
Master of the World
by Mark Halpin
ANSWER: DONKEY RIDE
Each license plate seeds three letters into the name of a fictional car, whch must then be identified. For example, "421-BEH" gives "HE-B...", which might be identified as "HERBIE." From each name, take the letter indicated by the number of that state in order of entry into the union.
Reading the plates left-to-right, top-to-bottom gives:
- GUMDROP
- BATMOBILE
- LIGHTNING MCQUEEN
- KITT
- GENERAL LEE
- SPEED BUGGY
- CHRISTINE
- CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
- GREASED LIGHTNIN'
- HERBIE
The indicated letters spell the answer, DONKEY RIDE.