Perhaps it's to protect your front plate from those cones when you hit them
head on?
-A.
> From: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>
> Organization: Hillman
> Reply-To: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>
> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 13:06:13 -0400 (EDT)
> To: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: "Autocross" License Plate frame at Toyota dealer?
>
> I was wandering around the parts department at my Toyota dealer this
> morning, and I saw just about the weirdest thing I've ever seen.
>
> They have a rack with several different license plates, one of which is
> called the "Autocross License Plate Lens" made an Altec Industries. For
> $23.95 you can have this plain black plastic frame with clear plastic lens
> to protect your license plate.
>
> It has nothing written on it, nor any hint with respect to the origin
> of its unusual name.
>
> The Altec logo is apparently a poor ripoff of Ferrari's prancing horse
> crest, too; which only made it more bizarre.
>
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> D a v i d H i l l m a n
> hillman@planet-torque.com
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