Car tat of the past..?

[Brilad]

What are the bits of car tat/adornments that you remember either with fondness or othwerwise?

For example: Stickers on the back window advertising a make of stereo (NEVER 'Bush' or 'Alba' for some reason), or stickers that said 'On A Mission', and also those little globe compasses on the dash. Any examples of tat from any era required!

OK - I am off for a Werther's Original. This internet was all fields when I was a lad etc etc.

[jas xjr]

from the early eighties , fake carphone and ariel.not very convincing either

[Willber]

Those fingers which made it look like someone had trapped their fingers in the boot or door!

[Whitean3]

Door/boot edge protectors that looked like trapped fingers

Rubber static strips hanging down at the back of the car

Coathangers for radio arials

Wolfrace slot mags

Garfield soft toys stuck to the inside of the window

Car bumper stickers- "My other car is a Porsche"

Green windshield sunvisors with occupants names- usually "Darren" and "Tracy" or similar

Vinyl (everflex) roofs

[Steve H]

I do like to see an old RAC or AA badge on the front of some old boys car, the ones that look like medals

[Steve H]

Oh and I used to have a.plastic louvred back window cover on my GLS MK5 Cortina!

[Galsia]

Those silly windscreen sun strips that have "Motorsport" on them in big letters.

[F458]

Car bumper stickers- "My other car is a Porsche"

That looks good on a ferrari though!!!

[susanq]

Gilt effect plastic tissue box covers for the back shelf
Furry dice
Cushions in the back seat - what's that all about?

[Silverbullet767]

L.E.D washer jets seems to have been killed off.

A sticker that says 'I'm not bald, its a solar panel for a sex machine'

Another sticker that says 'fat willys'

[Rawwr]

I honestly can't remember the last time I saw Garfield clinging to someone's window. Sad times.

[drivin_me_nuts]

Those strange plastic exterior blind things seen on the back of coupes and stickon huge element rear window heaters

[stewy68]

Steve H said:

Oh and I used to have a.plastic louvred back window cover on my GLS MK5 Cortina!

Loads of Capris had them too. Really set the car off along with Roman Bronze (metallic brown) paintwork and matching brown everflex roof
Not forgetting the stick on fur on dashboard, headlining, etc

[richardxjr]

I miss those massive plastic gold air freshener crowns that adorned the dashboards of South London minicabs. Bluebirds mostly.

[davegriff]

My next door neighbour's got black plastic louvres on his rear window at the moment...! He's got a Max Max styley Manta

[freecar]

Not forgetting Fido Dido hanging jauntily from a pinstripe!

[Brilad]

heh heh, some good stuff there especially the generic 'motorsport' and 'turbo' signs, love those.

Just to say - the plastic louvred windows on Capris are a particular thing for me as my dad's mate had one and my 9 year old mind thought it was great...

what about 'musical' horns eg Colonel Bogey etc, would they have died out around 1980 tops?

What got me thinking about all this was THIS fine product!!

http://www.carstache.com/collections/all-products

[courtster]

Brilad said:

what about 'musical' horns eg Colonel Bogey etc, would they have died out around 1980 tops?

I believe that they're illegal on cars built after 1st Aug 1973.

[mrmr96]

Bah! We had this conversation LAST YEAR!
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[shouldbworking]

Hey, my black plastic window louvre thing is entirely factory thank you!