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

Just saw the movie for the first time this weekend . Quite the adventure for the boys

 

rip ol truck

 

Had my Willys lettered.

 

I know it's not the door but a rear quarter panel!

 

1949 GMC truck

Hello,

We were on our weekly drive up the coast. As we got to a used car dealer’s lot, something caught my eye. Over in the corner spot was an old GMC truck painted the color of red primer. But, it looked like faded regular paint, then visible was the lettering on the door. The whole truck paint and lettering looked original and now, with coastal “salt air” corrosion, almost faded away.

Goble Indian Motorcycle Company Phone number: Me 5-2917 It must be out of state as it is missing one number. Most phone numbers listings had 7 numbers or two letters + 5 numbers.

The time period of using Letters shortened from full words started for us in 1948. Ga 25876… The Ga short for Garfield. (GA was used for the city of Lakewood in 1956) Then within 5 years when we moved to our last Westside of Long Beach small home in 1953, Our new number was what we printed on our business card.

HE-60457 or Hemlock 60457.


Jnaki

Note:

In reference:

In 1958, due to increased consumer demand for individual telephone numbers, the telephone company began phasing out old exchange names for all numeric telephone numbers or “All Number Calling” (pretty much gone by 1963). These old exchange names are remembered in Glenn Miller’s song Pennsylvania 6-5000 and Elizabeth Taylor’s movie Butterfield-8.

As our mom stayed in her (our) old Long Beach home, as the Los Angeles county grew by leaps and bounds, her number changed several times to accommodate the incoming residents. So, the letters were dropped and area codes were given. First was 213, then 310, then 562. Each number lasted several years until the phone companies got new customers and then when the cell phones came into being, the area of the city and county covered, expanded.

Note 2:

Upon calling the local dealer to ask about the old truck, all he could tell me was that it was a GMC pickup and it sold a couple of weeks ago. Someone from out of state came in to drive off with the old truck. So, which HAMB hot rod guy/girl bought it to drive back home, out of coastal area to where ever “home is…”

 

We may never know, great post!

 

Some old and some not so old. The Corvette was done circa 1968. The GT40 about 15 years ago. TheWillys about 5 years or so as was the 56 Ford

 

my ho-made door art...

 

2003 San Berdoo Roadsters D (301" Chevy)/Street Roadster Bonneville record-setter at 190 MPH. Car was California-licensed and the lettering was the postal address.

 

heres 1 from The South Hoosiers Watermellon Run hood did have the phone number on it but it got put on the "good truck"

 

Thinkin that maybe / could be my old 48 F1

 

You saved Tillie!

 

Here are a couple of my pictures and a favourite from the web- I realize I stretched the term door art.

 

Remember the Buck Inn well. In '72/'73 I was stationed with the 980th MP Co. at Sierra Army Depot in Herlong , Ca just up US 395 from Doyle. Drank many a beer there.