You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

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[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by L_e_e

Under the radar

Well done, you.

The thing I like about the '74 M plate is that the date is stamped in.

You may recall the regular '74 plate was a '73 plate with an adhesive tab added.

I found out about all this same year information when I tried to register this plate (below) to the GTO and it got rejected.

That is Dick Jesse's dealer plate from Royal Pontiac. This mocked up photo might be the only time it has been installed, as it was still in the paper wrapper when I got it from Dad.

K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Ohio is, or was, like that, too.

My college roommate worked for New Departure Hyatt in Sandusky and had access to GM company owned vehicles. He was driving a company car one time with an Ohio manufacturer plate, which was stamped "Special" in the location where the county information normally appears.

A woman stopped him while he was putting gas in it, and she said: "...ya know, I've lived in Ohio my whole life but I'll be dipped if I know where 'Special County' is...."

K

C'mon guys.

I thought this was funny.

Maybe because I was thinking of Sam Elliott.

K

[Lee Stewart]

Soon after GM formally revealed the Chevrolet Silverado EV at CES, it emerged that the $105,000 RST First Edition has already sold out. In fact, according to GM CEO Mary Barra, all of those vehicles were snapped up in just 12 minutes.

Barra told Bloomberg that the work truck variant is expected to be available in spring 2023, and GM plans to start delivering the RST First Edition that fall. The regular RST starts at $39,900, though that won't arrive until summer 2024.

It's not clear how many RST First Edition Silverados were available for pre-order, but the swift sell out isn't super surprising, given the popularity of the combustion engine Silverado. There's clearly a widespread appetite for electric pickups. Ford had to halt reservations of the F-150 Lightning due to overwhelming demand, and this week the automaker announced plans to double its production capacity to 150,000 vehicles per year.

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