - P392664 (291,710)
7/24/08 Type 2: Flat P393584 - P468727 (75,144) (P500300 reported)
(TOTAL 367,773)
PROPERTY CARRYING 2016-25 BASE Black, Blue and Red/White
5/1/15 "05 16" Type 1: LL box P503934 - P544342 (40,409)
2016 "AUG 17" Type 2: No LL box P551835 - P685392 (133,558)
Type 2a P802879 - P878264 (75,386)
(TOTAL 256,845)
HEAVY TRUCK PLATES OBSERVED 1 = Tons
1959: 1 to 10 Tons, Over 10 listed,
Half Year 3 to 10 Tons, Over 10.
1960-69: 1 to 27 Tons listed, Half Year 3 to 27 Tons.
1970-75: 2 to 40 Tons listed, Half Year 3 to 40 Tons.
FULL YEAR HALF YEAR
1959 10 15434
1960 P3-2-904 - 9 26212, J2 13851 P3 51104 - 20 93763
1961 P1-3-823 - 25 49950 (P2) P3 53031 - 26 94211
1962 P1-1-162 - 26 49757 (verify 2) P3 50101 - 26 98824
1963 P1-4-862 - 27 49828 (P2) P3 50033 - 21 80005
1964 P1-2 - 25 49828 P3 50105 - 27 87073
1965 P1-4 - 29 49962 P3 50134 - 24 78565
1966 1 1001 - 11 42079 3 62390 - 18 84613
1967 2 7628 - 33 59982 5 66550 - 29 93267
1968 2 7903 - 19 51564 6 68288 -
1969 2 8155 - 27 67566 3 70683 - 40 99925
1970 [2 6789]- 28 68558 4 74414 - 28 99635
1971 [2 6789]- 26 67573 [24 93801]- 28 98509
1972 2 6753 - 19 56576 4 72292 - 35 99664
1973 2 10723 - 33 69900 3 71191 - 29 99306
1974 2 13489 - 27 94990 3 A1915 - 28 Y8293
1975 2 10417 - 28 97289 3 A1107 -[40 Y9971]
1976 2 11029 - 28 95086 3 A1548 - 4 B2293
1977 2 15149 - 10 62269 9 G1954 - 18 T2085
1978 3 26966 - 26 91815 5 C1815 - 30 Y6848
1979 2 11722 - 18 74058 3 A1599 - 23 U4134
1980 2 7066 - 28 93774 3 A1622 - 27 Y3580
1981 2 6400 - 25 86713 6 D1169 - 25 U8965
LEGENDS ALL TRUCKS (Vertical "1TON" with no prefix = Trailer 1942-53)
1921-49 No legend (non-serif "I" 1922)
1950-61 Vertical "1TON" after letter prefix
1982, 1984 "EXP TRUCK 12/31" top, "19 SOUTH CAROLINA 82" bottom
1983, 1985-91"19 SOUTH CAROLINA 83" top, "EXP TRUCK 12/31" bottom
(No painted border 1990-93, painted border 1994)
1993-95 "19 SOUTH CAROLINA 93" top, "EXP TRUCK 3/31" bottom
1995-96 BASE, 1997-2016 BASE "SOUTH CAROLINA" top, "( ) TRUCK ( )" bottom
2016-25 BASE "Property Carrying" top, "( ) SOUTH CAROLINA ( )" bottom
LEGENDS H TRUCK 1962-71 AND P TRUCK 1966-81
1962-75 No legend
(1967 has "SOUTH CAROLINA 67" top, with
tall 1956-66 dies, unlike passenger)
(1968 has "1968" centered at bottom)
1976 "1776 BICENTENNIAL 1976" embossed top,
"SOUTH CAROLINA" embossed bottom
1977, 1979, 1981 "SOUTH CAROLINA" top, "1977" bottom
1978, 1980 "1978" top, "SOUTH CAROLINA" bottom
LEGENDS HEAVY TRUCK 1962-81
1962-65 Vertical "1TON" (etc.) after P prefix
1966-81 "1/TON" (etc.) left
1966 "SC TRUCK 66" bottom
1967 "SC TRUCK 67" top (tall 1956-66 dies)
1968-69, 1971-75,
1977, 1979, 1981 "SOUTH CAROLINA" top, "19 TRUCK 68" bottom
1970 "SOUTH CAROLINA" top, "1670 TRUCK 1970" bottom
1976 "SOUTH CAROLINA" bottom, "1776 TRUCK 1976" top
1978, 1980 "19 TRUCK 78" top, "SOUTH CAROLINA" bottom
LEGENDS HALF-YEAR TRUCK 1935-81
1935-55 "SC APRIL 30 35"
1956-69 "SC-APRIL 30TH-56"
1970 "1670 APRIL 30TH 1970"
1971 "19 APRIL 30TH 71"
1972-78 "19 MAY 15TH 72"
1979-81 "JUNE 30TH"
COLORS 1976-2016 All are Fully Reflective.
1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 3-31-1993 Blue/White
1977, 1981, 1985, 1989, 3-31-1994, 1997-2016 BASE Red/White
1978, 1982, 1986 1995-96 BASE Green/White
1979, 1983, 1987, 1990 Black/White
1991 Brown/White
3-31-1995 "P" Black/Light Green
