Antique Car: Get your specialty plate and hit the car show circuit, Class of 1990

http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/offices/motorVehicle/plateImages/antique_vehicle_current_lg.jpg
Inspired by the 1990-91-ish Plymouth Laser posing with Surm in this month's WDYLL and the now years-long trend of cars being, IMO, generally uglier and more homogenous and plastic and etc., and, in light of all this, the increasing ridiculousness of (in the U.S. at least) "Antique Car" specialized plates available to cars of certain vintages, I wanted to take a look at the cars of the Class of 1990 that would, under Arkansas statute, be eligible for the Antique Car plate.

Here's a handy list!
http://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-all-cars-made-in-1990/reference?var=3&utm_expid=16418821-111.f9BrhYpfQp-L43k6_9ljnQ.2&page=2&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ranker.com%2Flist%2Flist-of-all-cars-made-in-1990%2Freference

Arkansas eligibility standards:

"For historical or special interest vehicles or any vehicle that is twenty five (25) years old or older, which is essentially unaltered from the original manufacturers specifications"

Will you get invited to ride in the parade in your 1990 Mercury Sable wagon?
http://img3.rnkr-static.com/node_img/547/10938569/C250/1990-mercury-sable-station-wagon-automobile-model-years-photo-1.jpg

http://images.copart.com/website/data/pix/20110124/10882571_1X.JPG

There's someone in my neighborhood who drives around in a rustbucket 84-85 plymouth voyager with historic plates.

Is the Antique Car thing over?

I think the main thing in Arkansas is that if it's over 25 years old, you can get that plate and then no longer have to continue paying annual property tax on your vehicle. You've done your part.

I guess there will always be people who want to make a 84-85 Plymouth Voyager shine and hum like the day it was born.

Not mine. I drove the '82 Corolla Tercel (babe repellant) during this era.

http://www.cars-directory.net/pics/toyota/corolla_ii/1990/toyota_corolla_ii_3656886_orig.jpg

great thread. my entire instagram is devoted to older cars. so many new cars are crap.

one of my girlfriend's rides in HS

http://img3.rnkr-static.com/user_node_img/609/12167063/full/1990-buick-century-station-wagon-automobile-model-years-photo-u1.jpg

Bound to be a British equivalent to the Antique Plate thing, right?
http://pics.imcdb.org/0is71/saxonmach1jj5.5214.jpg
But what about more recent, shit "antiques"?

fun van http://img2.rnkr-static.com/user_node_img/552/11024983/full/1990-mitsubishi-van-automobile-model-years-photo-u1.jpg

Nice one. Saw one of these Toyota babies with antique plates a couple of days ago around here:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Toyota_Van_1.jpg

i LOVE that. Toyota knew how to make a big car back in the day.

As a child, I had a Majorette die-cast toy of a Toyota van like that. All metal except for the interior stuff and the wheels. Hot Wheels size, but heavy enough to crack a window if thrown hard enough. Had a opening rear hatch too.

surm's was a 3kgt right
but i do love the early 90s dsm cars

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/images/0015/45/13/15395431_large.jpg

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/1/1058/2581/2643790245_large.jpg

my first car was a 1990 toyota camry

http://imgur.com/bF2CcXk.jpg

that's probably australia

least glamorous glamour shot ever

it's from the cover of australian vogue

http://imgur.com/NanvvtZ.jpg

1990

honda

prelude

http://i.imgur.com/j5rjjdM.jpg

that street like the green flat paint on the pole, i dunno if everywhere has that but it looks SO FAMILIAR
prince albert, saskatchewan

i like the 50s-movie-style day-for-night shooting style of the honda prelude photo

too many styles there

http://imgur.com/IoONCT2.jpg

http://imgur.com/Lyt5vEc.jpg

integra btw

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/455/4421/26137210001_large.jpg

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/455/4421/26137210002_large.jpg

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/455/4421/26137210003_large.jpg

1990 chevrolet beretta

http://www.gunslot.com/files/gunslot/imagecache/page/images/66755.jpg

http://imgur.com/z4gWAx2.jpg

http://imgur.com/LuDsipQ.jpg

i owned a beretta gtz as well

There's someone in my neighborhood who drives around in a rustbucket 84-85 plymouth voyager with historic plates.

how's life wrote this at 2015-06-04 15:50:07.000

Saw this dude again the other day. The hood is held down with bungee cords.

Oh man I forgot how many Berettas were on the road back then. So many. And probably haven't seen a running one in 15 years.

whoa man, dylan bringin' it. those 2 cars that you had - the first one reminds me of a beautiful gold Saturn sitting on my street. and the second - the red car - that's pretty hot.

but that Prelude fuckin' takes the cake.

http://jalopnik.com/the-1990-chevrolet-beretta-gtz-is-quick-and-responsive-829931393

omg FIRST of all - that is a hot car. SECOND - i saw a GT on the road today! i took a picture of it so i could instagram! i really had to get up close to the license bc i didn't have my glasses on, but it definitely said GT. but this was a FORD GT. fucking weird.

http://shop.jbarhobbies.com/images/133695465215393541921.jpeg

http://media.caranddriver.com/images/media/165855/1989-ford-probe-gt-photo-166442-s-429x262.jpg

another unloved car that you rarely see a running version of today

foxbody mustang prob one real classic of the time? still seen in showroom condition and still torn up by kids that find them for cheap. still cheapest easiest to make fastest car available and all of the dsms are in the junkyward

http://imgur.com/yog9QxN.jpg

http://imgur.com/PESy14v.jpg

i mean classic only considering domestic manufacturers. because there are still plenty of civics and preludes and 200sxs carefully preserved all over north america.

http://imgur.com/PAIAQZD.jpg

90 thunderbird is kinda cool too

around this year my dad had a 1990 mazda mx6 gt turbo which in my memory was actually badged as a 626 but was a coupe. all digital display. i remember the speedometer with great big digital numbers in sickly orange, the spooling turbo icon. it had four wheel steering like a skyline. a little button to set suspension mode to sport. sunroof. tape deck. white with red pinstripe down the side. alloy rims.

i can't find a picture of anything exact but a bit like this:

http://imgur.com/CPFIKYe.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZiqzWVAlkw

and 89 was the first year for the miata too and a weird fucking commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10rtVBRjCK4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE5sFwXOvBg

http://imgur.com/ecRLz7O.jpg

mr2mr2mr2mr2mr2mr2mr2mr2mr2mr2mr2mr2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szNTIRb09b0

what all of your posts continue to do is remind me of how shit car design is today, but i love them anyway (your posts, that is)

http://www.j-spec.com.au/f14329/1990-Nissan-Skyline_GTR-_1.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmvnbmuxQRI

because of the 25 year ban on import most of the jdm cars in north america fit into this category

my point is 1990 had some cool cars and i don't mind antique plates on them even if since of the plates are on plymouthplymouth voyagers

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3583/3356245661_292d8020c5_z.jpg

clean shadow

Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evolution, you mothers.

http://imgur.com/gEftwtB.jpg

taurus s.h.o. is prob legit collector car status too

http://imgur.com/8jdWNE2.jpg

i am getting my license this year

taurus s.h.o. is prob legit collector car status too

Yes and no. http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/?q=taurus+sho&q_type=%2Fclassifieds%2Fcarsforsale%2F

http://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/reatta-ad.jpg

love that speedboat interior

wait so am i allowed to talk about just like general vintagey cars here or is that another thread

...cuz i saw this car on The Americans that i like, want. to eat. or drive. or something.

I know thread title says 1990, but the bigger point was to be like "wow that car could get antique tags?!" and general vintage car entertainment.

Always like the shape of those Reattas.

liked

Just got curious what Reatta meant. Apparently it means a Buick manufactured from 1988-1991.

I would absolutely get antique plates for a Lagonda if I was insane enough to own one.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/89_Lagonda.JPG

ok well i will stick to the vintage tag thing but allow me to just say that i am now in a new love affair with the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 circa 1980 something in white

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'89 Geo Spectrum hatchback with antique plates, spotted yesterday. Cherry!