Art & Inspiration The **OFFICIAL** door lettering thread

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If the letterer was experienced you got a steal. You could get a new kid on the block working his way up and has to adjust their price according to experience. This industry is no different than any other, you could get a price for your work for $750, or $150 like you paid, or $50....... All have their reasoning for their prices.

 

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Very nice looking, period correct job..............enjoy.

 

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You should have no problem getting script in vinyl, ready for you to install at a local shop. There are a lot of chains out there, Mr Sign, Fast Signs, Sign O Rama, Signs Now. Just check your phone book. Good luck.......

 

heres my neighbors truck.........

 

Here's a pic of mine and one I was parked next to at the Georgia Mountain Moonshine Cruize-In.

 

try Bob "SPIRIT" Spencer in the Portland area............

 

The Low flying A

 

OK, OK...I'l throw my hat in this ring...
my 1950 Chebby panel shop truck (my daily driver)

the drivers side has 5 different kinds of gold & silver leaf...(ALOT more has been added since this pic waz taken...)

and the passenger side has the Hot-Rod Peterbilt on it...(yep, there's more on here too...)


and there's striping ALL OVER this thing...


Oh, btw, 'Spirit' Bob Spencer doesn't do lettering...but he's a madman with a striping brush!!!

 

i'll toss in my 2 cents:

 

Here's somma my schtuff....
the tailgate to my old shop van...

did this on an old hot-rod truck here locally...

this one is on a coupe door...

and this one is on a Mustang door...

 

not mine but i thought they were funny
viva 09

 

not mine, found it on my pc..

 

is it lettered on with paint, or is it plastic?

 

More of my junk.TERRIBLE PIC.

 

redid it last week. I was bored.

 

Truck was built in 1956 and painted to match the 1955 Belair then was stripped and lettered in 1956. Then parked in 1961 in a garage were we pulled it out a few years ago. We call the truck Krause / Woodpecker

 

My doors

 

Here's a set of doors I pulled off a 56 Ford F250 that was retired from the local auto parts store here in El Cajon. The "E&M Auto Parts" lettering is so faded that you can't see it in these pics...I imagine that Victor paid for the lettering in exchange for the advertising. The doors are in great shape, I just need to find a project to use them on...

 

My shop truck doors.

 

Funny he's done all my carshow signs for the last 25 plus years........

 

Never really considerd myself a sign painter but I've been doing them since the 70's. Back in the day while I was building my striping clientele, I did lot's of show cards, wreckers, racecars, trucks, boats, etc. But I really started painting billboards first. Good way to learn how to handle stress.

The Lone Star signs I did last year for a 34 1-ton. My old blue '64 I did in '80 with gold leaf. Learned real fast you cannot do leaf in the wind.

I think this craft is making a return as is everything artisan. People are learning that if you gonna spend money, may as well spend it on the rea; deal.

Mikey
www.mikeyspinstriping.com

 

Mid-late 20's International we found this spring

 

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Old school on one side, Modern on the other...........they both look great.... I just can't bring myself to do that. I can't break away from that mold of all the same. I notice a few shop trucks done like yours, the work is great....I just have troible dealing with the concept.

 

fellow HAMBer ratrodder34 painted this on my doors , its here for now but gonna be gone eventually..

 

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I'd say for sure that truck is hand painted for sure...............

 

Here is mine.



Josh Quick
Quick Speed Shop

 

some really cool lettering in here..cant wait to start doing a few of my cars/trucks!

 

Here's one from a X-Minnesota boy.

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a few,