Vanity License Plates
Some are clever, some are cute or to the point, other vanity license plates are enviable; like those low-digit numbers that makes one think there was a bribe or sordid connection involved. And a few are like tramp-stamps, just what were they thinking?
I have a friend who insists an otherwise good license plate does not count if it has superfluous characters such as whales, lobsters, sports team icons, save the (fill in the blank), cute stick figures of kids/families/pets, and other special edition do-dads. It has to be a clean license plate. Tough rules.
Let’s take a look at vanity tags that are good, bad, descriptive, fun, and everything in between.
Vanity License Plates
Nice old 1953 plate on a 1954 Corvette with a Bubble Top at The Boston Cup
On a 1969 Maserati Ghibli SS at The Boston Cup
1953 Buick Super Estate ”Woody” Wagon at The Boston Cup
1959 Allard Palm Beach Mark II at The Boston Cup
1967 Volkswagen Deluxe Bus. The owner said he “had to get a bus” when his father gave him a license plate with the lowest possible bus number, No. 1. The special plate was a gift to his father from former Massachusetts Governor John Volpe
Pretty AND altruistic
A Lancia Zagato. The Spyder was designed by Pininfarina but actually built by Zagato
Lotus Esprit
1941 Pontiac Silver Streak
Organizer of The Boston Cup, a very nice Concours held on Boston Common
A coveted 3 digit MA plate. No whales, team logos, or emoticon to muck it up
Euro 308 GTS has apparently had a dye job
Alfa Doctor? People Doctor? Either way, love it on the Alfa Romeo 4C
Pininfarina built only 200 275 GTS Roadsters for the American market (another14 in right hand drive) between 1964-1966. Excellent plate on an exceptional car
Nice original old-school tag on a Ferrari 1962 250 GTL Lusso. The plate says ”MASS 61” because at the time Massachusetts issued tags only every other year
S F on a 1965 Ferrari 500 SuperFast
Alfa Romeo 4C. Obv
A rare Alfa Romeo 8C
Seems legit
In a van down by the river
Drink of choice? JavaScript? Fun name?
Oh Quagmire
Now I want DQ
Ya think?
The La Ferrari wins in all categories
Bet the RMV lady does not have many Pagani plate requests
If you say so
Maybe should say ‘THERAPY’
BMW E30 is a great car
Ferrari 288 GTO
Ferrari 360 Spyder
An odd US State Dept plate on a Mercedes-Benz, at Costco
Ferrari 348 left from father to son
A RennTech Mercedes-Benz SLR
Bet he pronounces it ‘Porsha’
O or 0 ? No matter, very cool plate on a 1939 Cadillac Convertible
Left Lane indeed. 2003 Mercedes-Benz CL 55 AMG
Wings up on a 2009 Mercedes-Benz SLR
1986 Mercedes-Benz 560 SL
1960 Mercedes-Benz 190
1979 Mercedes-Benz 6.9 450 SEL
On a 2012 Mercedes-Benz Gullwing SLS
1955 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL
A nice BMW E9 in a parking garage in Monterey
Not a plate but an oddity. Kudos for the zip-tie stitch job on the fender
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