GB,
I see nothing wrong with you using the plate you displayed as a replica of what you actually found as long a you disclosed the fact that it wasn't the actual plate, which you did do so, therefore IMO I see no problem with it. Congrats on finding an old Texas plate, I love finding them myself...
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There is nothing wrong with using a representation of the plate you found, and I'm glad you corrected your initial post to reflect that. The problem occurred when you didn't tell us that up front.
There's no need to leave. Why not just post a picture of the plate you found? I'm sure we'd all like to see it.
i actually found one but i was in a hurry and just nab a pic from the internet i'm sorry for doing this. i probably shouldn't of done this i'll just delete the post later today again sorry