<VV> Corvairs with 'Antique' plates

[Charles Lee]

Yeah, I love that when cops have no clue, and "let you get away with it this 
time" !

And what will you (the cop) do if you stop me again tomorrow because you 
forgot ?  Put me through the grind again ?  Sheezh !



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Wildman" <k-wildman at onu.edu>
To: "'Charles Lee'" <Chaz at ProperProPer.com>; "'Dennis Pleau'" 
<dpleau at wavecable.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 5:04 PM
Subject: RE: <VV> Corvairs with 'Antique' plates


> When I lived in Florida we were back in NYS visiting relatives.  I got
> pulled over by cop because FL was a one plate state and NY is a two plate
> state.  The cop kept asking where my other plate was and I kept telling 
> him
> there was no "other" plate.  He finally called in, apparently got his
> rear-end chewed and came back to my car and said "Well, I'll let you go 
> this
> time".  I had forgotten about that incident (more than 45 years ago) until
> your post.  :)
>
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Charles Lee
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 7:46 PM
> To: Dennis Pleau; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Corvairs with 'Antique' plates
>
> Front plates ruin the look of a car, and are at best a requisite 
> annoyance,
> or at best a "badge of antiquity" if you have an original plate from the
> year the car was made ?
>
> When do you need the front plate ?  It's the back plate that you see as a
> car is driving away after running you over, and in the few seconds before 
> it
>
> hit you, you probably weren't looking at the license plate number (you 
> were
> looking at Elvis and a bright light in the distance) !
>
> I've never had a front plate on any car here in California, and have never
> been questioned about it in over 15 years.
>
> Name withheld to protect the guilty ...
>
> (If I get stopped tomorrow, I'll know it was you who ratted me out !)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dennis Pleau" <dpleau at wavecable.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 4:26 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Corvairs with 'Antique' plates
>
>
>>I ran a 'Heartbeat of America, Yesterday's Corvair" plate on the front, 
>>for
>> the ten years I lived in New Mexico.  NM is a rear plate only plate 
>> state!
>>
>> dp
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
>> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
>> ScottyGrover at aol.com
>> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 4:15 PM
>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Corvairs with 'Antique' plates
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 3/27/2010 4:05:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>> hmlinc at sbcglobal.net writes:
>>
>> And I  was possibly not clear - CA has TWO plates - one at each end of
>> the
>> car.
>> Later, JR
>>
>> True, but I drove my newest LM 'Vair for 2 years with the PO's "See  the
>> USA in your Chevrolet" license substitute on the front; I wouldn't have
>> had
>>
>> to change it--IMHO--if I hadn't found a police officer who was very
>> curious
>> and  interested in "Angie Baby", wondered where he could find one like 
>> it,
>> then  casually mentioned that I should change my front plate;  no ticket.
>>
>> Scotty from Hollyweird
>>
>>
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