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

Now THAT"S a good idea. I will see if it"s available. > ---------- > From: Glen Kohut > Reply To: VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 8:52 AM > To: VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com > Subject: 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > > > > --- > [Th