How do you keep peoples hands off your car?

[billybronco1]

Is it okay to have a little sign that says "Please don't touch" or " Look with your eyes not your hands" to try to keep people back a few feet so there slimy hands all over your nice paint job? Is the sign okay or not cool? - if its okay how would you word it in a nice way so most people would get the point. I know what I would like to say but can't go there.

[Hicktick]

Watch the parent show their kid how your front fender is a sliding board .,.

,., I don't know what to tell you ,.,.

I wish I had one for people to touch ,., but that's another story .,

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[BILL WILLIAMSON]

If some are TOO PARANOID ABOUT THEIR CARS, just leave the danged thing at home, wrapped up in a cover, inside the garage & chained down to a "DEAD MAN" ANCHOR, with a lock that would rival FORT KNOX!!!
Money makin' idea, make old square lookin' "blow up" car shapes. Put it in the garage & put a car cover on it & crooks will break into your house, thinkin' you're a RICH CAR COLLECTOR.
bILL w.

[Y-Blockhead]

We went to a cruise at the beach last night and I don't recall seeing any signs. But it seemed that the people were surprisingly well behaved and respectful also.

Maybe because it was a "normal" every Friday night thing in the restaurant car park and the lookers were "well trained" not to touch.

I donno. I was to busy stuffin' cheeks in Ruby's.

[Hoogah]

Need something subtle like "You toucha my car, I breaka you face".

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

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Seriously, I have never seen people at shows, screwin' around with cars. Once kids were throwing a football & one guy took it & punctured it with his pocket knife!
I once let a BLIND man feel all over my Black coupe, back at home, it was a JOY, to wipe it down!
Bill W.

[stewwolfe]

I was at a harvest festival last year and looked back to where my car was displayed. There was some teenager with the door open, climbing into it. I yelled and headed back there, whereupon some woman says to me "it's okay, I told him he could get in it." I looked at her and asked just who she was. "Oh, I'm his mother." I asked for her address. When she asked why I wanted it, I replied that I was heading over to her house with some friends to sit in her living room and have a few beers because "it's okay." If someone wants to sit in my car all they have to do is ask and I'll be happy to accommodate you and take pictures. All you have to do is ask.

[Vicky]

We always let kids set in our Speedster and answer question, parents take pictures, etc. we had the Speedster at Colorado National Speedway last weekend, and a young man who may have had Down's sat in the car for over 10 minutes, before his Mom coaxed him out. When she left she Said: "thank You, you made our day". Sometime little things to us mean so much to others. More rewarding than a little trophy to me. Picture is a little girl who wanted I the car before it was off the trailer.

[stewwolfe]

My Down Syndrome daughter loves riding in our Model A's because everybody waves at her and she can wave back. I learn something from her every day!

[Jeff/Illinois]

This is a proper question, gets asked a lot by a lot of car guys

Last summer I took a friend from high school days to a car cruise. Some guy had a really sharp '72 Maverick Grabber (remember them hadn't seen one in years). My buddy, who had one just like it in '75, walked over and yanked open the door and started getting in the car, pawing all over it. He's 59 years old!!

I was embarrassed, slid out of there real fast He should have known better can't always blame the kids!

[stewwolfe]

I certainly didn't blame the kid in my situation. I blamed the idiot mother! One of the most enjoyable things I do is, when some teenager asks if they can take a picture of my car, is to tell them I can't allow that, but if they get in I will take their picture in my car. A few weeks ago a few of us were at the Richmond Virginia Holocost Museum. Some kids were there on a field trip. One of the girls asked me if she could take a picture of my car. I told her no, but if they would get in we would take their pictures. I had two girls in the front seat and two in the rumble seat. They will remember that for the rest of their lives!

[Barry B./ Ma.]

I don't mind if supervised kids sit in my car but get a little disturbed when the kids leave the lights on and the steering wheel is covered with sticky candy then you go in the parade, takes the fun right out of it!

[stewwolfe]

That's why I supervise them. Turning off the lights, listening to the horn honk, and cleaning off the wheel are small prices to pay to give a new generation an experience they will always remember.

[Benson]

I would not do it.

I put a nice sign in the window of my car asking to not hit the side of the car when opening doors.



Most folks did not hit the side of car.

But one A$$hole scratched a 6 inch high arrow with his car key in the paint pointing to the sign ... right down to the steel!

NEVER AGAIN!!!

[davehc]

It's one of the joys of having a " thirty footer " , with a rough interior like mine , they don't hurt it and enjoy it at the same time .

[Mitch//pa]

there is nothing wrong with posting signs as i have them on all 4 sides at a show. my cars are show quality so yes i am careful not to attend the local schlock shows and be more selective on which ones i do go to. i find the shows that charge admission attract more of a car crowd that respects the cars on the field. i recently just took Lucy to our first AACA event and that was a class act. i felt comfortable walking around and looking at the other cars which says alot since our car is fresh and this was the first time out. if i had a 13k driver sure i would let the kids jump all over it not a problem but not everyone is in that position. even being careful i had a dog jump on my fender, hit with a sun umbrella metal tip, and paint chipped from a ring slapping their hand down on the door. if you have alot of $$$$ invested its a tough situation...
here is a magnetic sign i had made up that i post around the car..
thats the downfalll of having a 0 footer vs a 20 footer
regarding the signs you wonder if people think they say PLEASE TOUCH
i am pondering getting some made in spanish and russian also..

[31 Model A]

Originally Posted by Y-Blockhead

I donno. I was to busy stuffin' cheeks in Ruby's.

You have a Ruby's to visit? I don't for hundreds of miles but I still joined there mailer list just to see the nostalgia adverts!!!

[mshmodela]

I can fully understand those of you that have put years restoring your cars and would get a tad uneasy if young kids or folks with lots of metal on their person getting close... I've only had nice folks respecting the car and it's age and thus far all just looking... My car is far from show car...

[Tinker]

Please and a thank you go a long way, what else can you do?

[kwisor]

hello
I have a magnetic sign for my model t that was given to me with the car it is round white in color with a model t in the middle and a red circle around the car and a red line going over the car but I do not use it I like for people to look at the car and let them sit in it a take photos with them in the driver seat
kevin
1930 model a tudor
1923 model t roadster p/u