<VV> Re: VA antique vehicle plates-minimal Corvair

[Mark Noakes]

That's a good idea to keep relevant laws handy; hadn't thought of that one.  TN has no problem with the rear plate only since that's all anyone has here.  I drove the 66 to work today and a police car followed me for a while on the way home...I was sure that I hadn't done anything but he was tracking with me for quite a while...maybe just a gawker...though several cars ran wide of me as if my 3-spoke spinner wheel covers were 3 ft long blades.

You folks in MN will love going to 20% alchohol on your gasahol...at Oak Ridge National Lab...much effort on energy studies...all our plant vehicles run on the 20%  blend already.  When the temperatures drop below 20F, the vehicles won't start...the secretary called and asked what to do...they literally said wait till it gets warmer...and next tank blend in more gasoline till  it gets warmer.  It eats/damages the Fords; the GM products do ok with it...but still won't start when it's cold.

Mark Noakes

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Verthein" <minoxphotographer at yahoo.com>
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Re: VA antique vehicle plates-minimal Corvair
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 14:00:00 -0700 (PDT)

> 
> This talk about the police not being aware of the law has haunted us
> here in Minnesota as well.  Two examples come to mind, one we have
> first hand experience with.  State law allows 'blue dot" tail light
> lenses on collectors cars, cars eligible to be registered as collector
> cars, etc. My son Ryan had a 1949 Chevrolet with blue dots.  He got
> pulled over and picked on a bit by the local cop (we live in a town of
> 600 people).  no ticket, but he told him he'd better get rid of those
> illegal tail lights.Ryan trie dto explain they WERE legal on his car,
> but the cop would not believe it.  I know the police chief a bit, so I
> wrote a very polite letter to him, with a copy of the Minnesota state
> statute allowing blue dots.  And know what? Ryan got stopped again,
> hassled again, but no ticket. Before I bothered persuing it any
> further, he sold that car and bought his Corvair.
> 
> I've been thinking about putting blue dots on MY Corvair just until I
> can manage to get him to pull ME over, insist he give me a ticket, so I
> can go to court.  This is one of the laws that the Minnesota Street Rod
> Association fought for, along with the one license plate exemption
> (collector cars, cars eligible to be, etc.. only need a rear plate),
> AND the exemption to be able to buy non-alchohol gas for old cars.
> Everyone else HAS to buy gasohol (10% right now, but they're lobbying
> to make it 20% soon).  The MSRA urges everyone to carry a copy of the
> statue in their cars.
> 
> The police chief claimed it's nearly impossible for a local cop to keep
> all the laws straight. Kinda like how the IRS can't understand it's own
> rules, but enforces them anyway.
> 
> Just another one for the books.
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> 
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> But you still don't want to get any on you.
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> 
> 
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