Jim, did I miss something along the way? You used to be in 'Uf Da' land?
..learn something every day.
My wife's 'vert (the one with the clean trunk) has the original MN plates issued back in '68. They look as new as the trunk and lid. Very cool having those!
Never lived up there but the car did wear MN plates. I am the 1st owner past the original dealer but the car was a corporate lease for its 1st 15 months. The dealer was in Springfield, IL. The company leasing and registering it was in MN. And the employee who drove it was apparently in ME. My Dad worked for that same company and saw the car sitting in the corporate lot in MN where it was returned after the ME employee was no longer with the company. I also have my first '69 plates I used as part of a small license plate collection.
Very cool having those! 
