All of my vehicles get a name, and those names are often given by my mom. (She usually sees them in her driveway for extended periods, while major maintence goes on. I did not get my own driveway until relatively recently.) She came up with Bluebell for my first Vanagon - an '84 two-tone blue edition, then Marigold, for the '76 loaf, and Butternut, for my current '85 tan�van. Butternut has a Michigan�vanity plate of "2POINT2" in the rear, and a plate of my own making on the front with a painted picture of a butternut squash, and lettering spelling out her name. The "real" liscence plate is for the big-bore 2.1 that will be going in her in the spring.

Evan Mac Donald
1985 Vanagon "Butternut"

--- On Thu, 10/2/08, Matt Drew <t3vanagon@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Matt Drew <t3vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Personalized Plates - Cast Your Vote!
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 1:08 AM

Hey y'all-

Finally going to register Blackbeard in Nevada.
Finally.

Have chosen to go the personalized plate route, and believe it or not there
are some GREAT plates still available!

I'm having a hard time choosing, so I thought I'd throw 'em out to
the
trusty list.
(Note: I am a tried and true WSU Cougar, and Blackbeard has the WSU coug
head logo prominently displayed on the rear window)

Also, if you have any ideas not represented, throw 'em my way! I'm open
to
suggestions!
*
Available plates:*
VANAGON
BLAKBRD
WSUCOUG
IMACOUG
SLOWWWW
NO GO
PI R8
NOTMUVN
NOTMOVN
CLUNKA
MYHOUSE

Thanks!
Look forward to hearing back.

-Drew
'90 GL "Blackbeard" - and yes, I refer to *him* by name
consistently!  :^)