DeTomaso Mailing List: February 00, Message #63

Tony,
I am offended by "your" comments. . .You are ACTUALLY suggesting to one of
our ACTIVE law abiding ambassaders overseas that he LIFT an Italian license
plate? Heh? <grin>
Shame!!!
MD
P.S.  Charlie, could you get one for me too?

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony DiGiovanna <t.digiovanna@mindspring.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <detomaso@realbig.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: French license plates


>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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