racing stickers??

[goodoldluke]

I'm wanting to make a retro race replica version of my herald and am thinkin of buying the race stickers (tow arrows, cut off etc).

i was just thinking if there were any websites or if anyone here could shed some light on positioning of all the stickers? obvs the tow ones point to towing point but where do others go?

also the little red 'E' in a circle what does this mean?

thank you in advance have some pics for a reward






;D ;D ;D

[Hirst]

E is the emergency fuel cut-off, I think.

[skinley]

I'm pretty sure* 'E' means extinguisher.


*But I might be wrong.

Maybe it's the kill switch or fuel cut off.

[goodoldluke]

brilliant work skinley. spot on
thanks for the info

[skinley]

Mar 19, 2010 20:15:26 GMT goodoldluke said:

brilliant work skinley. spot on
thanks for the info

Dude, it was just an (un)educated guess.

[Speedman]

;D

[dude]

Damn that corvette is hot.

[Brian Damaged]

Don't forget this one.

;D

[Deleted]

i have the rookie cross on the back of my trailer, i had some bloke stop me in the services once ask me what i was carrying, thought it was some kind of hazzard waste lol

[charlie]

The obvious ones are door cards or white circles to carry numbers, a white circle on the bonnet to carry numbers, your surname in the rear quarters, warning triangles for power and extinguisher (but pointless if you don't have cut-off switches on the outside), numerous stickers for oil, fluids and parts suppliers and a sunstrip.

A raggedy collection:


Car already featured above.

And tape on the lights.

Charlie

[jnoiles]

I'd be careful with driving around with the white circle and number on your door. Technically that means you're competing in some sort of public road event and you need special insurance. I believe you can put a cross of black tape over the number to indicate you're not competing.

Also the E is the fire extinguisher and the Lightning Bolt one is the electrical cut out.

[Rich606]

Tape over the numbers on the road is an urban myth. It's an MSA regulation that doesn't even apply to all classes either, it's not required of rally cars. So they only need covering if you are in fact taking part in a motorsport and you don't want to get in trouble with the MSA.

[jnoiles]

Mar 20, 2010 15:54:13 GMT Rich606 said:

Tape over the numbers on the road is an urban myth. It's an MSA regulation that doesn't even apply to all classes either, it's not required of rally cars. So they only need covering if you are in fact taking part in a motorsport and you don't want to get in trouble with the MSA.

Interesting. I spoke to someone not so long ago who got pulled over and got a bollocking for driving down the road with the numbers displayed on his car when he wasn't actually competing in something.

[Rich606]

VW sell Beetles with Herbie numbers, Fiat sell 500 Abarths with door numbers, estate agents drive around in MINIs with door numbers...

Quoted from another forum on Ten Tenths Motorsport:

Dear Chris,

Thank you for your email, which has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

I forwarded your question to our Road Policing department, which has confirmed that door numbers are not illegal. Window numbers would only be illegal if the driver's forward or side vision was impaired.

I trust this will be of some assistance to you. If you have any questions about the above or I can help in any other way, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me again.

Kind regards,

Gabriella Trybalska
Force Information Unit
Lothian and Borders Police

And you can drive a car on say a navigational rally or a 12-Car with numbers displayed in the window, and you don't need any special insurance to take part in one of them. (EDIT: Actually, you might do. Hence why you can only do them as part of a motor club. Hmm...)

The MSA regulation seems to only apply to cars taking place in events off public roads, circuit racing, sprints and hillclimbs etc. Stage rallying rules don't say that you have to remove or cover them on road sections.

[DarrenW]

Mar 20, 2010 16:40:13 GMT jnoiles said:

Mar 20, 2010 15:54:13 GMT Rich606 said:

Tape over the numbers on the road is an urban myth. It's an MSA regulation that doesn't even apply to all classes either, it's not required of rally cars. So they only need covering if you are in fact taking part in a motorsport and you don't want to get in trouble with the MSA.

Interesting. I spoke to someone not so long ago who got pulled over and got a bollocking for driving down the road with the numbers displayed on his car when he wasn't actually competing in something.

Foxtons Estate Agents seemed to get away with it OK:



www.foxtons.co.uk/foxtons/foxtons_mini_cooper.html