[DeTomaso] N Serious PC: New Lic Plate

Wed Jul 14 15:58:16 EDT 2010

Great Story!

Michael

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net> wrote:

> >
> > I was going to leave this one alone (out of self preservation) but I
> might
> > as well throw it out there.  I have a supercharged 350Z and about 4 years
> > ago I tried to get a theme plate with custom letters.  The theme was a
> > Florida State University tag.  Florida restricts you to 5 for theme
> plates,
> > 7 for regular plates.  BLOWN was not available and BLOWR my brain quickly
> > determined would not be manly for a hetero.   I had about 4 others and
> the
> > only one available was BLOWZ.....for blower + Z.  Judgement was not with
> me
> > that day, I admit.  My wife would get honks when she would drive it I
> guess
> > thinking the plate was something she was advertising.  I would get honks
> on
> > occasion, though I tell my self it was for people agreeing with me that
> > Florida State Football blows, which it has since Mark Richt left as the
> > Offensive Coordinator, but I digress.  I told myself that because it was
> > better than the alternative explanation.
> >
>
> Fast forward to today where I gave up my FSU tag and took the full 7
> letters......BLOWN Z
>
> Still haven't thought of what to call the cat though.
>
> >
> > --- On Tue, 7/13/10, cullen mccann <clarkwgriswold2nd at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: cullen mccann <clarkwgriswold2nd at gmail.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] N Serious PC: New Lic Plate
> > > To: "'Bjoern Flesland'" <bflesland at gmail.com>, detomaso at realbig.com
> > > Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 9:25 AM
> > > I just finished this exercise of
> > > brainstorming with a couple of dear
> > > friends, one from the list. We came up with several good
> > > ideas and leads. I
> > > thought it would be neat to incorporate the Italian slant.
> > > Even though the
> > > "lay person" may not catch it, I'm not sure its
> > > important  to me. and
> > > PERSONALLY....just my opinion, I don't prefer the ones that
> > > are so obvious
> > > as PANTERA, or your name or initials...I mean who needs to
> > > put VETTE on the
> > > back of a vette? I dunno, just my opinion, I'm sure many
> > > people do, its just
> > > not my thing.
> > >
> > > I liked GATTO, FERAL, STRAY, MEOW, GROWL, HEREKTY, CHESIRE,
> > > URPREY, BMYPREY,
> > > STALKER, POUNCE,...and....fluffy. just kidding about the
> > > fluffy. I also
> > > thought about the whole "nine lives" theme...LIFENO9, etc,
> > > because my car
> > > has been so far dead it might have taken all its lives to
> > > comeback....lol.
> > >
> > > anyway, I love the creativity behind the "right" personal
> > > plate...and I
> > > prefer them to have a double meaning...my Sunbeam Tigers
> > > plate says
> > > "SABR2TH"....because of obviously the aggressive predator
> > > and type of Tiger,
> > > and also its historic and extinct nature...
> > >
> > > fun stuff to pay with.....
> > >
> > >
> > > Cullen
> > > 3925 Project Rust Bucket
> > >
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