Karma and the very English raffle.

[Ariel Badger]

I have been at the Ariel Owners Club Annual Rally this weekend.
At the prize giving at lunch time today we drew the raffle, prizes ranged from bottles of wine to a a very nice repro enamel sign and a sat-nav.
I had three strips of tickets last night but all I could find this morning was one . I never win so was very surprised when my ticket came out < I asked what I had won and was told to take whatever I wanted. I have a sat nav but was very tempted by the sign ( It was donated by Draganfly Motorcycles, and they sell for £75) but not wishing to seem greedy I opted for a bottle of crap wine. The raffle continued in this manner with the major prizes only been taken when the rubbish had gone! I did regret not taking the sign though.
Latter in the afternoon we were packing away.
At this point Karma came into play in a way that would seem far fetched even for "My Name Is Earl". A local lad was walking across the field and chatting to my mate Dave, he had something under his arm and Dave said he was not interested. I thought he must be a chavy sort flogging knock off. I asked him what he was selling and he turned out to be quite posh, what he was selling was a genuine sign of the type I had missed out on! It turns out he had fished it out of a lake nearby some years ago and wondered if any one would be interested in buying it as he had seen the Ariels going through the village the day before. Most of the club had departed but he said a bloke had offered him a fiver for it, I offered him £20.
Sold!
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[The Original Muzza]

Your one looks cooler.
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[Ariel Badger]

It is no later than 1905, The club own one that they purchased years ago for £130 so my £20 was well spent . It is very delicate after laying in a lake for all those years and I am going to glass fibre the back to strengthen it (BTW it is 400mm X 400mm).
I still can not believe how I got it and keep looking a it to reassure myself.
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[silky666]

A good scrub with a wire brush, and then a fresh lick of paint . ... she will be as good as new



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[Ariel Badger]

[s44678]

Ebay.




only jokin.

[D O G]

[Throttle]

I love old bike signs!

Wish I could get my hands on something authentic!

[Feasty]

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Yer Brummie weirdo...You fair n square had a chance to have a new shiney sign..but oh no..you waited for Karma to dish-out a piece of crudness.

Pat
Hope the wine made up for it
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[map]

Why not use it as a template for your own repros?
Certainly the paintjob on the original looks better than the repro.

Just a thought.
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[Throttle]

[Noxious89123]

Why not put it between a bit of wood and glass?

Like one of those weird things people hang on their walls... Picture frames I think them call em.
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[Skudd]

Two pieces of perspex and some spacers, use the plate as the meat in the perspex sandwich, spacers just to make sure ther is enough room to fit the sign in without squashing it, bolts at each corner of the perspex.
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[Ariel Badger]

[Ariel Badger]

Just wall mounted it, I think it looks good.
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[SlimRick]

Looks awesome!!!

[Charlie]

That does look well cool
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[Ariel Badger]

Sorry to bump such an old thread but I just recieved this email..

"Wali,



Just seen another example of the sign you have, slightly better nick, priced at £495.....



Regards,



Jerry M*******e"
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[Charlie]

Might be worth making sure it is insured! haha
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[Ariel Badger]

I think my £20 was well spent.
I am waiting ona picture of sign no 2, evidently it is in an antique shop up North.
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[map]

FWIW if you wanted to share the picture there's an Ariel Motorcycles group on Flickr, but you probably knew that
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[Dragonfly]

Love it, I like old sinage. I only have replica old signage though If I had enough money I would have the real deal like you. Looks good on the wall, I would prefer the old one, rust and all! .
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Muzza on Binge:
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[Carl_steveo]

If you like replica old signage the pub over here called campus has about 1000 signs all over the pub. Along with shark heads, half cars and other rediculous things.

But i have to say that sign is awesome from now on i'm looking out for stuff like this.
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[Ariel Badger]

Just got this picture of my mate Jerry.
Condition is slightly better than mine but not by much, if you close up on the TR corner you can see the price tag ( of course this is what he wants for it, the real value will be less but I am still chuffed)
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