Vintage License Plates — Michigan & California, Choose Your Plate (Vintage & Found)

Vintage & Found · The Foundry

Six plates. Five decades. Michigan and California. Choose yours.

A collection of original vintage license plates — four from Michigan, two from California — each one a different year, a different color, a different slogan. Select the plate you want from the options below.

1965 Michigan — Water-Winter Wonderland — WL·3932 — $38
Blue-gray ground, yellow lettering. The transitional slogan year — Michigan briefly used Water-Winter Wonderland before settling on Water Wonderland alone. Unusual and underrated.

1969 Michigan — 6090·EE — $25
Red ground, white lettering. No slogan — Michigan plates in 1969 ran without a tagline. Clean and honest.

1971 Michigan — Great Lake State — NPK·619 — $28
Red ground, white lettering. Clean condition. Michigan switched to Great Lake State in 1968 and kept it for decades.

1979 Michigan — $18
Yellow ground, white lettering. A later-era Michigan plate in honest worn condition — the kind that ends up in a barn and comes back with a story.

1974 California — RRY·173 — $45
Black ground, yellow lettering. Original 1973 and 1974 registration stickers present. The California black plate is one of the most iconic American license plate designs ever issued — this one has the patina to prove it.

1970–71 California — YRA·502 — $55
Black ground, yellow lettering. Both original registration stickers present — green 1971 and orange 1970. Two years of California road life, still on the plate.

Each plate is one of a kind. Contact us at 248-568-6030 if you have questions about a specific plate before purchasing.

Pickup & Shipping

• Available for local pickup at The Foundry, 35 W Huron Street, Suite 101, Pontiac, Michigan
• Shipping available — packed flat for transit

Returns

All vintage sales final.

Shop online or visit The Foundry at 35 W Huron Street in downtown Pontiac.