[DeTomaso] Now this is interesting. Plate Geekery

[Julian Kift]

Probably because there are roughly 13,824,000 different permutations of that simple set of 3 digits and 3 letters (assuming I and O are not used in the letter portion) and that format is much easier to remember and identify.

> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 22:16:47 -0400
> From: michaelsavga at gmail.com
> To: jb841 at cox.net
> CC: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Now this is interesting. Plate Geekery
> 
> Dear God, Why?
> 
> Any wonder why the empire fell and they lost every war since then?
> 
> What would have been wrong with 00000001 thru 00009650 or whatever?
> 
> Michael Shortt
> On Apr 4, 2013 10:05 PM, "John Buckman" <jb841 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > as shown on the Pantera, if the next car assigned after 904 PEX would be
> > 905
> > PEX, or 904 PEY.
> >
> > (Number increment or letter increment)
> >
> > >>> It was number increment.
> >
> > The numbers advanced first from 000 through 999.  Then, the last letter of
> > the letter group advanced one letter
> > alphabetically, with the numbers starting again at 000  (999 AAA advanced
> > to 000 AAB).
> >
> > When the last letter advanced to Z, and the numbers advanced to 999 (999
> > AAZ), then the next letter to the
> > left (middle letter of the three letter group) would advance one letter
> > alphabetically, and the last letter and the
> > numbers would start over again (999 AAZ advanced to 000 ABA)).
> >
> > Once those were "sequenced-out", the next letter to the left (first letter
> > of the three letter group) would advance
> > one letter alphabetically, and the other two letters and the numbers would
> > start over again (999 AZZ advanced to
> > 000 BAA).
> >
> > Next came the seven character plates.
> >
> > John
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