[Bob Carriere]

Hi Jon

Some 43 plates were done on a hard 1/4 inch masonite......adn I image very rare today....

..... I have also seen, in collections, license plates that had been recycled by rolling flat and re punching new numbers....even with the new paint the old number can be seen faintly.

I think Brian is correct if they were so short of material as to make wooden plates some kind of stickers may have been used for 44....

Personally I see nothing wrong with driving my 1940 with school bus yellow plates of that year....after all if it was used in Ontario it would have had plates. It is not my intention to depict my truck as if it rolled out of a battle field with bullet holes on the doors and windshield ..... but come to think of it a big roll of concertina wire on the front bumper guard.... a few empty French wine bottles in the cab......spent shell casings..... leaking gerry cans.... retard the ignition to make it pop a bit.... that might be fun.... but will they let me in the parade...???

Boob