Kanji found when removing a dash

[jwtaylor]

9 hours ago, HS30-H said:

'Tokyo' 

Looks to have been written fast and loose...

Thank you for the translation.  I wish I would have learned more when I was there in 1967 to 1968.

[Zup]

From the 10/70 build date dash that was in car Vin # HLS30-12142 that I purchased with the help our member Gary  @beandip 10 years or more ago.

 

This un-cracked dash will go into my restoration of a 7/70 build date 240Z-----Vin # HLS30-07032.

I affectionately refer to her as "BUTTERCUP" since she is painted in her original buttery 919 yellow .

Wouldn't it be cool if the translation is "Buttercup" or "Yellow Lady"?? The kanji looks like a "B" with cow horns.

[HS30-H]

1 hour ago, Zup said:

Wouldn't it be cool if the translation is "Buttercup" or "Yellow Lady"?? The kanji looks like a "B" with cow horns.

You're in luck. That's not a Kanji character. It is indeed a - very nice - capital letter 'B'.

[240260280]

9-70

[HLS30]

Another One! I believe it stands for strength

[S30Driver]

My neighbors project 240    HLS30 19270

 

 

 

[HS30-H]

10 hours ago, HLS30 said:

Another One! I believe it stands for strength

It reads as Kanji 'Chikara', or a Hiragana 'Ka'.

[HS30-H]

31 minutes ago, S30Driver said:

My neighbors project 240    HLS30 19270

 

That's an unusually esoteric example, and done with a very wide marker. A bit of a calligrapher, this guy.

It's a Kanji 'Uwasa' ('rumour'/'gossip'), but could also be read as 'Son' [pronunciation: as in 'Sondheim'] ('loss').

Seems likely to be another example of workplace shenanigans and/or 'banter' between workmates. Other examples have shown true relevance to the product/variant/destination (as in the 'Igirisu' and 'ENG' etc versions) but when dozens of same product/variant/destination examples were going down the line like a sausage machine I guess there might have been space and opportunity to break the boredom with some coded messages between workstations. Been there, done that...

For reference, Kanji 'Uwasa':

 

[HS30-H]

A nice example of Katakana 'Igirisu' ('England') seen here in England recently: 

 

[jfa.series1]

I might as well chime in with my dash discovery

[HS30-H]

52 minutes ago, jfa.series1 said:

I might as well chime in with my dash discovery

It's inverted, but it is the Kanji 'Ji' (pronounced as in 'Jeep') which translates as 'letter' or 'character' as in 'Kanji' or 'Romaji'. 

@MikeB previously suggested some of these could be part of 'Burma Shave' type messages, and this example is a prime candidate for being part of a message made up from several dashes. On its own it makes little sense (to us, at least...). 

[foosman]

Seeing as I'm just finishing up my dash restore ...