visiting my father in law, and he was in the basement cleaning out some "junk" along the top of the header of the basement wall, when he pulled out a stack of old roadmaps and license plates of his. Most of the roadmaps were in pretty sad shape, but I ended up salvaging about 8-10 of them, ranging from the late 40's to 1973 (only one was 1973, the others were pre-1965. Was funny to see on one map from the early 50's or might have been '49, that it said "National Speed Limit: 50mph". Talk about 55 putting me to sleep! The license plates were from CT and MI, with a couple 51's, a few 56's and a few others here and there, but all pre-1960. The '56 plates were neat, because instead of the sticker for the registration year on the plate, they have a sheet metal stencil plate with the year on it, which has tabs which go through holes on the plate and are then folded back to hold the "sticker" in place. Am going to keep a couple of them for myself and my kids to hang on the wall, as well as one or 2 of the roadmaps, but will hunt around and see if the others are worth anything to antique collectors or old car restorers. They are all in very good condition. Even found a service book for a 1966 Beetle in the pile, in almost perfect condition, although I had to get after my father in law, because he didn't have many of the service coupons filled out...
