Paul's signature on Glovebox

[Slowtus]

I see Paul and John...any sign of George and Ringo?

[sprintsoft]

no, but mine has "BILLY" written on it... William?
(1974 S130)

[Pfreen]

Mine on my 73 Europa was signed by GB.

[elanfan1]

The fifth Beatle - George Best.

[Pfreen]

Bingo!

[pharriso]

Mine on my 73 Europa was signed by GB.

Given that the Europa serial numbers ended with an R, weren't signature boy's initials GR?

[Pfreen]

Maybe. The mystery continues. Among the many interesting things with Lotus, the signing of gloveboxes is pretty cool.

[nomad]

Apparently this was a common practice in the British motor industry since the back of the dash on Sprites and Midgets is commonly signed as well. Like to think it was done as a sign of pride in their work!

Kurt

[ROADRUNNER]

GB on the back of my 1967 S3's door panel

[pharriso]

Surely that's G.S.??

[The Veg]

Apparently this was a common practice in the British motor industry since the back of the dash on Sprites and Midgets is commonly signed as well. Like to think it was done as a sign of pride in their work!

Not just the British motor industry- back in the 1960s and '70s the pinstriping on BMW motorcycles was done by a group of middle-aged women at the factory (motorradfrau?), and they frequently left their initials on the underside of the fuel tank. Surviving examples are of course much-loved items these days.

[Elanintheforest]

I took the dash out of my 1970 S4 today....and look who turned up!

[snowyelan]

Mine is signed JB. Add another to the list...

[fatboyoz]

Mine, JG.
Cheers,
Colin.

[elansprint71]

Mine says "The last 26/R built by Lotus Components, tell TT he's a faker, Rgds, Paul".