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new plates for whaler,
kitty	#1  Posted on 04/27/08 - 6:05 PM
Member Posts: 68 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/23/07	i have my boat ready to gel coat. i took the capacity plat off, and the two serial number plates. i would love to get new aluminum plates. anyone know where? i called sue at twin cities, she called whaler, they wont do it. any one have a source? thank's.
ioptfm	#2  Posted on 04/27/08 - 7:15 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1533 Comments: 3 Joined: 10/28/06	Check with Janis at Magic Brush. Magic Brush Tom 1979 Sport 15'
kitty	#3  Posted on 04/28/08 - 9:54 AM
Member Posts: 68 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/23/07	yea, i called them but they just have sticker's. doesnt anyone have the ability to make plates like they were. hard to believe its not possible to get. how do they restore automobiles to original condition?
kitty	#4  Posted on 04/28/08 - 11:16 AM
Member Posts: 68 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/23/07	and i cant take credit for it. a trophy store that does engraving. they said they could engrave plates with all the info. sounds reasonable...........better than the old ones.
kitty	#5  Posted on 04/28/08 - 4:12 PM
Member Posts: 68 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/23/07	a trophy company in malvern, that will make them exactly. color and all. i'll post back up when he let's me know for sure. he wasnt even fazed, just looked at them old ones and said.......this is what we do. COOL. i want new ones,
kitty	#6  Posted on 05/01/08 - 3:54 PM
Member Posts: 68 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/23/07	ok, no one seems interested but ill tell you anyway. i got the plates, well actually they will be made. new metal plates to match the original. i dont want stickers. it wasnt cheap but it wasnt expensive. it is what it is. ip, thanks for the info, i like your boat. wait, its just like mine. cool.
ioptfm	#7  Posted on 05/01/08 - 6:52 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1533 Comments: 3 Joined: 10/28/06	Would love to see some pics of yours. Sounds like you are really trying to return it to it's original factory condition. Also, don't feel like no one is interested in what you found, they just didn't need the info at the present time. It would be helpful to all of us if you could post the who, where info on the plate Tom 1979 Sport 15'
Derwd24	#8  Posted on 05/01/08 - 7:07 PM
Member Posts: 1607 Comments: 9 Joined: 05/09/07	Definitely helpful, any info like that is good info. When I bought my boat there was no HIN tag on the back and my state requires a pencil and paper impression copy of the actual plate in order to register it. Called numerous places with no luck, and finally found... you guessed it, a trophy company. Turns out guy had just done one for his boat, even drilled the holes for me, and it couldn't have fit any better into the exact spot where the old one used to be! That being said, I never would have considered that they could also color the capacity plates and copy the graphics like the originals, pretty neat!
blakesanborn	#9  Posted on 05/06/08 - 1:36 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 82 Comments: 2 Joined: 05/29/07	I thought joe knew where to get them. Might want to PM him and ask. Blake
MW	#10  Posted on 05/06/08 - 2:02 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1827 Comments: 10 Joined: 01/08/06	Any trophy, or graphic's shop can do the job, they shoot a picture, shrink it down, done. mw
egerrity	#11  Posted on 05/06/08 - 11:47 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 439 Comments: 2 Joined: 07/11/07	All I keep thinking of when I read this is loosing value of the boat. Maybe its different with a car, but, you cant just take a Vin tag off a car and change it. Isnt it the same with a boat?? Or am I missing something? Ed 1991 Montauk 17 - 2012 ETEC 90HP
kitty	#12  Posted on 05/06/08 - 2:40 PM
Member Posts: 68 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/23/07	after twenty years the tags are beat. all im doing is making new metal tags that match the old ones exactly. got the stickers from magic brush, wish i didnt. expensive, and not what i want. the tags to be remade are not cheap either but they arent a sticker. the one tag on the back of the boat, you can barely read anyway. its just an aluminum plate.