Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Bumper stickers (was Re: Solar panel on the roof of the Prius , Figure of merit (Some Ferrari content))

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

I used to get to chat occasionally with former US Senator Gordon
Smith.  He had a nice car collection, including an F40.  Gradually
sold most of it off.

He owns a vegetable canning operation in eastern Oregon.  Heard a
rumor that he had a pair of Mondials, one yellow, one green.  Custom
plates (according to the rumor):  PEAS and CORN.  When I next saw him,
I asked about that.  He took a step back, glared at me, and said "No!
Ferraris are red!  I have a yellow 911 wearing CORN, and a green
Explorer with PEAS.  My red Mondial has ENZO."  At which point I took
a step back. and said, "So YOU have that plate.  Everybody I know has
tried to obtain it, and nobody could figure out who actually had it."

Don't know if he still has the Mondial, but it apparently wandered
around D.C. for a while wearing that plate when he was a senator.

Hans.

On 1/11/22, Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> wrote:
>  Oh, those many years ago when I went to get the plate for the Ferrari, I
> wanted "TIFOSI".Nope, can't have it, already used.  But my good friend who
> managed that branch of the DMV was at work that day, so I wandered into her
> office and asked her if it was still a valid registration, could I research
> it... maybe find out if it was an unregistered vehicle?  Talk the owner into
> releasing it...?
> Nope, it was valid and had recently been moved to another car, of the same
> make.  Damn.  Well someone got a new Ferrari, right!
> Owner:   David LettermanCar:   BMW
> What the F@@K?   on a Bimmer??   Dave, really?
>
> So with 7 digits I got "4TIFOSI"
>
> And we all know who has "Tiffosi".
> Who knows what it's on now... but if you are tooling around the LA area and
> see a car with the TIFOSI plate, it's probably Letterman.
>
>     On Tuesday, January 11, 2022, 10:06:51 AM PST, Douglas Anderson
> <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote:
>
>
> Bumper sticker - 1972, San Francisco, CA. - - - six digits allowed then . .
> .  “10SNE1”
>
> Clever.
>
> 1982, Kalifornia now allows up to seven digits.  The most requested plate?
> PORSCHE.
>
> Lottery held and a 20 something fellow a (gulp) Toyota truck owner won it.
> “well, one of these days I’ll get a Porsche.”
>
> Last time I saw the plate it was on a 1960’s 356 silver Porsche Carrera 2.
>  Four cam engine took over 100 hours to put together.
>
> Doug
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