I just got word back from Nor and he's not able to do an Idaho plate that I was looking for. Must be for better known states then.

Greg, do you have a photo of the plate you need? If you supply a photo he can usually match the font and color from that. That is how I got the plate below made. It is not perfect, but unless you have them side by side, the reproduction will look fine.

I was going to add the same suggestion. I had a pretty tough photo of a plate he's made a replica of for me and he did a good job with it suiting my needs. We must have gone back and forth a dozen times or more with me asking him to tweak this and that re: the colors and he never once got frustrated (as far as I could tell) or told me to take a hike. Same low price too.

No I actually sent him this example as attached and he replied that he couldn't do it:

Strange... he has an eBay ad that has a similar plate:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Idaho-State-...item2a17297cdf

That is strange. Did he say why? Can't recreate the artwork (too time consuming with the gradation of the background, perhaps) or maybe some state restriction?

Simply said "Sorry do not have this Idaho plate design"

I don't know what else it could be.

I just sent him another email with his eBay ad and the plate images again and see what he says.

Maybe you could find a photo (hi-res) of a blank plate from the vintage you want and supply that to him to work with. I'm guessing he would have to recreate the background artwork, which would be time consuming and thus cost prohibitive (especially if he only received a couple of orders for plates from that era).

I'm probably going to have to find a Centennial plate and get it reproduced unless ISP is able to find me a Trooper plate to get me by.