I have just picked up a 44 GPW and all the Data Plates are gone, removed to mount fuel pump and winch. The DMV wants to see it before they will reissue a title. It was garage stuck for 30+ years by my girlfriends dad and last registered in 92, non-opted since then. We have the title but it has fell out of the DMV system, ironically the 47 CJ that I also got has been non-opted for years more was not a problem. Is there anyone that reproduces these plates?
KWAS, the people who run this forum, have an assortment of data plates you can have engraved with the VIN on the title and thjat should settle the DMV.
Getting plates for my '48 was a bureaucratic hassle of the first magnitude. It was somehow my fault that they threw the title out of their system. Go figure...