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Axe Tax

  • 03-03-2013 9:14am
    #1
    trevorbrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 551 ✭✭✭


    does anyone have a good photo of one of the "AXE TAX" stickers you used to see in the back windows of cars from the early '80s onwards? I've googled and searched here to no avail :(


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  • #2
    manta mad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 959 ✭✭✭manta mad


    this the one :)

    533779_10151249530564179_134764176_n_zps6b446a72.jpg


  • #3
    trevorbrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 551 ✭✭✭trevorbrady


    that's exactly the one!! thanks for the pic :)


  • #4
    kev1.3s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    I was looking for that too, would be great to get a batch printed up


  • #5
    bbsrs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 943 ✭✭✭bbsrs


    kev1.3s wrote: »
    I was looking for that too, would be great to get a batch printed up

    And a batch that says AXE VRT would be good also.


  • #6
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,060 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    kev1.3s wrote: »
    I was looking for that too, would be great to get a batch printed up

    I'm happy with my €52 tax discs. :D


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  • #7
    f4fay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92 ✭✭f4fay


    I have some unused one's !!!!!


  • #8
    kev1.3s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    Id love one would you be willing to part with one for a small fee?


  • #9
    f4fay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92 ✭✭f4fay


    kev1.3s wrote: »
    Id love one would you be willing to part with one for a small fee?

    I'll have a look and see exactly how many i have...i know i deffo have one and if i have any more your welcome to one... If not i might get a mate of mine in the sticker business to make up a batch !!!!;)


  • #10
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    f4fay wrote: »
    If not i might get a mate of mine in the sticker business to make up a batch !!!!;)

    You should, and sell them on Ebay, id buy one, would look great on an original Irish car!:D


  • #11
    w124man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,357 ✭✭✭w124man


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    You should, and sell them on Ebay, id buy one, would look great on an original Irish car!:D

    Any car really ......





    ...... or tractor even!


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  • #12
    green-blood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭green-blood


    Absolutely zero chance of me EVER putting a sticker on my car with SIMI on it :D


  • #13
    w124man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,357 ✭✭✭w124man


    green-blood wrote: »
    Absolutely zero chance of me EVER putting a sticker on my car with SIMI on it :D

    Hmmmm .... good point. Isn't it that lot who make our life difficult?


  • #14
    trevorbrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 551 ✭✭✭trevorbrady


    thanks to Manta Mad's photo above, I was able to redraw the sticker and have it printed off on proper self-adhesive vinyl.

    It'll be a nice finishing touch on my sh1tty 1982 Golf. :)

    20130320_235101_zpsc6bbf306.jpg


  • #15
    manta mad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 959 ✭✭✭manta mad


    nice work :)

    can you reproduce any sticker ???


  • #16
    trevorbrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 551 ✭✭✭trevorbrady


    well, given a good sample I could redraw any sticker digitally and then my buddies in the printing business could run them off on vinyl. It is time consuming though...


  • #17
    trevorbrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 551 ✭✭✭trevorbrady


    excuse the dodgy mobile pic (well, it looks like it might have been taken mid '80s ;) )

    axethetax_zps3332001f.jpg


  • #18
    PyeContinental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 509 ✭✭✭PyeContinental


    manta mad wrote: »
    this the one :)

    http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j227/mantamad/533779_10151249530564179_134764176_n_zps6b446a72.jpg
    That's not the one I remember.
    My recollection is of a sticker with a yellow background, more the shape of a car dealer sticker (not as tall as a number plate) and it had a ball and chain logo on it and I think it might have also had the subtitle "enough is enough".
    Maybe it said "Axe the tax" rather than just "Axe Tax".

    This would have been from the late 70's or very early 80s. Does it sound familiar to anyone? I can't be certain though that my memory is not playing tricks with me. :o


  • #19
    Type 17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,731 ✭✭✭Type 17


    PyeContinental wrote: »
    That's not the one I remember.
    My recollection is of a sticker with a yellow background, more the shape of a car dealer sticker (not as tall as a number plate) and it had a ball and chain logo on it and I think it might have also had the subtitle "enough is enough".
    Maybe it said "Axe the tax" rather than just "Axe Tax".

    This would have been from the late 70's or very early 80s. Does it sound familiar to anyone? I can't be certain though that my memory is not playing tricks with me. :o

    Yes, the graphic was a saloon car (Opel Rekord or similar) with a ball & chain, with the chain wrapped around the middle of the car, and the text was "Enough is enough - this car is weighed down with tax".

    That one came after the original Axe the Tax one shown above (the "the" in the middle was indeed much smaller, as shown, so it read AXE TAX from a distance.


  • #20
    Basil Fawlty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭Basil Fawlty


    Any chance of these popping up on ebay. It makes a nice period addition to an old car.


  • #21
    trevorbrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 551 ✭✭✭trevorbrady


    I won't be selling them on ebay but the company who printed them for me might do a run and sell them individually. I'll sound them out and see if they're interested. I'll let you know ho I get on...


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  • #22
    PyeContinental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 509 ✭✭✭PyeContinental


    Type 17 wrote: »
    Yes, the graphic was a saloon car (Opel Rekord or similar) with a ball & chain, with the chain wrapped around the middle of the car, and the text was "Enough is enough - this car is weighed down with tax".

    That one came after the original Axe the Tax one shown above (the "the" in the middle was indeed much smaller, as shown, so it read AXE TAX from a distance.
    That's brilliant - thanks for such a detailed description!
    I haven't been able to find a picture of this sticker online yet though.

    Funny to be nostalgic about something like this, but just shows that some things never change.


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