# British Columbia licence plate: Vintage antique

> The British Columbia vintage antique license plate: format 999999, for example 749709, 1966 to today, car, van, and truck.

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Part of [British Columbia license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--british-columbia) (13 registration series).

![British Columbia (Canada) license plate, Vintage antique (1966 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-bc/ca-bc-vintage-antique/british-columbia-license-plate-vintage-antique.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1966 → today |
| Class | historic |
| Issued for | car, van, truck |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #12326E |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `ca-bc-vintage-antique` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--british-columbia/vintage-antique) |

Sources:

- [Division 22 ss. 22.01-22.04, enactment note B.C. Reg. 55/66](https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/26_58_06)
- [reg. 34.05(1)(b) naming them 'vintage' plates](https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/26_58_10)

## About this plate

British Columbia runs TWO parallel old-vehicle regimes and they are not the same thing. Division 22 (ANTIQUE MOTOR VEHICLES), enacted by B.C. Reg. Reg. 34.05(1)(b) calls the resulting plates "'vintage' number plates" in terms. Reg. 22.03(1)(a) is the unusual part: the licence is "valid for as long as the vehicle is in existence and continues to be operated as an antique motor vehicle", a NON-EXPIRING registration, which is why BC antique plates carry no validity marker of any kind.

## Other historic plates here

- [Collector](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--british-columbia/collector) (2006 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-bc/ca-bc-vintage-antique.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/british-columbia?series=ca-bc-vintage-antique
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ca-bc` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "ca-bc-vintage-antique"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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