I'm trying to find a good quality shot of this Oilzum logo, below. This is from 1957 or 1958 I need to reproduce this and I want to get it correct. My guess is that it was a decal given away by the oil company? So if anyone happens to have one or know the dimensions of one that would help alot also. The other 2 decals are needed also but not as important. The upper one is Jahn's pistons but I am not sure what the lower round one would be? Any guesses? Sorry for the size of the picture, its the best I can do. Thanks alot for any help Zach
Zach, try this guy, he may actually have the old decals. California Speed & Sport Shop 299 Jersey Ave New Brunswick NJ 08901 732 545-0311 Jim Barzda If that doesn't pan out, post a thread here: http://http://www.3wide****turevault.com/index.html P..S. Loves your builds! Great stuff.
Did a search on Google and saw some on evil-Bay. Also, several other locations. Might get some ideas on size. Give it a shot.
thanks guys I'll try to call Jim. I didnt see any exactly like this one on e-bay or goggle? Mainly if I can figure out what it says in the box on the right side... i can figure out the rest thanks Zach
Oilzum was still in business as recently as 20 years ago and might be to this day. Try Bailey Bros. auto parts in Barre, Vermont. They were a retail and wholesale outlet in the 80s. Sold the stuff by the pallet load, bar and chain oil, motor oil, every knd of lubricant you can imagine. I changed oil to the Oilzum brand many times back in the late 70s, early 80s.
I think I have what your looking for... but I'm out the door. Poor 29 roadster leaves for Sweden... right now.
thanks guys I'll try all avenue's HRP, thats not it.... gotta be exactly like the small one i posted working on making a duplicate for a restoration Mel, good luck shipping out! gotta be a sad day....
I love that logo and wouldn't mind finding some decals or better yet, patches. There is an antique store I frequent that has some old cans with that logo. If memory serves it is just a head shot of a dude wearing an old cap and what looks like a bandit mask over his eyes. Is this ringin' any bells? If you can't find somethin' right away, I'll see if I can track down those cans. They wanted an arm and a leg for them (otherwise, I'd probably have already added them to my growing pile of useless automobilia) but I could take my camera and recreate the logo in Illustrator.
And this one ... can't see the lower "round" logo you're talking about. Hope these help. That oilzum logo is fantastic.
thanks gigantor!! that Jahns one is a big help! i figured out the oilzum as you were posting i guess!.... i knew the head was there it was just a matter of trying to figure out the writing and the colors my dad looked at the actual photograph with a magnifying gl*** and we figured out the writing "choice of champions" then I found a few cans laying around here tonight so I'm all set now to have the correct colors and whatnot unless someone actually has some of these decals? or dimensions of the actual decals? thanks everyone for all the help Zach even had this old box with the same saying "choice of champions"
found another picture with the smaller decals looks like "Potvin Racing cams" i tried to "burn" these a little in photoshop and blow them up the search continues!
i just sold marcy all of my original water decals,,,im 99% sure there was one of those Jahns pistons in there...send her a pm,,,,
I don't have any more of the Potvin water decals. I do have several of the Jahn's Racing Pistons. The Oilzum, for all the different ones I have, I don't have the one you are looking for. I do have a sales brochure that has the same drop shadow & rectangle across the bottom but there is no lettering in the box.
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