New sign in my garage

[Graham Robertson]

Acquired a Leyland "Gauntlet" original dealership sign for my garage [:)]




I believe "Gauntlet" was like Leyland's version of Vauxhall's Network Q, back in the day.

I bought the sign from the original proprietor of a Glasgow dealership.

Edit: looking at the photo's I'll have tidy up that feed cable!

Graham





1982 TR7 dhc Pharoah Gold

[Maxwell]

A great find, but I'm more curious about what's hiding in the Marks & Spencer carrier bag!

Maxwell [:o)]


2.0 TR7 FHC \ Current
1.8 Mazda MX5 \ Current

[busheytrader]

Probably another Dacia sign....

That Leyland sign looks cool. I don't remember them back in the day...

[Graham Robertson]

The Dacia sign is the original one from the Aberdeen dealership back in the 80's. I bought a Duster in April and a friend spotted the sign, and coincidentally I discovered that I knew the owner of the building and he duly took down the sign and gave it to me! One side was all broken but I found every piece inside and managed to glue them all back together.



Graham




1982 TR7 dhc Pharoah Gold

[Stag76]

What is a Dacia? I don't think we have them in Australia.

TR7 Convertible
Sprint Motor
MegaSquirt EFI

[Graham Robertson]

A Romanian manufacturer, now owned by Renault (and my Duster was built in India).

Graham



1982 TR7 dhc Pharoah Gold

[V8Wedgehead]

I have a REALLY nice light up British Airways sign from 1979. Perfect for the works car display!
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Michael
1980 TR8 FHC #0020

[Chris Turner]

Years ago my workmate had a Renault 12 lookalike, I think it was called a Dacia Denem. Last week he bought a 13 plate Duster DCI Laureat(not sure what that means)4 wheel drive for under £10k, must be the bargain of the century.

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[Cobber]

Is it a Leyland gauntlet?
or is it a Leyland fist to be shoved up the customer's you know where?
[:D]


"Keep calm, relax, focus on the problem & PULL THE BLOODY TRIGGER"

80'Triumph TR7, 73'Land Rover (Ford 351. V8),
'89 Ford Fairlane
'98 MG-F, 69'Ford F250.
76' Ford F100

[Graham Robertson]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Cobber</i>

Is it a Leyland gauntlet?
or is it a Leyland fist to be shoved up the customer's you know where?
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<font color="purple">That's likely correct! I must admit that when I bought the sign I was chatting to the seller who originally owned the garage where the sign came from. On telling him I have two TR7's his reply was "they were rubbish cars".

I don't think he was referring to how they look or drive, but how often they broke down! I know today that our classic TR7's require quite high levels of maintenance but I don't suppose the maintenance requirements were any less 'back in the day'.</font id="purple">

Graham



1982 TR7 dhc Pharoah Gold

[Odd]

Nice find Graham! [:)]
I wouldn't mind having one of the twisted asshole signs myself (we didn't get the gauntlet though).
As of now I have one of the rather long TRIUMPH signs from a Swedish dealership showroom:

[Graham Robertson]

That looks great Odd. You've got slightly more space in your garage than I do!

Graham



1982 TR7 dhc Pharoah Gold

[FI Spyder]

Yup, sign of a new garage......empty shelves on the right. Bet that won't stay that way for long.[:p]

The only sign I've got is a "Triumph Parking Only" one I got for one Christmas.

- - -TR7 Spider - - - 1978 Spitfire- - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - Yellow TCT

[Odd]

That picture was before we tore down the old garage. It's taken from the then newbuilt half when I were moving all the stuff from the old into the newbuild in anticipation of the demolishing... You can follow the build via a slideshow at: http://tinyurl.com/pdyq7vt

[mb4tim]

Doesn't the insulation work better if you take it out of the bags? [:p]

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-Tim
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