Great plates

Not that I think this is any better...but nothing says Great Plates better than Great Kat

I've been through a few great plates and not so great plates. My favorite was I8A4RE when I was running OR plates. Unfortunately, it was not available when I registered the beast in OH. So, I tried something a little too sophisticated for the hot rod crowd I run around with--E VELOCE (IT'S FAST in Italian; nobody got it. I finally ended up "stealing" a plate I saw in one of the PI feature stories--Biarritz Blue-An Italian/American Hot Rod. That plate says it all.

Here's 2511 while on the dyno at Vegas '03. Results?
292.2 RWHP @ 6100RPM 310.4 ft-lbs @ 4250RPM

DOES 200, really, she does.

Here's mine hope you can read it. "BRK LATE"

The first custom plate I ever saw was ITS FAST on a Ferrari Boxer from New York. I tried to get PANTERA (who hasn't) but it was taken, so I asked them to try ITS FAST. I was shocked that it was available. And so...

UFO sighting.

I have to chuckle every time I see "UFO". Years back there was a UFO in Des Moines. It was running SCCA roadraces and autocrosses. UFO stood for "Uncommonly Fast Opal". It was a 1900 Opal sedan.

Pantera!

Can't show it to you yet because I'm still waiting for DMV to send it to me. Takes 8 to 12 weeks to get. Should have it in another 3 to 4 weeks.
But I got
DTAMASO
on a California plate. :-)

Here is a pic of my "Prova" test plate, with the "MO" for Modena, and 2492 the body number. Yes, I run it on the street, and have one so for almost a year. only beem pulled over onve, the cop wanted to check out the car........no ticket.

700 HP

Every time I go to Huntington Beach CA on Main Street there is this nice white GT5 cruising with a "700 HP" plate. Thought it was a kool plate, and don't know how he got it because DMV told me you can't have such numbers followed by letters as a custom order plate. Maybe so, maybe not, but it was a kool plate nonetheless. Anyone know the owners name & email?

Here's my vote for plate of the month!

Michael

Got finally got mine on order, it should be on the car shortly. I'll post a picture then

OK, I messed up when I ordered mine because I found out it is actualy a 73 model but it was built in november of 72 and it is an S not a 5 so go ahead and give me crap about it, cause I deserve it and some day I will fix it, but got bigger fish to fry right now.

DeTom,

I won't give you any crap, at least your Pantera isn't WHITE!

LOL

George

Ahhh George, I can't take any credit for that. It was just by chance sort of thing. I just got lucky I guess.

Like the phrase "there's only two seats and I sit in the left one"; there's only one Arizona "Pantera" plate and it is attached to the rear of my car.

In my state the A is used..I got them today! I did not even have to stand in line @ the DMV.

pant4me gets my vote!

Got mine a couple weeks ago.............

Better late than never. I just got my plates:

cool Dennis!

George

:-)

hi coz just wanted to introduce myself as the car i have, 9189 is not that far from your own i think. im british, name is mark and im working in Saudi and actually got my car for nothing as it was going to a scrap yard haveing been abandoned years ago on the compound that i live on. i have got plenty of work to do, got all the suspention off at the moment so it will be a while befor i get to drive it but im enjoying myself.
regards
mark

You never know what treasures you'll find in the desert. I would have thought it was a mirage!

Michael

I was wondering when you were going to post it!

California in Arizona!

Emissions Exempt in California. Not in Arizona yet. Unless I want to register it out of Maricopa County.

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Originally posted by 4NFORD:
I was wondering when you were going to post it!

California in Arizona!

Maricopa . . .Isn't that the home turf of your "buddy"?

The only place that prick belongs is under the turf.

quote:

Originally posted by 4NFORD:
Maricopa . . .Isn't that the home turf of your "buddy"?

don't hold back Jim,

tell us how you really feel!

LOL.....

Okay Coz...fill us in...

Normally, I would just keep this to myself. But the stories are available on the internet with a search, so, oh well, shit happens.

Think what you want, but this is the way it is.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issues/2003-12-25/news/nelson.html

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issues/2004-02-19/news/nelson.html

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Originally posted by Kevin Perry:
Okay Coz...fill us in...

Coz!
You've gone through all that and still managed to repair your ZF!!!

Holy Crap!!!

Kevin

The ZF was easy Kevin compared to all that B/S. You can't imagine what it was like to do the right thing by saving someone's life and then get hammered because you've stood up against a corrupt bully politician because you believed in honesty & integrity in law enforcement. I'll never do it again.
They can all go to hell in a hand basket together as far as I'm concerned.

I've been many places in my life and never seen such a B/S justice system, or as many inept, corrupt, do nothing politicians as we have here in Maricopa County and Arizona in general.

It's almost over and when it is I plan to get my family out of Arizona.

quote:

Originally posted by Kevin Perry:
Coz!
You've gone through all that and still managed to repair your ZF!!!

Holy Crap!!!

Kevin

I still find it incredible how he gets away with half the stuff that he does!

Wow Jim, that is some hardcore bullsh*t. My heart goes out to you and your family. it's no wonder you're not more cynical. Still heading to Florida? It'll be easier to visit you there. I'm sure it's little consolation, but every dog has his day. Nobody escapes paying for their actions.

Michael

Dennis,
Yea I know, me too. But I just don't care anymore. One lies, the other swears to it and they all turn their backs on honesty and integrity.

Michael,
Thanks brother. We're getting through it slowly but surely. Not sure about Florida, probably not. Thinking about going back to the Oregon or Washington area.

Funny thing is, the prick, Drivinghhawk, whom we refer to as Swindlehawk, who was responsible for dogging me me for so long and causing most of what we have been through is now getting his turn. Which is just another example of the corruption within Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.

Deputy pleads guilty to federal felony
Faces maximum fine of $250,000 and up to three years in prison
By LINDA BENTLEY, Sonoran News
PHOENIX – On Aug. 2, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sgt. Leo Driving Hawk waived his right to indictment by a grand jury and pled guilty to one count of misprision of felony, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 4, a Class E felony offense.
Misprision of felony is the act of hiding a crime; the failure of somebody who knows of but is not involved in a felony or treason to report it to the authorities and carries a maximum fine of $250,000, imprisonment of up to three years, or both, and supervised release of one year.
The felony charge follows the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) uncovering of an $88 million nationwide investment scam in February 2002, involving Driving Hawk, his father, brother and several other defendants, as was reported by Sonoran News earlier this year.
According to the SEC, the defendants sold several bogus investments, including “prime” bank investments, treasury futures pools and certificates of deposit (CD) from U.S. Reservation Bank and Trust (USRBT), a purported Native American chartered “bank.” The SEC claims, in reality, USRBT never leveraged any investor funds for investment in trading programs and used most of the investor funds to make “Ponzi” payments of interest and principal to the investors.
In exchange for the reduced charge, Driving Hawk is required to cooperate fully with the United States, waive the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, provide information and testify completely and truthfully whenever and wherever the United States requests, including at any state or federal grand jury, procedure, trial or hearing and will be required to make restitution, the amount of which will be determined at the time of his sentencing.
In addition to identifying all assets and the source of income used to obtain them, Driving Hawk will also be required to identify all assets used to facilitate the commission of any crime charged in the indictment.
Although Driving Hawk was named as a defendant in 12 states for securities fraud as early as April 2002, MCSO continued to employ Driving Hawk in its internal affairs department.
Only after pleading guilty to a federal felony last week was Driving Hawk’s employment terminated.
If the case were to proceed to trial, the plaintiff stated it could prove beyond a reasonable doubt Driving Hawk had full knowledge a principal had committed the crime of wire fraud, failed to notify authorities as soon as possible and then performed an affirmative act to conceal the crime.
Wire fraud, when it affects a financial institution, carries a maximum penalty of $1,000,000, up to 30 years in prison or both.
The events leading up to Driving Hawk’s misprision of felony charge occurred after he became the executive vice president of USRBT during the winter of 2001.
When Driving Hawk learned of the co-mingling and misappropriation of investor funds, he initiated an internal investigation of USRBT’s operations.
In January 2002, Driving Hawk was advised of a serious problem with the bank’s records being “disorganized.” Around that same time Driving Hawk also learned there was no “High Yield Program” and no “safe” investment keeping investors’ principal intact.
Driving Hawk also became aware of Dr. Albert Perelstein’s $1 million wire transfer of investment funds to USRBT in September 2001, based on those misrepresentations.
Although he had multiple conversations with Perelstein since that time, Driving Hawk never mentioned any of his findings to Perelstein or to any other investors.
While failing to inform Perelstein or any other investors about the seriousness of the problems at USRBT, Driving Hawk continued to advise Perelstein on investment options and sent Perelstein a letter dated Jan.
24, 2002 announcing, “USRBT is making 2002 a year of exciting growth, increased customer service and expanded services.” The plaintiff cites, “Defendant, despite having been a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy for many years, also did not notify any authority about his knowledge that a criminal offense had occurred in relation to, among others, Dr. Perelstein’s investment with USRBT. Instead, defendant continued with the ‘normal’ operations of the bank until the seizure of the bank’s assets by the federal government in February 2002.” Driving Hawk, who was a member of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “threat squad,” is also a defendant in a civil rights action filed in U.S. District Court by James Cozzolino, who vigorously campaigned against Arpaio in past elections and is a vocal critic of Arpaio and “his corrupt organization.” Cozzolino alleges Driving Hawk and other deputies, under direction of Arpaio and Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott, illegally bugged his home and telephone for years, tailed him, spent many months searching through his trash and wrongfully seized one of his vehicles, a collector’s edition Pantera and attempted to frame Cozzolino for various criminal offenses, for which defendants knew he was not guilty.
Declining to identify himself out of fear of retribution, an MCSO detective wrote a letter to Judge Kepple in July 2003 on behalf of Jim Cozzolino, who faced felony charges stemming from what he called unethical behavior on the part of Arpaio, Hendershott, Driving Hawk and others.
He wrote, “From the beginning, it was ordered by Arpaio and Hendershott that Mr. Cozzolino was to be charged with anything he could be charged with, regardless if it could be proven. The words were, ‘make it up if you have to, we’ve waited a long time to get him, now we have him where we want him.’” The detective asserted Driving Hawk purposely lied to the judge about the accounts of an incident during Cozzolino’s arraignment to achieve a high bail amount and said, “I watched them tamper with the taped video recordings of the victim and witnesses taken after the incident.
I watched them change the statements in their reports and lie about what actually happened at Fountain Hills Bowl that night. I know they have tampered with the jail recordings of Mr. Cozzolino while he was in custody.” He went on to say, “I have watched them ignore the truth and fabricate things throughout this investigation on Mr. Cozzolino. They purposely violated the rights of Mr. Cozzolino and his family without regard.” The detective called Cozzolino’s felony charges “a tragedy of justice” and nothing more than a “personal vendetta and attack” against Cozzolino by Arpaio and Hendershott, being carried out by the district attorney’s office for nothing more than political reasons.
He apologized to Kepple for not coming forward and identifying himself, but knowing what Arpaio did to dime-droppers (whistleblowers), said he couldn’t afford to lose his job or retirement after so many years of service.
It’s been three years since the detective wrote that letter.
If he’s retired, maybe he will come forward for Driving Hawk’s sentencing or as a witness for Cozzolino.

MARK, SORRY FOR GETTING OFF TOPIC.....
I WON'T POST ANYMORE ABOUT IT.

Jim,

Like I said, every dog has his day.

Michael