Habit?

[thom]

On many pictures of finished bodies (ie having just got out of the moulds), there is often a "face" which is sprayed onto the plastic...



Anybody knows about this procedure?
Does it mean the body is fine?

>>> Edited by thom on Wednesday 27th March 12:01

[PetrolTed]

It's Gary Numan. One of the workers at TVR is a big fan of him and sprays it on his work.

I was very impressed (not) once when I visited a bodyshop rebuilding the front of a Tuscan. On the new grille that had been supplied by TVR was some writing in marker pen. It wasn't the part number or an order number is was "Manchester United". Very professional!

[thom]

If they can find themselves with such a system, congrats!

[Terminator]

Some of the graffiti I've found when rebuilding M-series cars has been 'interesting' to say the least. It's normally found on the back of dashboards or in the fuel tank area. Many of the cars sent to the US during the 1970s had 'messages' for the American customers, usually in the back of door panels or under the fuel tanks. The original dealers and customers never knew about it, it was only when the car was refurbished several years later by an unsuspecting enthusiast that they came to light.

[MikeE]

I saw a raw Tuscan body in build with "so and so is a w@nker" written on it in thick black marker. I assume it was one of the writers cllegues and not the prospective owner he was referring to!

I think this is very common at TVR. So most of us have been driving around oblivious to this sort of commentary right under our noses.

[thom]

quote:
'messages' for the American customers

What were the contents?

[Pedestrian]

Would be very whimsical if the cars didn't fall to bits..
Or is that unfair?

[PetrolTed]

quote:
Would be very whimsical if the cars didn't fall to bits..
Or is that unfair?

What are you on about?

[Terminator]

quote:

quote:
'messages' for the American customers

What were the contents?

Lets just say it wasn't polite and I don't want to start another war on PistonHeads

[thom]

A war? Certainly not! Just an opportunity to have some laugh...

[coala]

Ever restored a Jaguar? Same thing there. It seems you Englishmen have an urge to communicate...

[Ford Prefect]

Many moons ago, a gang of us bought an ex-army K9 truck and one day fiddling with the centre badge on the steering wheel "it just came off in my hand, honest". Looked inside and there was a note that read "F**k off you nosey bas***d".

[Pedestrian]

Sorry Ted, The Gary Newman thing is absolutely fine (tracability etc!), but offensive grafiti... if your tiv was as unreliable as some described on these pages and you then found someone had scrawled obscenities over it...
Talkin' of glass houses an' all that - at my last place an bit of kit went out directly from R&D with 'Mick Blows Goats' on one of the screens - luckily no one on the recieving end was called Mick.. Also same factory, one of the shop floor guys left his sandwiches inside one of the mixing desks only to be found some 3 years later (the company makes top end recording equipment and mixing consoles - 300/400K each..) oh well, see you in bristol

[thom]

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if your tiv was as unreliable as some described on these pages and you then found someone had scrawled obscenities over it...

That would be the cherry on the cake!

[philr]

My Chimaera doesn't have any offensive messages on it that I've found yet. It does have a few notes on the sub-frame saying what was (is still ?) missing from the car.
I always assumed that they finally added all the bits ithe car was supposed to have, but you never know !

[aphelion]

The V8S has some additional artwork under the carpet on the rear shelf - drawn on the foam underlay in black marker and captioned 'tools of the trade' are a pair of scissors, electric drill, screwdriver and one of those thin-walled rubber tubes (and I don't mean a tyre!!).