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[MiniRio]

Hi All. I have just bought a 1979 mini van. It has a number stamped on the lower dash rail above the switches which reads TP F28 R26. As anyone got any idea what it could be please. I thought it might have been a military van as it was manufactured in 1979 but was not registered for the road until 1985 on the log book. However there is no ERM number. I would like to research its history but not sure were to start.

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[KTS]

Tyre Pressure

 

Front 28

Rear 26

 

[MiniRio]

Hi KTS. Thanks. That makes sense. I have not seen this in a van before. I wonder why it was added on the dash rail.

[Quinlan minor]

 

 

I have not seen this in a van before. I wonder why it was added on the dash rail.

Perhaps because van drivers aren't renowned as rocket scientists on a gap year.

 

[KTS]

Hi KTS. Thanks. That makes sense. I have not seen this in a van before. I wonder why it was added on the dash rail.

 

My guess would be it's old style (embossed) dymo tape that a previous owner has stuck there as a reminder, and it's just been oversprayed

 

if you peel it off, i imagine you'll find the previous (original?) colour of the car underneath

[nicklouse]

The van will have been a company/service van. Like you often see the pressures on the arches of vans.

[Ethel]

It does look like a military affectation and the paint colour is about right too. More so if it's stamped aluminium. 

[Steam]

Its a bit of a claytons reminder. New driver gets in and thunks
"What the frak does TP mean?"

[Homersimpson]

If it wasn't registered for six years then it might have been used off road at an airport or inside a large factory site. A place near me apparently used a mini pickup as a fire tender as it could drive between the machinery

[Bobbins]

That definitely looks like old Dymo!

[MiniRio]

Thanks Guys.

I have now tracked another plate on the top dash rail showing a "Contract No." and "Warrant No." 

I am going to try and run this through an RLC digital archive search and see if it brings anything up.

Thanks for all your comments