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Old 12-07-2004, 12:57 PM
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It has been with great amusement that I have read these posts. I feel confident in saying that I have personally seen more vanity plates than almost anyone. For you see I have spent 16 of the last 19 years with the Ca Dept of Corrections as the Superintendent of the Prison Industry Authority, License Plate Factory at Folsom State Prison Ca.
All vanity plates in Ca are made on the #3 P/P (Punch/Press).
#3P/P (of 12ea) is a 150ton mechanical punch press (hydraulic's are to slow!) Each press is operated by a crew of 3 inmates. You don't want to know what a 150 ton press will do to a hand!
#3P/P crew are: "Frisco"(a bay area boy), "Cornfed"(guess why?), "Lefty"(only 4 fingers on right hand-see above). Their real names were changed because, they don't use them! lol! These guys have made all of the vanity plates in Ca for years. They actually do a great job, for $.60-.75 per hr! They also get: day-for-day(day off of sentence for every day worked) but these 3 guys are "lifers" so d-f-d doesn't apply.
It takes about 150 inmates to run the entire factory, with about 10 staff (talk about outnumbered!) We use the carrot & stick method. A few small carrots & a BIG STICK! There is a "no hostage" rule here: they would'nt trade a can of coke for me, so I'm worthless to them. Crazy, but it works! Also, there's something about "strip-searching" your employees at the end of each day that has a way of breaking down all of those barriers!lol! I know these guys "intimately"!
This is Ca DMV's only source for license plates! Guess who makes plates when the prison is on "Lockdown"
We REALLY don't like "Lockdowns"!lol!
We usually stay enough ahead with the regular issue plates, but vanity plates get made every day rain or shine! So I would have to include myself to the list above because I've made many a vanity plate (back in the day!)
& b-t-w: we run on a 5 day turn around on vanity plates (it's usually only 2 or 3) So don't let DMV tell you it takes that long!
About 3 years ago I had a chance to get out of the fire & took a job "outside the walls" in PIA Hqts., but I can still see the license plate factory from my office window.
Jamo, were you ever a criminal defense attorney? or do you look familiar from somewhere else? I didn't see any tattoo's in the naked cobra picture, but I could only see one side! lol!

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P.S. One of my co-workers plates is "CONBOSS" mine will be: CSX4795 (I think I'll go watch it being born, haven't SEEN the crew in awhile)

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It has been with great amusement that I have read these posts. I feel confident in saying that I have personally seen more vanity plates than almost anyone. For you see I have spent 16 of the last 19 years with the Ca Dept of Corrections as the Superintendent of the Prison Industry Authority, License Plate Factory at Folsom State Prison Ca.
All vanity plates in Ca are made on the #3 P/P (Punch/Press).
#3P/P (of 12ea) is a 150ton mechanical punch press (hydraulic's are to slow!) Each press is operated by a crew of 3 inmates. You don't want to know what a 150 ton press will do to a hand!
#3P/P crew are: "Frisco"(a bay area boy), "Cornfed"(guess why?), "Lefty"(only 4 fingers on right hand-see above). Their real names were changed because, they don't use them! lol! These guys have made all of the vanity plates in Ca for years. They actually do a great job, for $.60-.75 per hr! They also get: day-for-day(day off of sentence for every day worked) but these 3 guys are "lifers" so d-f-d doesn't apply.
It takes about 150 inmates to run the entire factory, with about 10 staff (talk about outnumbered!) We use the carrot & stick method. A few small carrots & a BIG STICK! There is a "no hostage" rule here: they would'nt trade a can of coke for me, so I'm worthless to them. Crazy, but it works! Also, there's something about "strip-searching" your employees at the end of each day that has a way of breaking down all of those barriers!lol! I know these guys "intimately"!
This is Ca DMV's only source for license plates! Guess who makes plates when the prison is on "Lockdown"
We REALLY don't like "Lockdowns"!lol!
We usually stay enough ahead with the regular issue plates, but vanity plates get made every day rain or shine! So I would have to include myself to the list above because I've made many a vanity plate (back in the day!)
& b-t-w: we run on a 5 day turn around on vanity plates (it's usually only 2 or 3) So don't let DMV tell you it takes that long!
About 3 years ago I had a chance to get out of the fire & took a job "outside the walls" in PIA Hqts., but I can still see the license plate factory from my office window.
Jamo, were you ever a criminal defense attorney? or do you look familiar from somewhere else? I didn't see any tattoo's in the naked cobra picture, but I could only see one side! lol!

jdog

P.S. One of my co-workers plates is "CONBOSS" mine will be: CSX4795 (I think I'll go watch it being born, haven't SEEN the crew in awhile)

"I hear that whistle blowing......" Johnny Cash

jdog, since you're the LPF Expert maybe you could give me a break here and give me the series numbers of the '63-'69 yellow on black plates that were made of aluminum. Doing some research for the ALPCA here. Thanks much, MACK
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Old 12-23-2004, 03:36 PM
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I was just tired of people asking me "what year is it"???

So, I went with SIXTY 6
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I was just tired of people asking me "what year is it"???

So, I went with SIXTY 6
won't make a difference lol
i've got "6T6COBRA" and people still ask "what is it?" "what year"...hahaha
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won't make a difference lol
i've got "6T6COBRA" and people still ask "what is it?" "what year"...hahaha
Yeah, but now I can say read the tag, to all the want-a be's and I had a car like this back in 19 ......
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My new plate will say "1 MADASP"
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Well three months ago I read this entire forum looking for a "neat" plate for my new SPF I finally decided and got
QWIKR N U '
Having only had the chance to put 800 quick miles on it before putting it away for the winter, I haven't had the chance to show it off too much, however all my friends who have had a chance to see it in the stable , the first word out of their mouths is "SWWWEEEET"
So I just bit the bullet and went back to the BMV and secured
SSWEEET from the state of Ohio and moved QWIKR N U back over to the "66 Mustang
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I kept mine, COEBRA, when I sold the car. I have a feeling I'm going to get another one to put them on.
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4 D L OF IT (get it?) LOL!!!
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The story goes I was looking for a vanity tag for my 427SC car, I had just sold an FIA car to a guy in Salem, Ct. Who had the Tag "Cobras" but had let the reg. run out. So I was fishing around the DMV Site for choices available, on whim not thinking it possible that this combo. would be available , up it pops! Well, I made this my first choice of 5 (not having clue one that the guy ever had this plate). So 4-5 weeks later my car has reg. "COBRAS". The guy shows up at the same event comes over and "flips" when he see's my new reg.! So the story ends on happy note, he got his second choice, I got to keep the coveted tag and we both still enjoy a laugh about how this could happen!
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My first choice was ORGASMC. I got turned down.
I now have UPHORIC

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Mine reads, "COBRA65"
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Mine were just approved last week "FANG"

I have another I am trying to get my kid to put on his 69 camaro - "SCREMR". Haven't talked him into it yet, but it is.
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WHAT ABOUT XMYASP (KISS MY ASP/ASS!!) ??
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