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| Photo courtesy of James Andreucci |
From 1925 through 1928, owners of Fords in Oklahoma were issued license plates with an "F" stamped in the middle of the number to designate the manufacturer of their vehicles. All other makes of automobiles were not issued special plates.
This was not as capricious and weird a decision by Oklahoma as it might appear at first blush. The Ford product manufactured when this procedure started was the Model T, which was the cheapest car on the road. As such, it was assessed a lower registration fee. Stamping the "F" on the plates insured that the plates could not be fraudulently used after they were issued on more expensive marques of automobiles.
Whether or not Oklahoma stopped this practice as a result of the increased production of inexpensive cars by other manufacturers (such as Chrysler, which introduced the bargain-basement Plymouth in 1928) as well as Ford unveiling the slightly more costly Model A in December of 1927 is a matter of pure speculation at this point.
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