Re: [VintageLambo] RE: Special plates and our beloved DMV

Robert, I really think you should have "INTERIM" on your car! Glen - ILR ---------------------------------------------------- Robert Ross wrote: I recently spent over two hours at the DMV counter applying for plates for my "new" 66 400GT. The only combination ultimately available, according to the creature behind the counter, was 66 GT 4oo, the zeros serving as the letter "o". (As a graphic designer, this is particularly vexing, but explaining that is like telling a real cowboy that his round-toe boots aren"t in with the Village People crowd.) I pointed out that their master list did not show 66 GT400 being taken, but for some reason known only to DMV"s Secret Society, it couldn"t be issued to me. Arguing was pointless. I have yet to pick them up...I was notified that they were ready; called the toll-free number to explain my situation, but was told by the guy on the other end that he couldn"t help me. No kidding, he said: "I"m blind, and I can"t read anything. You have to go to the office or the web site." Of course, the question was whether I could pick up the plates without the car, which they threaten to send back or destroy after 30 days if not picked up. I explained that the car was in a million pieces, and would ot be complete "till circa August 2003. After another two hours (no exaggeration) and two stuporvisors later, they determined that, with insurance, I could pick up the plates. Of course, no insurer will write me a policy on a basket case in a restoration shop, so there we have it; a classic "Catch 22" with our most incompetent government agency as the aribter of logic. Her long blue fingernails tapped the eliusive plates sitting on the counter in front of me. So close, and yet so far. For a split second, I thought about snatching them and making my escape. Ultimately, she scrawled a hasty Post-It, saying "Customer will come back by October." I figure a couple of Valium and two or three hours should do it. To be continued... ---------- From: lamboguy Reply To: VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 8:16 AM To: VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com Subject: [VintageLambo] Re: LMBRGNE Mine is 67 400GT.The funny thing about it is that I was once pulled over by the cops who told me "we"re not just pulling you over to see your car.Your license plate is not in our system!" They couldn"t figure it out, and neither could I.Since the registration and license was in order they let me go and said "driving a car like this, with a license plate that"s not in our system -- are you some sort of secret agent or something?hahahaha" Years later I figured out the problem.My license plate is actually 67 4 "Oh" "Oh" GT, not 67 4 "Zero" "Zero" GT.I hadn"t put the slashes through the O"s when I filed for the plate. But the cool thing is that the "Ohs" look more like the scripted "Zeros" on the 400gt emblem, more squared off than round. So I"d rather have it this way afterall. I guess this is what happens when you have the same car for too long... cheers, Fred --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude AntiVirus]