I'm suprised I have not seen:

VENOMUS
VENOMIS
VENIMUS

and a few other deviations of the word.

This is what I would have done, but I have Washington "Collector Automobile" plates with 4 numbers. I paid $40 once and I never have to renew or take emmisions as long as I own the car, just because it's titled a 1966 (30 years or older). How it got titled this way I don't know because the car was originally built in '95 by someone in CA.

Todd