DeTomaso Mailing List: February 00, Message #48

What's the penalty for stealing a plate off an italian car?  You could make
a few bucks on a weekend cruise to italy.

----- Original Message -----
From: Charlie Mccall <Charlie.Mccall@haworth.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <detomaso@realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 1:08 AM
Subject: French license plates


> Several people asked about pricing for French plates, so I thought I would
post this to the whole list.
>
> Italian license plates, like American ones, are manufactured by the State
and are not available for novelty purposes. Therefore, the only real means
of procuring Italian plates is to steal one off a car while the owner is not
around...
>
> In France, however, you can buy plates at your local hardware store. You
tell the guy what your plate number is, he whips up a plate in his shop and
a few minutes later - voila! A set of plates!
>
> The limit in France is 9 characters. Normally the last two are numbers,
which indicate which "department" the car is registered in. But for novelty
purposes, I suppose you could use all 9 places for letters, numbers,
whatever.
>
> When I talked to someone yesterday, they gave me a price of 130FF (about
$21, based on today's exchange rate) for two plates. They said to give them
the desired combination and they can give me an exact rate. A typical French
plate has a yellow background on the back with black letters, and a white
plate on the front with black letters. If you preferred, I could probably
get both the same color, or whatever. Size is the European standard, that is
long and relatively narrow... Much more rectangular than American plates...
They do also have squarish rear plates if need be to fit on American cars,
but they look a lot less European...
>
> Anyway, you now know about what they cost, e-mail me if anyone is serious
about wanting any.
>
> Charlie McCall
> 1972 DeTomaso Pantera Pre-L #3847
> "Raising Pantera Awareness across Europe"
>
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