Hey, I'm starting this thread in hopes that those of you with old Mazda Dealership frames will post up images. Many dealers who were in business during the 1970s when many of our old school cars were delivered have since gone out of business. It would be great to see images of what you've got!! I personally have an early model '79 that I'm working on and would love to have a period-correct license plate frame.

Thx

 

Like this?

 

What???? Holy SHEE-it John! Wow, yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Berny Herrera recently posted an old one from LA Mazda. I've seen yours from Reno Mazda. I'm sure Monte has some as well. You willing to sell your example or any others? My car was originally delivered to Racine Volkswagen Mazda in Racine Wisconsin, but I have no idea if that dealer had a metal plate at the time!

Thanks so much for posting this one up!!

 

Here is the rest of the collection:









The "Miracle Mazda" is kind of a famous one as this dealership was featured in "Gone in 60 Seconds" movie and I think I got the frame off ebay a few years back.
The "North Hollywood Mazda" frame came from a RX2 sedan found in a wrecking yard in Sacramento.
The "Fresno Mazda" frame came from a RX2 Coupe in Turners Auto wrecking in Fresno.
The "Phoenix Mazda" frame came from a Rx3 at the famous Hidden Valley auto wrecking in Mariposa. At one time they had an import yard that had maybe 15 old Mazdas but they closed it about 6-7 years ago and crushed everything.
The "Reno Mazda" frame is from my Rx2 and includes the super rare dealer placard. I purchased the car from the son of the mother own originally owned the car. He wanted his mom's plate and number to be re-used on another car. I unscrewed the plate and frame and underneath the plate sat the placard which had been there since the car was new. We looked at each other and uttered "oh ****"!

 

Here is my contribution.

 

Wow John, very cool. So, 1 for Ebay, all the rest were wrecking yards. Yes, I remember Hidden Valley well and went there a couple of months before they sold the yard and crushed things. It made me sad AND angry. Angry since the yard management KNEW they were closing and most cars would be crushed, yet the still wanted top dollar for complete cars. Thanks for the contributions!!!

Nice! Keep 'em coming folks!!

 

those are really cool.

 

Original to my car from the dealer.

 

Wow, love it! C'mon old schoolers! If you've got one on your ride, please post it up!!