NAF look alike-well sorted

Lynn · 10-23-04, 11:00 AM

There is, what looks to be, a very well sorted North American Fiberglass car on a 1988 Formula Fiero chassis on eBay. The builder has put a lot of nice goodies on the car that other builder might want to take a look at. With everything together on one car it is approaching gaudy and there are several things that could be criticized - gas caps are wrong, for instance, but individual features may be worth looking at for ideas.

NAF on eBay

Lynn

Steve Toner · 10-23-04, 11:27 AM

Does one of you UK guys want to tell us what "NAF" means to you? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] And whether it's an apt description for this car? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Lynn · 10-23-04, 01:13 PM

Steve,

It's in the text:

NAF = North American Fibreglass

I was just being lazy and trying to get it to fit in the thread name. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused.

As to pointing the question to the UK, I guess I've gone dense (or daft in the Queen's English ;-) again: I don't get it. Unless, it is because I used the term "well sorted." I am not sure that we have an equally pregnant phrase in Colonial English, so I have adopted it into my vocabulary because it works.

Lynn

Keith Hardy · 10-23-04, 01:28 PM

Ho ho! Once popularised by none other than the Princess Royal (Princess Anne) the expression naff (she famously once told a journalist to "naff off" or should that be orf?) allegedly standing for "Nasty as F***" is this possibly what Steve is implying here? Anyway, this expression has passed into our language and can now be found in the Oxford Dictionery no less. So yes.....unfortunate name for a car...and maybe appropriate for a purist GT40 replica builder.

Lee · 10-23-04, 01:31 PM

Lynn

This is what Steve is referring to
From

A dictionary page

naff adj. To describe something as "naff" is fairly insulting. It implies that the subject is rather tacky, ineffectual and generally crap. This could be a part of the reason why the French clothing firm Naf Naf recently pulled out of the UK.

Lynn · 10-23-04, 01:48 PM

Then I was dense! A new word to use that I was totally unaware of. Thanks for setting me straight and my apologies to Steve: tip of the hat to you, sir! Had I been aware of the irony in the acronym that I chose to use, I would have taken credit for the intended pun. Since that was not the case, I can only confess that it was, obviously, quite by accident ;-)

Lynn

cdmatthias · 10-24-04, 06:25 AM

Here is a pic of the real #8 for comparison.

cdmatthias · 10-24-04, 06:27 AM

and one more

StuartB · 10-24-04, 07:47 PM

And I was going to car my car company `SHITE` Oh well, back to the drawing board [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Lynn · 10-24-04, 08:12 PM

I see said the blind man to his deaf partner who had a one legged side kick. The side kick was a friend to the man who stood corrected in his orthopedic shoes :-)

Still and all, I do kind of like the guy's Nitrous console, actually, I have always liked overhead consoles. There is no particular reason for this, I just do. On the other hand the guy could do with about 10 less marker lights. I like the master cut off inside the scoop; although, you'd have to have monkey arms to reach it from the driver's seat even there ;-). All joking aside, I have one that is somewhat hidden behind the back upper corner of the passenger door, but that is very accessible by the driver. I haven't done it yet, but I plan to put one in the scoop to meet safety regulations of certain sanctioning bodies which require a cut off that is accesible to a rescue crew.

Regards,
Lynn