This may be a dumb question, but what's the type of crayon that was used for marking on the bulkhead?
Pastel oil crayon?..
Wax crayon?
My kids have a variety, and I am not sure what to choose... ;-)
Tadek
Crayon type for car number bulkhead markings?
#1 Crayon type for car number bulkhead markings?
Tadek
e-type S1 3.8 FHC - in restoration phase...
Jaguar XK120 OTS
Austin-Healey 100 BN2
e-type S1 3.8 FHC - in restoration phase...
Jaguar XK120 OTS
Austin-Healey 100 BN2
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#2 Re: Crayon type for car number bulkhead markings?
Hi Tadek,
It could be this kind of crayon
https://www.toolmanyardley.co.uk/shop/p ... 90-crayon/
Mich
It could be this kind of crayon
https://www.toolmanyardley.co.uk/shop/p ... 90-crayon/
Mich
Michel
1965 E Type FHC - On the road / 1963 E Type OTS - on the road after Angus Restoration
1965 E Type FHC - On the road / 1963 E Type OTS - on the road after Angus Restoration
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#3 Re: Crayon type for car number bulkhead markings?
Thanks!
Tadek
e-type S1 3.8 FHC - in restoration phase...
Jaguar XK120 OTS
Austin-Healey 100 BN2
e-type S1 3.8 FHC - in restoration phase...
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Austin-Healey 100 BN2
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#4 Re: Crayon type for car number bulkhead markings?
I think that, back in the day, they would have used a Chinagraph pencil.
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Stuart
If you can't make it work, make it complicated!
'62 FHC - Nearing completion
'69 Daimler 420 Sovereign
'78 Land Rover Series 3 109
If you can't make it work, make it complicated!
'62 FHC - Nearing completion
'69 Daimler 420 Sovereign
'78 Land Rover Series 3 109
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#5 Re: Crayon type for car number bulkhead markings?
Tadek
e-type S1 3.8 FHC - in restoration phase...
Jaguar XK120 OTS
Austin-Healey 100 BN2
e-type S1 3.8 FHC - in restoration phase...
Jaguar XK120 OTS
Austin-Healey 100 BN2
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#6 Re: Crayon type for car number bulkhead markings?
The body number on my 63 fhc was under the rear hatch trim. Yellow crayon.
Also, behind the speedo/rev counter dash, there was the body number in black pencil.
Also, behind the speedo/rev counter dash, there was the body number in black pencil.
Richard
Previous owner and restorer of a S1 3.8 FHC Opalescent Golden Sand with Tan Trim 889504 (now sold and headed for Athens)
Previous owner and restorer of a S1 3.8 FHC Opalescent Golden Sand with Tan Trim 889504 (now sold and headed for Athens)
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#7 Re: Crayon type for car number bulkhead markings?
I dont think its really the "done thing" to be putting in you own crayon markings.....these are to show originality...puting in your own will create a "false" impression......what would you think if you purchased a car and later found out that a previous owner had crayoned in body numbers/dates/signitures ..........Steve
Steve
69 S2 2+2 (just sold) ..Realm C type replica, 1960 xk150fhc
69 S2 2+2 (just sold) ..Realm C type replica, 1960 xk150fhc
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#8 Re: Crayon type for car number bulkhead markings?
If it looks like it was a wax pencil, then a chinagraph pencil suits the description. These were certainly around in the late 60s and early 70s as I used to have one in my old box of pencils.
It is a very similar thread to http://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=17811
Having said all that, anyone who claims to be a restorer and hands back to a client a car painted in 2pack paint, is probably guilty of far more than someone who scribes a few numbers which can be rubbed off. Just imagine if the Mona Lisa were given a nice big repro smile repainted in acrylic paint with "SNG Leonardo B" neatly stamped into the picture frame.
Perhaps conservation should become the new restoration.
kind regards
Marek
It is a very similar thread to http://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=17811
Having said all that, anyone who claims to be a restorer and hands back to a client a car painted in 2pack paint, is probably guilty of far more than someone who scribes a few numbers which can be rubbed off. Just imagine if the Mona Lisa were given a nice big repro smile repainted in acrylic paint with "SNG Leonardo B" neatly stamped into the picture frame.
Perhaps conservation should become the new restoration.
kind regards
Marek
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