I am asking a huge favor of all Lateral-G members for my twelve year old son...
 

I am just finishing up our new house and have a favor to ask of everyone. I have two kids, my wife and I wanted to do something different to finish off their bedrooms. My wife gets to handle my daughter's and I of course get to do my son's room.

This will be a surprise for him..... I have been thinking about covering his bedroom ceiling with license plates. He loves cars and he has bought several plates at the swap meets with his own money. I was wondering how to get plates from all over and my wife said put a post on Lateral-G.....so here I am!

I think it would be kick-ass to have plates from all over...vanity type plates would be cool but anything would work. SO....if you have any plates kicking around, I would be very grateful if you would drop'em in the mail. I would be happy to pay you for postage!

Little background on my son: He is twelve and will outwork most adults I know. Given the choice of putting his tool-belt on or playing video games, he will pick the tool-belt EVERYTIME. I have video of him when he was 6'ish running my excavator. He is a really good kid and he is a straight A student, AND is in advanced math to boot!

Thanks in advance to anyone who decides to send a plate to me!

I'm at:

Bryan Begin
PO Box 422
Strafford NH 03884

A picture of him:
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...1352121738.jpg

Im not sure when you need them by but I work on the freeways in California and find plates all the time. Let me dig up what I can and I will send them out to you.

dropping some in the UPS today. They were sitting on my bookcase in my office from a Van I sold about 3 months ago. A little ragged, (Ohio weather!) but it beats putting them in the trash!

Darren

No rush! Thanks!

Thanks! Can't wait to put this together for him!

Orange suit? :rofl:

I've got a couple sets headed your way! Including a set of California black plates.

So kool to see and read about this kind of stuff!!




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You want any or all of these three?

http://www.camcojb.com/temp/plates.jpg

The top one is sorta famous, came off this car; the one I have is the original black version:

http://www.camcojb.com/temp/mal017.jpg

The next plate was the original plates off an 8000 original mile Maverick I had. The bottom one is a mint new personalized plate, came with a 71 Vega I bought from a friend (H body).

I put in a little surprise for him --- a Rat Fink Clock... He may not know or understand Rat Fink stuff.... but I thought a nice wall clock for his bedroom would help him be on time! HAHAHAHAHA

Sent the package today!

:cheers:

Getting my screw driver now and will head out tonight LOL J/K.. I'll look around at work

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

That was funny :thumbsup:

Jody!!! Thanks so much!!....I really hate for you to "undecorate" that sweet shop but that would be the bomb!

Can I keep the clock for myself?!! :rofl: THAT is so kick-ass kewl!! He is going to flip his lid when he sees this! I will make sure to get some pictures up when it is done.

Thanks again! :cheers:

Just showed this thread to my wife......she says: "is that the Gregg and Jody guy you always talk about?" YUP :D

:thumbsup:

Legends in our own minds............... :lol: They'll go out tomorrow.

I had a account years ago with a auction company that sold cars from all over the country, I have plates in a box that is full. Ill dig thru my storage garage and find them. I was going to do something with them but never did. Ill see what i can do after the holidays. There yours

LOL :thumbsup:



That is awesome!! Really appreciate it! :cheers:

Bryan,

I've got some I'll send you. AZ & CA. It will be a couple weeks. Busy moving into a new house. Pm me if I forget.

I have had this for year's.It's a body side from a 3/4 race car built by Donny Allison's son's.Raced by Dale Sr.I was planning on taking it down this spring when I hang new ceiling and interiors wall's.Would your son be interested in this.If can find some boxes to ship it.It comes apart. http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...ock5/001-1.jpg

I can get you an Alberta and a sask plate if you are interested in some from Canada?
It will take me a little longer though.

What a great idea.

Like everyone has said they like reading about good kids and that can only mean one thing "Good Parents"

I will dig through my stuff and pack it this weekend.

Any other car stuff you want us to add in.

Time is not an issue! I'm looking to get this done in the next month or so. Thanks!:thumbsup:

This is what I'm talking about! Much appreciated! :thumbsup:

Marty...thanks for the kind words! I really can't say enough about him, he strikes me as a 40 year old in a 12 year old body. Old for his age in the way he thinks etc..

Thank you...:thumbsup:

I have to say, I just about fell over when I saw this. :hail: At a time when the headlines seem to be nothing but negative...you see this type of generosity and it restores my faith in mankind.

I can't possibly take that from you...it is much to special..... but damn that would be kick ass!

Bryan,if it would bring your son joy.I would love for him to have it.I dont give it much of a thought these days.I will get it down this week end and box it up and get it sent out next week. :thumbsup:

This is some awesome stuff going on here! i dont have anything that you would be looking for really, but for sure post pictures of the completed project!

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ONTARIO (Canada) plates on their way :thumbsup: As soon as I mentioned this post to my wife she immediately got her old plates from a car she had and said "let's send them"... enjoy!

Thanks so much!!

I didn't think this thread would affect me like this. I just thought it would be cool to slam a bunch of plates on his ceiling, give him something to look at. But seeing it come together is really special. EVERY piece will have a unique story behind it.

Had a few tears rolling as I was showing these posts to my wife this morning. My eight year old daughter came around the corner and said: "what's wrong Dad?" Nothing honey.....not a thing! :thumbsup:

I have plates from VA, FL, TX, CA and MN somewhere in my stash, I'll gather them for you!
I might have something else cool, I'll start digging!!!

Now THAT'S some kinda cool and it has my old employer's decal on it (Bowman)!!! Bryan's kid will never want to leave his room!!!:D

Very thankful!! :thumbsup:

Shoot....I'M not going to want to leave!! :willy:

I have a few Minnesota plates, collector and regular I can throw your way. Let me see if I can dig them up.

OK....the hell with the surprise part!! Greg, your package came in and my wife wrapped it. He lost his mind! Thank you VERY much!!:hail:

He is very excited to help me put this project together...can't wait to get started!

A couple pictures...

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...1356464028.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...1356464008.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...1356464065.jpg

Oh, that's great!!


Merry Christmas!

Well, they weren't where I thought they were but I'll keep looking! I moved 2 years ago and almost half the stuff I don't use regularly is still packed away... :)

I understand what you mean! I JUST moved into my new house and can't find a thing!

This is going to take some time to get done, so if you end up finding them it would be great! Thanks!