License plates info, and DMV story

http://www.chiprowe.com/articles/plates.html

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/fladmv1.html

Both of these came about from me reading http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4660

1922 Helica, propeller driven car

Invented and sold by Frenchman Marcel Leyat in the early 1900s. This one above, a 1922 saloon car version

http://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/13/propeller-driven-car/ Looks like something Professor Fate, or The Great Leslie would drive in "The Great Race"

See a very similar car: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/12/found-in-barn-sound-familiar-this-car.html

a replica of a 1919 Helica here: http://parkoffka.ru/item/2010/4/15/amelia_island_concours_d_elegance_2010

License plate genius idea

When you can't have the plate you want, improvise

Great videos from Jay Leno

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/