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Texas: Truck-Commercial

TEXAS COMMERCIAL/TRUCK PLATES
Ch. 75 P 3/14/1923.  Commercial registration would have started with
the 1924 seal, as numerous 1923 San Antonio Express advertisements
from May 20 to June 22 soliciting bids for new plates and seals
included 100,000 "commercial motor vehicle seals" in addition to
700,000 motor vehicle seals.  The Austin American-Statesman
reported on June 21, 1923, that "The board did not buy 100,000
commercial motor vehicle seals as had been advertised.  It was
decided not to buy these commercial seals at the present time."

Commercial plates began 1925, became Truck 1945.  Farm began 1934.
Palmer has all county assignments 1925-75.
Amounts manufactured in ( ), if higher than assignments.
 
1928 WEIGHT CLASSES
1    1,000 -  6,000 lbs.
2    6,001 -  8,000 lbs.
3    8,001 - 10,000 lbs.
4   10,001 - 12,000 lbs.
5   12,001 - 14,000 lbs.
6   14,001 - 16,000 lbs.
7   16,001 - 22,000 lbs.
8   22,001 + lbs.

                INITIAL   SUPPLE.   OBSERVED  ADMINISTRATION
1925        1 -  75-000    80-000    99-765         none
1926        1 -  90-700    91-960   113-055         none
1927        1 - 118-300             137-820         none
1928  C1M   1 - 100-000             141-199          350
      C2M   1 -   8-000              14-359          250
      C3M   1 -   3-000               4-548, 048     150
      C4M   1 -     400      (600)    2-314         none
      C5M                    (200)      865
      C6M                     (50)
      C7M                     (50)
      C8M                    (100)
1929        1 - 158-300  (200-000)  198-347        1-000
1930        1 - 175-000             224-400        1-000
1931        1 - 225-500             245-739        1-500
1932    2-001 - 239-150  (250-000)  246-722         none
1933        1 - 239-000             231-791       (Exempt
1934        1 - 215-000             217-049        began
1935        1 - 160-000             183-718        1932)
1936        1 - 168-000             207-872

1937      501 - 174-000             227-470
1938        1 - 204-000  (220-000)  212-525
1939        1 - 208-300  (230-000)  239-626
1940        1 - 215-850             249-312
1941  300-001 - 528-650             556-828
1942  300-001 - 550-000   564-000   574-205


1943-51 FORMAT       M/A  10 - P/Z 9999       No G,I,O,Q,W used.*
1943-44 are tabs.                             *W added 1951.

       INITIAL   SUPPLE.   OBSERVED            TOTAL OF EACH
1943   NA 6469             MY 5570      216,250             195,371
1944   MZ 7259             MZ 2578      207,050             202,369
1945   MY 9849             NB 5899      199,650             225,670
1946   NA 2899   NE 6799   NH 5920      212,680   256,540   275,641
1947   NB 7349             NK 8699      227,120             298,400
1948   NL 2149             NR 1021      301,840             340,672
1949   NT 5399             NY 3954      365,030             403,545
1950   NR 2749             NY 7723      342,400             407,314
1951   NW 6949             NZ 9423      406,540             438,984


1952-72 FORMAT    1A   10 - 7Z 9999    No G,I,O,Q used.
2Z omitted 1955-60.                    Prefix stacked 1952-55.
                                       Star hyphen added 1957-72.

       INITIAL  SUPPLE.  OBSERVED              TOTAL OF EACH
1952   2Z 1099           2Z 6911        430,660               436,472
1953   2Y 8699           3D 3146        428,270               472,667
1954   2X 6674           3F 3298        416,255               492,799
1955   3B 1699  3R 3599  3R 3998        441,250    563,030    563,429
1956   3E 5299  3T-724   3T-9597        474,820    580,135    589,008
1957   3T-5349  3Z-9999  3Y-7713        584,760    649,350    637,074
1958   3U-9999  4A-149   3V-9761        599,400    649,490    609,152
1959   3V-2624  3Z-6224  3Z-9471        602,015    645,575    648,822
1960   3U-4174  3Z-5774  4B-598         593,575    645,125    659,929
1961   3X-6524  4B-4949  4C-5786        635,885    674,270    685,097
1962   4B-3299  4H-6274  4K-7948        672,620    725,545    747,199
1963   4D-1124  4L-2724  4P-3414        690,425    751,965    782,625
1964   4K-1474  4V-8024  4X-1224        740,725    837,185    850,365
1965   4U-5424  5C-7524  5C-9664        824,595    906,615    908,755
1966   5D-624   5N-7174  5N-9956        909,705    996,175    998,957
1967   5M-4724  5V-1524  5W-5935        983,735  1,050,465  1,064,866
1968   5U-5099  6A-7149  6B-7601      1,044,050  1,106,040  1,116,482
1969   5Y-9949  6B-1249  6J-9228      1,088,860  1,110,130  1,178,049
1970   6H-8649  6L-6149  6S-6895      1,167,480  1,194,950  1,245,646
1971   7B-8549           7E-3288      1,337,210             1,361,919
1972   7D-1824           7N-8223      1,350,465             1,436,784

Farm Truck series:  1952-60  5A-6L, 1961-74  8A-9F.
Replacement series:  1955  3Z,4Z, 1956-60  4Z,4Y, 1961-72  7Z,7Y,
                     1973-74  ZW,ZX.
AMOUNTS MANUFACTURED (for years when higher than assignments):
1943   NC  239   (230,000)             1958   4B-2999   (662,330)
1948   NR 1199   (340,850)             1959   4B-3624   (662,955)
1949   NY 5409   (405,000)             1966   5R-624  (1,009,605)
1955   3F 9999   (489,510)


1973-74 FORMAT          AA-10 - HZ-9999         No I,O,Q,DV used.

       INITIAL  SUPPLE.  OBSERVED              TOTAL OF EACH
1973   GD-1749  GT-3499  GY-1590      1,400,340  1,531,960  1,580,001
1974   GP-9549  HF-8649  HK-8843      1,508,040  1,656,990  1,697,144


1975-85 BLACK/WHITE BASE          No I,O,DV,TT,TX,VD,XA-XZ used.
1975     "75"   Type 1         AA-10 - HQ-5124     (1,813,305 P)
1975     "75"   Type 2       HQ-5363 - KC-7169       (361,447 P)
1977     "77"   Type 3       KD-6091 - LV-6763       (400,273 P)
1977     "77"   Type 4       LW-1472 - ZZ-9999     (2,877,548 P)
Nov.83 "NOV 84" Type 4a       100-AA - 9999-CQ       (618,300 P)
                                             (TOTAL 6,084,720 P)

Description of Types:
Type 1 - Dated "75", star, off-white
Type 2 - Dated "75", map, off-white
Type 3 - Dated "75", map, snow-white
Type 4 - Undated, map, snow-white

1975:  Initial assignment AA-10 - HM-1149 (1,779,360 P).
1982:  Starting at VG, numbers run 100 - 9999.
1984:  Starting at CK, numbers run 1000 - 9999.

1976 STICKER:  Marked "TRUCK".  Initial assignment
               1 B - 2107000 B in same order as passenger.
1977-94:  Passenger stickers issued.
Monthly Staggered Registration began 1978, same as passenger.
Plates replaced after 8 years of use, starting 1988.


1985-2001 DARK BLUE & RED/WHITE BASE
Feb.85 "DEC 85" Type 1       000-1CR - 299-9KK     (1,612,838 P)
Nov.86          Type 2       300-0KK - 999-9ZZ     (3,486,652 P)
Sep.91 "SEP 93" Type 2a      AA0-001 - TL7-175     (3,786,797 P)
                Type 3       TM1-112 - ZZ9-999     (1,478,741 P)
Nov.97          Type 3a      1BB-B01 - 2XF-W93     (1,472,817 P)
                Type 4       2XM-H40 - 4DN-M51  (No exact break
May 00          Type 5       4DH-H76 - 4LL-Z99      1,227,066 P)
                                            (TOTAL 13,549,536 P)

Description of Types:
Type 1 - "SESQUICENTENNIAL" slogan
Type 2 - Red "TEXAS", sticker boxes, no slogan or hologram
Type 3 - As Type 2, but hologram added
Type 4 - As Type 3, but no sticker boxes
Type 5 - As Type 4, but larger "TEXAS"

Types 1-3:  No I,O used.  Types 3a-5:  No A,E,I,O,Q,U used.
Types 1-2:  DV, TT, VD omitted.  Type 3:  TX, XY omitted.
Types 3a-5:  Numbers progress before letters except first digit.


2001-10 NIGHTTIME GRAPHIC
Mar.00          Type 1      4LM-B01 - 9ZZ-Z99      (4,417,380 P)
2-9-04          Type 1a     01B-BB1 - 76C-YY3      (1,661,098 P)
                Type 2      26G-GK3 - 57L-XZ3        (185,360 P)
10-25-05        Type 3      46L-YB3 - 99Z-ZZ9      (5,191,515 P)
May 09          Type 3a     000-1AA - 475-3BF        (294,724 P)
                                            (TOTAL 11,840,104 P)

Description of Types:
Type 1 - Steel, solid red map
Type 2 - Aluminum, solid red map
Type 3 - Aluminum, flag-map

Type 1:      Numbers always progress before letters except first
             digit, no A,E,I,O,Q,U used.
Types 1a-3:  Numbers progress before letters except last digit,
             no A,E,I,O,Q,U used.
Type 3a:     Numbers progress before letters.  No I,O used.
 

2010-13 SKY BASE                                  No I,O,Q used.
7-1-09                     AA0-0001 - CB0-9999     (4,709,952 P)
 
Medium blue sky:  AX3-7762
Light blue sky:   AX4-5339 - CB0-9999
 
Truck plates discontinued 2012; issued passenger plates since.
 

VARIATIONS
1955:  Type 1 - Stacked            1/A   10 - 3/F 5047  (484,558)
       Type 2 - Unstacked            3H6782 -  3R3998    (67,147)
1956:  Type 1 - 1956 dies, no star    1A 10 -  3P8484   (557,925)
       Type 2 - 1957 dies, star      3R-419 - 3T-9597    (29,159)
1960:  Type 1 - 1957-59 dies, 2 tab slots, bolt holes
                                      1A-10 - 3Y-9994   (639,355)
       Type 2 - 1961-64 dies, no tab slots, bolt slots
                                    3Z-5003 -  4B-598    (15,576)
1973:  Type 1 - Rounded "3" of date   AA-10 - EY-4274 (1,123,145)
       Type 2 - Straight-topped "3" FB-6913 - GY-1590   (424,248)
1974:  Type 1 - "TEXAS 74" top, "TRUCK" bottom, 1974 dies
                                      AA-10 - GZ-1617 (1,589,805)
       Type 2 - As Type 1, but 1975 dies
                                    GZ-3600 - HK-3327    (99,628)
       Type 3 - "19 TEXAS/TRUCK 74" top, 1975 dies
                                    HK-7750 - HK-8843     (1,094)

LEGENDS
1925, 1927  Vertical "COM" in center, star inside "O"
1926        Vertical "C/M" at left, star inside "O" in center
1928        Vertical "C1M" (or C2M - C8M) in center
1929-41     Vertical "C*M" in center (1936 no slogan, "TEXAS-1936")
1942        Vertical "COM" in center
1943 TAB    Smaller letters stacked vertically, not diagonally,
            2 digits on either side of bolt hole, "4/3" at right
1945-62        "TRUCK" opposite "TEXAS-45"
1963, 1965-74  "TEXAS 63" top, "TRUCK" bottom
1964           "64 TEXAS" top, "TRUCK" bottom
1975-85        "TEXAS" above "TRUCK" top center, all embossed
1985-87        "TEXAS" screened above embossed "TRUCK" top center,
               "SESQUICENTENNIAL" screened bottom
1987-2000      "TEXAS" screened above embossed "TRUCK" top center
2000-13        "TEXAS" above "TRUCK" top center, all screened
               ("TRUCK" in black on Flat base)

COLORS 1925-41  (R) = Reverse colors of passenger.
1925   Black/Orange             1934   Orange/Black (R)
1926   Black/White              1935   Green/Gray
1927   Green/White  (R)         1936   Light Yellow/Dark Blue (R)
1928   White/Dark Brown         1937   Black/Orange
1929   Black/Orange (R)         1938   Orange/Black
1930   Gold/Dark Blue (R)       1939   Black/Green
1931   Black/White  (R)         1940   Orange/Black
1932   Green/Yellow             1941   Black/Gold   (R)
1933   White/Maroon

REPLACEMENT COLORS 1955-74
1955, 1957, 1959, 1961   Black/Light Green
1956, 1958, 1960, 1962   Black/Red-Orange

1963, 1965, 1967   Red/White
1964, 1966, 1968   Yellow/Black

1969, 1972  FR  Red/White
1970, 1974  FR  Green/White
1971, 1973  FR  Blue/White