Ferrari Mailing List: Re: PROVA license plate: GOT IT !

[Peter Rychel (dino308gt4]

Never heard that one before... The only songs off of that album that got air time during the weekly alternative show I listened to was “Mr. Krinkle” and “My Name is Mud”.

 

Their following album, “Tales from the Punchbowl”, they’d play “Professor Nutbutter House of Treats” and my favorite, “Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver” 😊

 

Peter

 

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From: Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net>
Sent: Monday, November 5, 2018 6:55:34 AM
To: Peter Rychel
Cc: ferrari
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] PROVA license plate: GOT IT !

 

As I was reading your response.... the lyrics to DMV by Primus creeped into my head.   "I've been to hell, I spell it DMV"

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From: Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com>
To: Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net>
Cc: ferrari <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2018 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] PROVA license plate: GOT IT !

Correct, MO was the designation for Modena.

 

I’m glad you convinced them that the term wasn’t anything vulgar or provocative. Sometimes that’s all it will take, a well-worded, polite letter. I’m sure it’s much the same with the American DMV and those agencies like the rest here in Canada, but I can assure you, the staff that work in these organizations have absolutely no clue about any history of anything automotive-related. No clue whatsoever. None. Zip. Zadda.

 

Peter

 

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From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+dino308gt4=hotmail.com [at] ferrarilist.com> on behalf of Michel Savard <mysavard [at] videotron.ca>
Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2018 2:15:58 PM
To: PeterGT4
Cc: ferrari
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] PROVA license plate: GOT IT !

 

PROVA MO ? My guess is MO for Modena.

Michael Savard
1981 308 GTSi

> On Nov 3, 2018, at 3:45 PM, Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> Right on!   Congrats
>
> I had to go back and look at pictures I had.  They all read "PROVA MO"?
>
>
>
>> On Nov 3, 2018, at 11:11 AM, Michel Savard <mysavard [at] videotron.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Remember a few weeks ago, I mentioned that I had tried to get PROVA as my new license plate here in Quebec ?
>> I was turned down because of  ‘road safety issues’ or something like that. But they also said that you could argue your point if one was turned down. I did.
>>
>> PROVA means, among other things, TEST (hence road safety issues, I guess). But in Googling it, I saw it also means PROOF. As in “…..this is the proof of my innocence”. That was the example Google gave. So, I wrote them (government SAAQ ) that "the word to me meant '…this is the proof of my success'. I dreamed of owning a Ferrari since I was 17 years old when the 308 came out. PROVA to me is the proof of my success”.
>>
>> They bought it.
>>
>> In their explanation to accept my request, they wrote that there was no ‘copyright infringement’. Nothing about road safety.
>>
>> Now for those who don’t remember what I wrote, here is the story behind PROVA. When I was a teenager, I read a lot of car magazines. Obviously, I loved reading about journalists testing Ferraris. I saw many many pictures with a license plate that said PROVA hanging behind those Ferraris being tested. I always thought back then that this would be the ultimate personal license plate to own as a Ferrari owner.
>>
>> It only took 43 years. Patience has its rewards.
>>
>> Michael Savard :))))))))))))))
>> 1981 308 GTSi
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