You've spotted it and thought "That's a good idea"!

[b1ackcr0w]

At the Shelsley VSCC meeting at the weekend there was a really neat solution to the problem of lack of a rev limiter on an old MG.

The rev counter had the usual increments of x1000 rpm, the red line was 5000 rpm, but the 6000rpm increment had been replaced with £600, which was aparently the cost of rebuilding if you over revved the engine. Now that's ingenious!

Any similar neat solutions or entertaining features you've spotted on cars also welcome.....

[Hepatic]

Well there's the stuffed toy in the back of one of the legends, but i forget which number...!

[Richy_Rich]

For some reason lots of the TRs/Spitfires have stuffed toys in them...

I'm not sure it's a good idea, but I'll be fitting one anyway just incase

[Steve and Gruff]

Originally Posted by Hepatic

Well there's the stuffed toy in the back of one of the legends, but i forget which number...!

Hi Steve, Yes I remember that, I think it was either a Pink Elephant or Pig and was the car No. 68 or 69, maroon colour??? It looked good either way and went rather quickly if I remember correctly.

Looking forward to seeing the Legends again at Anglesey.

Steve

[Woolley]

Graham Wight jr had a neat cigarettes-and-lighter hoder in the cockpit of the Gould. I've seen similar in various rally cars, but never before in a single-seater.

[Dave Brand]

Originally Posted by Hepatic

Well there's the stuffed toy in the back of one of the legends, but i forget which number...!

You mean this one?

http://www.marshalspost.com/images/tmp/bigahAdBd.jpg

(The pig......Alien Marshal was just visiting!)

[Mark Mitchell]

Originally Posted by Steve and Gruff

Hi Steve, Yes I remember that, I think it was either a Pink Elephant or Pig

It's a pink pig and the driver is called Gerrard Something-or-another and races in the scottish legends!

IIRC - EP has a photo of it!

[ss_collins]

a can of beer taped behing the dash board - in event of retirement.

Or racing with a few quid in your pocket so when you break down you can get a pint

[The Fat Clerk]

I was sitting in the pitlane @ Thruxton just about to go out on a F3 Test day in the early 80's, when my dad put a Sainsburys Carrier Bag between my legs, when I asked him why, he said "To put the bits in when you bend it"
Good old Dad, & no before you ask I didn't.

[CombeMarshal]

I have Ideas, but there MINE!!!
Lee

[Dave Brand]

Originally Posted by Mark Mitchell

IIRC - EP has a photo of it!

Which I posted a link to!

[rescue dude]

I was at Shelsley a few year's ago and spotted a 6R4 with a toilet roll holder complete with toilet roll. Above it a sign read " IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, PULL. "

[Mark Mitchell]

Originally Posted by Dave Brand

Which I posted a link to!

Sorry dave didn't see that - I didn't refresh prior to posting!

[Hepatic]

That's the one - i especially like it as the ears flap as he speeds past your post...!

[Woolley]

Originally Posted by rescue dude

I was at Shelsley a few year's ago and spotted a 6R4 with a toilet roll holder complete with toilet roll. Above it a sign read " IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, PULL. "

If it's the obvious 6R4, I guess he'll have had to refill it by now...

[BrendanM]

I did see some clocks on a custom bike with the tach labled "into the Red" and £ signs appearing at the usual intervals. Speedo was labled "Lies per Hour" too....and the thing had a nitro kit

Luckily for me was a statis display....

[rescue dude]

Originally Posted by Woolley

If it's the obvious 6R4, I guess he'll have had to refill it by now...

Strangely enough Wooley no it wasn't.
Can't remember the driver but i thought it was sage advice.

[blueflagger]

A FF driver here in the US painted his car nose with a blue flag, complete with yellow diagonal stripe (yeah, I know the stripe is US only). He won a lot of races and gave credit to the fact that slower drivers would look in their mirrors and see a passing flag coming at them.

[robert77]

I think I know the one you mean Mr Woolley.