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Ironic Licence Plate

Ah yes, a coincidental tribute to "Boss Radio" and "Color Radio Channel 98." California began issuing personalized license plates in 1970 after Governor Ronald Reagan signed the legislation. The first personalized plate issued by California said AMIGO. One of the first ones I saw said GOAWAY and all these years later I still think it's my favorite.
 
Actually, it was an Oregon plate but I still thought it was interesting. I've seen several others, where the numbers and letters just happen to match an actual station but forget to post them, by the time I get home.
 
Now I had a ham radio friend of mine who, before he got his call letters on his plates, had gotten one from a friend at DMV who spotted it in a pile of new plates that just arrived for issuance...

069 FUN !!!! :)

Cant forget that one!!!
 
ContinuousWave said:
Now I had a ham radio friend of mine who, before he got his call letters on his plates, had gotten one from a friend at DMV who spotted it in a pile of new plates that just arrived for issuance...

069 FUN !!!! :)

Cant forget that one!!!
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In the early 70s, Top 40 KKUA in Honolulu branded itself as "The Big Six-Nine" - I assume because "The Big 69" would have other implications. Not sure why they didn't consider "The "Mighty 690."

I saw my still favorite vanity license plate in the mid 70s on a huge Lincoln Town Car in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. I may have the spelling wrong, but it was "A FUNGOO," which is a popular profanity in Italian. I've read that the DMV censors anything improper or profane - even checking plate requests in the mirror to make sure they're not inappropriate backwards. So how that slipped past the censor, one can only speculate.
 
LKellerIII said:
In the early 70s, Top 40 KKUA in Honolulu branded itself as "The Big Six-Nine" - I assume because "The Big 69" would have other implications. Not sure why they didn't consider "The "Mighty 690."

I saw my still favorite vanity license plate in the mid 70s on a huge Lincoln Town Car in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. I may have the spelling wrong, but it was "A FUNGOO," which is a popular profanity in Italian. I've read that the DMV censors anything improper or profane - even checking plate requests in the mirror to make sure they're not inappropriate backwards. So how that slipped past the censor, one can only speculate.
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I believe that word is in "Look At Me; I'm Sandra Dee!" from "Grease". I once saw a vanity plate that read, "EFUCIK".
 
3MTA3 was the ID of an airplane pictured on the cover of the Beastie Boys' Licensed To Ill album. That spawned a popular---but untrue---story that somebody had a license plate that read 3MTA3. When seen in a rear-view mirror, the license plate would say.....well, um.......
 
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