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Mystery License Plate
« on: June 10, 2009, 10:53:53 AM »
I was driving down I-81 this morning and a Honda Odyssey passed me with a license plate I'd never seen before. It wasn't a state plate, it some kind of foreign plate, but there was nothing I could see that identified its origin. I checked http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/, but there's just so many of them there that I couldn't find it. Has anyone ever seen a plate like this or have an idea where it comes from? Sorry about the quality, but Paint is all I had at my disposal at the time. 

As for the accuracy of m drawing, the top line had "HK" and the bottom line had some numbers. The right side was a yellowish circular design on some sort and along the left side was that shield looking thing, with a small bit of red along the bottom and some kind of design on it that had a splash of orange/red (as depicted). Along the very left was that lighter blue box with "US" in it.

Any ideas?
« Last Edit: June 10, 2009, 10:56:00 AM by sully »
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Re: Mystery License Plate
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2009, 11:20:27 AM »
Hong Kong?

Nvr mind, just looked them up on Wiki....
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Re: Mystery License Plate
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2009, 11:34:18 AM »

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Re: Mystery License Plate
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2009, 11:36:27 AM »
Actually, I think it still may be an HK diplomat plate...


That's from Hong Kong internally...so I think it's probably like Mark said...a diplomat plate or something.

http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/AS_HONG.html

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Re: Mystery License Plate
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2009, 11:37:54 AM »

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Re: Mystery License Plate
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2009, 11:40:21 AM »

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Re: Mystery License Plate
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2009, 11:53:22 AM »
Found it: (maybe)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/HK-Nummernschild.jpg
Its appears to be "License plate of US military forces in Germany."

I would guess the color of the circle on the right is the yearly expiration of the tag.  Here is a blue one: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/USA-Army-Kennzeichen.jpg
And Yellow is 09: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_car_number_plates


The car was being driven by this man (attached):
« Last Edit: June 10, 2009, 12:18:10 PM by The Shoctor »

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Re: Mystery License Plate
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2009, 12:26:11 PM »
Nice find!
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Re: Mystery License Plate
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2009, 08:50:10 PM »
I think Agent's got it. I'm quite impressed. I thought it may be a diplomat plate at first too, but it just didn't look right. I've seen those before and this one was different.

And for the record, it was a woman driving, not Czar, as your attached picture suggests.
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Re: Mystery License Plate
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2009, 10:11:45 PM »
I think Agent's FiveAces' got it.
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Re: Mystery License Plate
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2009, 10:25:04 PM »
I didn't even post in this thread! (until now)

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Re: Mystery License Plate
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2009, 11:11:23 PM »
Yeah...that's what I meant.....yeah....

I guess I just glanced at the name and the capital A in Aces through me off. When was the last time FiveAces posted? December 23, 2008! It threw me for a loop, I didn't expect to see anything from him.
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Re: Mystery License Plate
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2009, 08:12:00 AM »
And you wonder why...




<----Underappreciated


Since I had some fun doing this, and no one has yet posted in the scavenger hunt.  I have my artist misconception of a tag (attached)
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Re: Mystery License Plate
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2009, 09:16:56 AM »
Hint:
The car was being driven by this man
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Re: Mystery License Plate
« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2009, 09:19:09 AM »
Toxic Avenger! You're my hero, Gabe.