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Jared
03-02-2008, 01:46 PM
Ok, just showing off here, but take a look at the plate I managed to snag last week. Any one else with a special plate?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2362/2304704603_9623ed7825.jpg
NelsAnderson
03-02-2008, 02:38 PM
That's amazing...I can't believe that plate was available! My Rover does not have a special plate since I can't decide what I want to put on it.
Jeff Aronson
03-03-2008, 10:02 AM
Jeez, are you the Governor of the Commonwealth of Masschusetts or something?! There must be a lot of Bay State Rover Owner Association members jealous of you now.

Move to Maine or Vermont - our "personal" plates are easy to get. Fewer people, less demand, less politics :)

Jeff
SalemRover
03-03-2008, 02:40 PM
I am surprised that was available. Good find there. Living in the baystate myself. If I had to pick a vanity plate for my rover it would be Gamera or Bender (from futurama). Both appropriate names for the beastie.

Cheers,

Jason
LaneRover
03-03-2008, 05:57 PM
But isn't Gamera originally from the Japanese Godzilla films?

Ah yes I wasted a number of Saturday afternoons in my childhood watching Godzilla melt plastic tank and jet models with his fire breathing awesomeness!

Now if only the Japanese could talk when their lips were moving....
SalemRover
03-03-2008, 06:11 PM
But isn't Gamera originally from the Japanese Godzilla films?

Ah yes I wasted a number of Saturday afternoons in my childhood watching Godzilla melt plastic tank and jet models with his fire breathing awesomeness!

Now if only the Japanese could talk when their lips were moving....

Yes Gamera is Japanese, does creatur double feature ring a bell? An ugly turtle that shoots flames and smoke and makes god awful noises sounds like my truck (except for the flame bit). Just watched one of those movies with my son. It was hard not to laugh.

-Jason
junkyddog11
03-03-2008, 06:48 PM
Hows this.
LaneRover
03-03-2008, 08:17 PM
Yes Gamera is Japanese, does creatur double feature ring a bell? An ugly turtle that shoots flames and smoke and makes god awful noises sounds like my truck (except for the flame bit). Just watched one of those movies with my son. It was hard not to laugh.

-Jason

I think that at least one of my Rovers has shot flames out - I think it was back through the carb but flames they were!

Brent
SeaMiler
03-05-2008, 05:07 PM
I want SLO RVR.
Mike_S
03-09-2008, 05:22 PM
I've got ONTHEGO on mine -quite unappropriate for the moment, but not for long! :thumb-up:
NC Rover
03-19-2008, 08:43 PM
Just came across this thread....check it out...

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d49/W8kbrder/Land%20Rover/Tag01.jpg
BirdNerd
03-19-2008, 09:10 PM
Jared,
Nice score---I run antique plates (a LOT cheaper) so this is all I could get:

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u43/PaulinMA_photos/Rear.jpg[/IMG]

Cheers,
BN
KevinNY
03-19-2008, 10:09 PM
Do you have a time travel machine that dropped that truck on the lawn like that? Damn thats clean.
S11A
03-20-2008, 07:45 AM
Oooooo, drool :thumb-up:
TSR53
03-20-2008, 08:13 AM
Please show us more photos BN. Love the XCLs, nice touch.
TSR53
03-20-2008, 08:17 AM
NC - can't even tell you fixed the left rear. Looks normal to me.
NC Rover
03-20-2008, 09:03 AM
NC - can't even tell you fixed the left rear. Looks normal to me.

Thanks. They guy who fixed it actually does media blasting and I remebered him telling me he did body work for 30 years before he started doing the blasting. So I asked him if he could pull out the crushed in fender. $125 later it looks pretty much straight...minus a few cracks in the paint. I thought he did a pretty good job considering how bad it was pushed in.
greenmeanie
03-20-2008, 11:30 AM
Sorry for more thread highjacking. This probably needs it's own MOD thread.

BN, you don't happen to know what type of paint is on your truck and where it was obtained? I have the traditional alkyl based ex MOD IRR standard NATO green on my 101 and am looking for more for some touch ups.

Most people suggest just going to your local paint place and getting it matched and mixed but I have so far found that they only want to deal with epoxy or enamel. Great for a complete job but it weathers differently from the original.

Cheers
Gregor
BirdNerd
03-20-2008, 12:40 PM
Gregor,

I mixed it myself--color is stock Deep Bronze Green but I didn't want it to be High Gloss so I flattened it a bit.

If you want/need more info, drop me a line at rovr66atgmailditcom

Cheers
BN
jp-
03-20-2008, 01:07 PM
Very nice Bird!

Did you do the resto yourself?
LaneRover
03-20-2008, 05:45 PM
Very nice!!
Maxredd90
03-20-2008, 08:27 PM
I used to be a swimmer and had a SWIMLN4 plate. It was pretty dumb, until one day when I got stuck in a decent sized creek. From the rear of my car half was in the water and half of the plate read SWIM, it made for a cool picture. My D-90 used to be BST4X4, got rid of that now I'm just an ugly old number combination.