fuse box tag

[Jim Wayman]

Attached is a picture of a tag on the fuse box of a 1956 MY car. Anyone seen these before and what years were they provided? Sorry, can't figure out how to attach a photo, has the process changed? The tag is in 3 languages, German, English and French and says "The lighting equipment for instruments, and in particular cases, the petrol pump, are provided with fuses in their leads." It is an amber color with black print and is on a thick coated paper secured with the screw that holds the cover on.

[Jim Wayman]

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Maybe this will work for the picture

[Joris Koning]

Yes Jim, have seen these before on early A cars. Not quite sure when the stopped using the label but it was somewhere in 56

[Jim Wayman]

Thanks Joris. You know why.

[Tom Keating]

I had the same tag on my 56 Speedster. I was told it was for a Carrera fuel pump. Tom

[Brad Ripley]

Gee .... I have one of those tags (not for sale) and was thinking about a reproduction .... but was never able to figure out what it was for and what cars it would have been put on ! It wasn't common but I've seen others at swaps, etc. Anybody have further ideas or documentation?

[Jim Wayman]

My belief is that they were put on early Carrera fuse boxes. As Tom says, they had electric fuel pumps.

[Joris Koning]

I have also seen these on non Carrera cars

[Tom Keating]

My 5 Speedster was not a Carrera. 19,000 miles on it when I bought it around 1969/70. Tom

[Benjamin Abraham]

Does anyone have one of these tags for sale?
Does anyone reproduce this Tag?
-Ben

[Joris Koning]

I think Brad might be working on a reproduction tag

[Jon Bunin]

The fuse cover from my old non-Carrera 56 Coupe.
The tag was attached this way when I acquired the car in the 80s, but there's a shadow around the hole...

[Joris Koning]

Hi Jon,

The material on yours almost looks like plastic. Is this so or is it the coated paper referred to by Jim?

Thanks,

Joris

[Tom Keating]

Tag is plastic that is brittle with age. It is captured by the cover screw.Tom

[Jon Bunin]

The material on yours almost looks like plastic. Is this so or is it the coated paper referred to by Jim?

Joris, the tag appears to be resin-coated paper, although I don't see evidence of paper fiber along the broken edges.
It's definitely laminated, and not a single, solid material.