Could be but consider:
Lol! If evangelical voters got bent out of shape for the pictures taken at the theater, they should have seen what went down when the couple got back to the house.....their heads would have exploded and vaporized.
It appears that he called your bluff and let you float on down the stream. He already has a new fish on the line. Damn Zoomers.
Nah, California reissued black plates starting around six years ago. They look a lot nicer than the standard ones, but come with an extra annual cost.Wow...that's an old vanity plate.
They were embossed gold on blue when I got to CA in '74; Wikipedia says the gold on black were from '63 to '69.
The driver is likely in mid 70's so it all fits.