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rally window sticker
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 8:46 pm
by aupickup
just got my rally pack
what happened to the nice window stickers we used to have that were plastic sticky thing that went on the windscreen
all we have now it seems is a bit of cardboard and a long thin sticker saying please note the back peels off
being the 60 th i would have thought it would have been a really nice window sticker
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 10:53 pm
by LouiseM
I must admit I looked through my rally documents a few times, thinking that the entry sticker was missing, before I realised that you have to stick a piece of card on the outside of the windscreen. I hope it doesn't rain heavily on my way to Stanford Hall
Economy drive I suppose
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 11:12 pm
by alex_holden
Are you talking about the little yellow ticket that says 'Entry Pass' on it? Is that what they mean by Windscreen Sticker? Mine doesn't say anything about the back peeling off and it doesn't have any glue on it.
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 11:16 pm
by LouiseM
Yes, it's the yellow ticket.
There's a small piece of paper included in the rally documents saying "Entry Pass: Please note the back of this ticket peels off".
It's a bit fiddly but you can peel the back off - you just need long fingernails
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 11:26 pm
by alex_holden
Ah, you're right, after fiddling with it a bit longer I managed to peel the back off the ticket. I wouldn't have guessed if aupickup hadn't mentioned it (no small piece of paper in my pack).
You'd think it would be logical to refer to the item by the same name in both places rather than 'windscreen sticker' on the letter and 'entry pass' on the thing itself...
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 11:37 pm
by aupickup
its a bit cheapskate really
other years we had ones that were placed inside the screen and looked good
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 12:05 am
by alex_holden
It will have to go inside the window rather than outside BTW, because the glue is on the backing. They are a bit like a pay and display parking ticket.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:37 am
by LouiseM
the glue is on the backing. They are a bit like a pay and display parking ticket.
It was much nicer having a proper window sticker - you could put it in your windscreen in advance of the National to advertise the event. This one is unlikely to stay stuck on for very long. And it's a shame that it has a picture of Stanford Hall on it rather than a Minor. I suppose I expected something a bit special for the 60th anniversary
its a bit cheapskate really
Dancing dogs aren't cheap Dennis. You can't expect to be entertained and have a nice windscreen sticker
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 10:01 am
by aupickup
ah yes forgot about the dogs
oh well, i still would have thought that of all years , this year would have been the most important to advertise the 60th birthday of the morris minor, and felt that a nice sticker we could display in the window like other years would have been a good idea
is this really the MMOC
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 7:20 pm
by myminor1969
My rally card does not have a rally number on it
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:22 pm
by LouiseM
That's because there's no judging this year.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:01 pm
by dalebrignall
id better send my entry off will do it this week,now i know my big ends are ok
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:30 pm
by d_harris
Hold on a second, Dancing dogs? Its not that accursed May Rae woman is it??
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 10:08 pm
by LouiseM
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 10:15 pm
by Sidney'61
But.. It's supposed to be a car show!
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 10:24 pm
by aupickup
dancing dogs
clowns
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 10:36 pm
by LouiseM
Well there's always the Scottish pipe band, rhythmic gymnastics or the Fleur-de-lys majorettes if you don't like dogs or clowns
On the positive side, the camp site is so far away from the rally site it is probably out of range of the tannoy
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:46 pm
by pgc520
All,
The windscreen stickers needed to be different this year as we have three entry points, 1) Yellow for those camping, 2) Green for "day tripers" 3) Blue for Branch Avenue and Cars on Display. This made it uneconomic to produce the usual windscreen stickers, which was a shame!
However a lot of people keep scrap books of the event which the other stickers were no use for!
Andrew
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:37 am
by Squiggle
LouiseM wrote:the glue is on the backing. They are a bit like a pay and display parking ticket.
It was much nicer having a proper window sticker - you could put it in your windscreen in advance of the National to advertise the event. This one is unlikely to stay stuck on for very long. And it's a shame that it has a picture of Stanford Hall on it rather than a Minor. I suppose I expected something a bit special for the 60th anniversary
I'm afraid I have to agree. I've still got my proper London 2 Brighton sticker on and people comment as to if it really made it that far!
Is it too late to get some made?
And with the car featuring on it, not Stanford Hall! I realise a lot of work has gone into this [for which I am grateful] and I have done none of the work......but I have paid. As regards dogs and clowns [not really my cuppa tea] ......the phrase comes to mind..... 'you can't please all the people all of the time' .....
