# Concours d'Elegance **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [May 10, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/concours-delegance/117120 "2018-05-10T14:17:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![art1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@art1966](https://community.cartalk.com/u/art1966)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/concours-delegance/117120/1 "2018-05-10T14:17:55Z")
If I had a better cell phone camera you could better see the Maryland “Historic” license plate (25 years old; limited highway usage). Do you think he’s prepping for Pebble Beach? (Best I ever saw was about 40 years ago, driving back from Lime Rock races. On the rear of the trunk of a clapped-out Toyota was painted “Rust Never Sleeps”. No cell phone cameras back then.) ![Concours](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/2/2b1a5c31e01e642d6d7fa0ec90ffea0119a2a308.jpg) ![Historic](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/b/be601f8c6521474db2c383f12e06079b256b1e7f.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/concours-delegance/117120/2 "2018-05-10T18:11:06Z")
> [@art1966](#): > > Do you think he’s prepping for Pebble Beach? I think he’s prepping to do something illegal. If I were a cop and saw this I’d write him up for everything I could think of and not let him drive the truck unless the license plate were properly displayed. And I’d be sure to “run” his record and the truck’s. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/concours-delegance/117120/3 "2018-05-10T19:24:42Z")
Is there something improper about the license plate? I can almost read it in the reflection on the cars hood. ---
**Author:** ![art1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@art1966](https://community.cartalk.com/u/art1966)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/concours-delegance/117120/4 "2018-05-10T19:26:35Z")
I think the plate is properly displayed. I put in the blue rectangle to protect his privacy. I have, though, seen some cars around here with “anti-photography” plastic over the license plate to defeat the red-light and speed- cameras. I was amused by the “historic” tags on a beat-up truck, and by the pimped-out static chains and (maybe) tail lights. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/concours-delegance/117120/5 "2018-05-10T19:30:06Z")
As long as he follows the rules of historic plates, there are no requirements that historic-plated vehicles be in showroom condition, or be show cars. What you call “beat-up” others call “patina.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/concours-delegance/117120/6 "2018-05-10T22:44:16Z")
> [@art1966](#): > > I think the plate is properly displayed. I put in the blue rectangle to protect his privacy. In that case, the gentleman has my apology. And you did the right thing. Kudos.