Featured Art & Inspiration Vintage automotive decals

When I was a kid every car that had anything done to it had a Thrush sticker in the side window also a lot of STP, s on everything. please post if you have any

 

My Toolbox....way back when

 

In my neck of the woods it was Engle Cams and Jardine Headers.

 

Here’s a few I have, some on tool chests, some loose.


And my vote for most creative is Delta Machine-

 

we used to ride our bikes to all the local gas stations and ask if they had any stickers. for the younguns in the crowd back in the old days gas stations had mechanics that worked on cars and fixed flats rather than a junk food store.

 

I'm one of those anti-sticker guys, don't like stickers on my car and absolutely hated them all over toolboxes.

Now I wouldn't mind them on my shop door, but not on my refrigerator.

It don't make sense I know, but I just can't do toolboxes and refrigerators... or my cars...

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'39 Chev

 

Bob Hoyt Inspection Stickers might have them in reproduction.

 

Back in my day, we referred to a lot of decals in the side windows as "Full Race Windows".

 

Here's one I'd like to own.

 

Funny story, I bought a 67 Charger out of a field. I got the car loaded on the trailer and it had a few stickers on the quarter gl*** and one was for the Hi jacker air shocks with the bunny on it. I was about to hit the road and thought I should look under the hood to make sure everything was secure and to my surprise there was a bunny rabbit setting on the intake where the carburetor would mount.

 

My custom garbage can at work.

 

Decals on my 37 Chevy coupe. Would love any information on the McBride engineered compe***ion racing machines in Tulsa, and the MRC in Houston decals or companies history!!! I bought the car out of Houston about 5yrs ago, now in the Phx area.

 

I have a few old original water slide decals that have become quite brittle and tend to fall apart when soaked, what's the best way to keep them intact so I can use them?
a clear bonding coat would make sense but what kind?

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and what can be done with peal and stick type when they are past there peal and stick ability?

 

Paul, I've used this with good success....9 bucks on Amazon. I used it on old 50s/60s travel water slides I put on a vintage cooler.

 

couple more.

 

I have repop b and m hydro stick stickers on my 53 lol