{"id":619,"date":"2010-05-04T21:19:17","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T21:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=619"},"modified":"2010-05-04T21:19:17","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T21:19:17","slug":"new-york-number-plates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/04\/new-york-number-plates\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Number Plates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script>Well, every 10 years or so our wonderful state decides to change the  design of our number plates: 1969 gave us blue with yellow numbers\u2014bad, but not horrible.  They got real creative in 1974 and reversed it, yellow with blue  numbers\u2014horrible. Then came 1986, white with navy numbers and the red  statue of liberty\u2014tasteful and simple. 2001, white again, a blue picture  of Niagara Falls on one side, Manhattan skyline on the other\u2014nice. 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