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Re: period car accessories
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:46 am
by MoggyBlue
warweezil wrote:I was thinking more of a plastic version of
These that were popular in the 60's, I once owned a '64 A40 Farina that had a 2 "winged" version of these on the hubcaps
Haha ahhh right ok yeah I did wonder if that's what you ment

Re: period car accessories
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:47 am
by MoggyBlue
Oh god

you could just go for the cheaper option and nick the vase and flower out of the newer beetles

Re: period car accessories
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:09 am
by ASL642
I've got one of these on my dashboard. Sticks to glove box via a sucker and doesn't mark the paint.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLEAR-DOUBLE- ... 1411616191
Re: period car accessories
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:59 pm
by mike.perry
Still looking for a period tax disc holder (for my 1952 disc) which sticks to the windscreen for more than 2 minutes
Re: period car accessories
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:53 pm
by MoggyBlue
mike.perry wrote:Still looking for a period tax disc holder (for my 1952 disc) which sticks to the windscreen for more than 2 minutes
There's loads of old ones just ebay it I just searched 'vintage tax disc ' and got a few and even a morris Austin dealer one

Re: period car accessories
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 3:16 pm
by chesney
On the subject of period accessories, the absolute worst ones I have seen are some tacky, flimsy green plastic 'ears' that clip with sharp metal clips to the Minor doorframe, ensuring all paint (and skin on fingers when fitting) is damaged, and also ensure that wind noise is kept to an absolute maximum (despite what the packet said)...
I had the misfortune of fitting some (not to my own Minor I hasten to add!) and I've never seen a more depressed and ridiculous looking Minor in my life. Looked like Dumbo after a dose of plastic surgery...
Re: period car accessories
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:17 pm
by MoggyBlue
chesney wrote:On the subject of period accessories, the absolute worst ones I have seen are some tacky, flimsy green plastic 'ears' that clip with sharp metal clips to the Minor doorframe, ensuring all paint (and skin on fingers when fitting) is damaged, and also ensure that wind noise is kept to an absolute maximum (despite what the packet said)...
I had the misfortune of fitting some (not to my own Minor I hasten to add!) and I've never seen a more depressed and ridiculous looking Minor in my life. Looked like Dumbo after a dose of plastic surgery...
Oh gawwwd it sounds awful

no moggy should go through something so awful