Does anyone have any flicks of signwritten t25's? i cant find many, was toying with the idea of making a themed van, but dont really like the gulf blue and orange look. I think im right in sdaying that signwriting is going to more usually found on panel vans than buses too, which is the other deciding factor. I know this isnt a t25 forum, but to be honest, i dont like any other forums and club80-90 wont let me in until i have had a parent or guardian sign a permission slip and i have emailed them twice now about it with no reply! maybe i will have to do a blind resto on this one
Club 80-90 have a swear filter that changes T25 to T3 ... what more do you need to know? T25s were generally signwritten in the traditional sense a bay or split may have been, we were well into the realms of cut vinyl by the 80s. Its always been my feeling that splits should be hand written, bays should be stencilled and T25 should be vinyled to be "right"
It seams us brits where the only people who couldn't cope with the Ts (the difference between type and transporter) so we made our own up It is my understanding All vans are type 2s (type1s beetle, type3s Fastbacks etc) Then Transporter = split Transporter 2 = prototype bay Transporter 2b = late bay Transporter 3 = wedge/brick Transporter 4= T4 ect So a late bay is a type 2 transporter 2b or Type 2 T2b Now someone will tell me its wrong or do i get the nerd badge .
according to this a t25 is a T3 fire truck http://www.brick-yard.co.uk/VehicleSpecific/T3/info/typNos.htm
T24 for pickups and vans, T25 for minibuses.... for some reason the rest of the world couldn't cope with chassis numbers and had to stick with the simple 1,2,3,4,5 progression. Clearly only the british have the intellect to understand it
I thought it was more the Brits being British and doing it out own way hence why we also have the mk4 Golf convertible labeled a mk3.5.
Oh Golfs are just a screw up on the numbering mainly because VW are a bit lazy when it comes to churning out the soft top versions... there's no such thing as a Mk2 convertible... except that the Mk2 era of MK1 Convertibles are hybrid MK1 and 2 ... just with Mk1 (ish) shaped panels on them... what's that a Mk 1.5 ?? that's aside from a Mk3 being a Mk2 with a facelift anyway and not a proepr full Mk .... *disappears in a puff of VW illogic*
There are also contemporary reports made during the war refrring to it as the First World War so what I wrote wasnt correct your right!
Technohippy do you have any flicks of signwritten t25's? i know you have a blue gulf version - what is the gulf all about or am i completely stupid??? ie history? - i would quite like to do a bit of an aged look for the signwriting but obviously if it is vinyl it may be tricky to accomplish, unless i stencil spray a ghost sign like it was removed.
PSG do you have any pics of your van and where you would like the sign writing? i can Photoshop something up if you have something specific in mind? Thanks Bruce
Gulf... history... erm... long term sponsor of motorsport from its very beginnings, most famously probably with Porsche and Ford at Le Mans, especially famously in the film of the same name starring Steve McQueen. Gulfing a vehicle, any vehicle is a bit of an obsession, there's a lot fo us about too. It also helps that Gulf recognise their heritage and give enthusiasts free reign to reproduce their colour schemes and logos as long as you're not making money out of it unlike a great number of other oil and soft drinks companies. Nobody is quite as obsessed as Roald Goethe though http://www.rofgocollection.com/
brucieboy not got anything in mind, just was interested to see the general signwritten scene if any. maybe i will have to kickstart the t25 signwritten scene
