SNAKE was already taken by a friend's original 289 Cobra when I went after trick plates for my Cobra. The usual stuff dealing with 427 this and that was gone too. I had tried several lists with DMV to no avail.
Not long after the parts and pieces of my Contemporary arrived, I tried again and discovered that a Viper had crashed and A Snake was up for grabs.
I grabbed a handful of receipts for the engine and the certificate of origin and booked down to the DMV. After a little screwing around with the counter guy at DMV, I left with my title, temp. registration and a big "S" eating grin on my face.
Funny thing is, I actually had to renew the plates once, before I ever drove the darned car!!
The car's gone now, but I still have one of the plates up on the wall of my den, along with a picture of my son Ray, sitting in the car.
As to spamming, slurs and the like, I'm not hiding, the name is very sentimental now that both my Son and the car are gone.
As others have said in this thread, I'll tell it like it is, to you or about you and expect nothing but the same in return.....
Al
a.k.a. A Snake