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millerje78
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 Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:20 pm Post subject: license plate coincidence |
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since my other image was erased from the server, here is the other one so you can actually see what I found.
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millerje78
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:03 am Post subject: |
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does anyone know if it is legal to run plates from a house vehicle on a non-house vehicle auto?
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so what is the coincidence? if you turned the fan on, the license plate would be air cooled too? your house was built in 1600?
i guess i am missing the license plate -to- VW relationship here. |
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| hazetguy wrote: | so what is the coincidence? if you turned the fan on, the license plate would be air cooled too? your house was built in 1600?
i guess i am missing the license plate -to- VW relationship here. |
They made VW's after 1967 (I know, huh...) and they made these things called Type III's and Beetles (not just the rolling toasters so many of the sheep have come to covet) and many of these VW's came with a fairly popular 1600cc (actually 1585) Engine. |
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| chickengeorge wrote: | | hazetguy wrote: | so what is the coincidence? if you turned the fan on, the license plate would be air cooled too? your house was built in 1600?
i guess i am missing the license plate -to- VW relationship here. |
They made VW's after 1967 (I know, huh...) and they made these things called Type III's and Beetles (not just the rolling toasters so many of the sheep have come to covet) and many of these VW's came with a fairly popular 1600cc (actually 1585) Engine. |
Are you referring to they of them who are over there?
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| Gary wrote: | | chickengeorge wrote: | | hazetguy wrote: | so what is the coincidence? if you turned the fan on, the license plate would be air cooled too? your house was built in 1600?
i guess i am missing the license plate -to- VW relationship here. |
They made VW's after 1967 (I know, huh...) and they made these things called Type III's and Beetles (not just the rolling toasters so many of the sheep have come to covet) and many of these VW's came with a fairly popular 1600cc (actually 1585) Engine. |
Are you referring to they of them who are over there? |
Yes. |
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hazetguy
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| chickengeorge wrote: | | hazetguy wrote: | so what is the coincidence? if you turned the fan on, the license plate would be air cooled too? your house was built in 1600?
i guess i am missing the license plate -to- VW relationship here. |
They made VW's after 1967 (I know, huh...) and they made these things called Type III's and Beetles (not just the rolling toasters so many of the sheep have come to covet) and many of these VW's came with a fairly popular 1600cc (actually 1585) Engine. |
BMW also made a 1600. so did Fiat, Datsun, and I'm sure a lot of other car companies did too. if the plate had "VW" instead of an "X" i would get it. otherwise it's just a generic plate that happens to have one size of a VW engine on it. i see way more "coincidental" plates while i am just driving around town. i guess i should start taking pics of all the license plates that have a 25, 36, 40, 15, 1500, 1200, 1192, etc on them?
to be more site appropriate, the plate should really read "X 2".  |
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A little red contact paper would turn that X into the VW symbol pretty easy.
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| 60ragtop wrote: | https://www.oplates.com/ITS/public.aspx
Isn't it best to contact the State of Ohio for your specific question of which plates you can use in Ohio |
I tried that. the girl working the plates desk in Holmes County didn't know the answer, so I am trying theSamba
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the coincidence to me is that my 1968 beetle came with a 1600 cc engine, and now it has a larger displacement engine it. so, X 1600 becomes "ex 1600". I apologize if this was too puzzling. As always, I appreciate the wonderful feedback received here on theSamba!
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no, you cannot put a mobile home plate on a car
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| anthracitedub wrote: | | I like that fan. |
thank you. My dear father-in-law restored that for me as a birthday gift. He's quite the guy.
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| millerje78 wrote: | | the coincidence to me is that my 1968 beetle came with a 1600 cc engine, and now it has a larger displacement engine it. so, X 1600 becomes "ex 1600". |
this small tidbit of info would have been handy in the initial post, don'tcha think? now i get it. |
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| hazetguy wrote: | | millerje78 wrote: | | the coincidence to me is that my 1968 beetle came with a 1600 cc engine, and now it has a larger displacement engine it. so, X 1600 becomes "ex 1600". |
this small tidbit of info would have been handy in the initial post, don'tcha think? now i get it. |
i doubt it would have changed your initial sarcastic response.
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The plate on my '69 baja is XTC069. Thought that was a cool coincedence.  |
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| millerje78 wrote: | | the coincidence to me is that my 1968 beetle came with a 1600 cc engine, and now it has a larger displacement engine it. so, X 1600 becomes "ex 1600". I apologize if this was too puzzling. As always, I appreciate the wonderful feedback received here on theSamba! |
I got it right off. But I doubt that the DMV will let you run that on your Beetle unless you show up with a bed and a stove in it.
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| norcalmike wrote: | | no, you cannot put a mobile home plate on a car |
Are you stating fact or your opinion? Being that you're in CA I would be surprised if you knew intimate details of OH V&T Laws such as whether this plate could be legally registered to the OP's Beetle. Laws vary wildly from state to state. What's perfectly legal in one state will get you arrested in another. Please back up your statement with facts.
To the OP:
If the person at the desk doesn't know the answer, ask for a supervisor or ask for a phone number to call someone who does know the answer. Asking a DMV related question on an internet forum is near pointless because the V&T laws in Ohio are specific to Ohio, someone from another state may think they're being helpful bestowing their "knowledge" on you in regards to your question but chances are they're dead wrong. My point being that for example here in NY state you could legally register that plate to your Beetle as long as your Beetle is a '68 model year. Ohio may allow you to register it as well, but they may not. You need to find out the laws for your specific state instead of asking this question on a worldwide internet forum.
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