New lettering on Falcon Gasser

I wanted to duplicate the lettering of my Grandfathers old carburetor / tune up shop that he had from the 40's to the late 60's on the side of my Falcon. I am planning on having it hand painted in the future but a co worker has a vinyl machine and was able to copy the lettering from an old piture that I had of my granfathers car wash he also had and it had a sign on it of his shop. It has worked out well to see how it looks and I will still have it painted on at some point but this works for right now. My grandfather gave me this back in the 80's and Dad and I took it from a stock 144 wth 3 on the tree to this. I plan on my son wanting to race this when he is old enough if he has the interest and that will be 4 generations involved with the same car.

Jon

 

Cool lookin Falcon.

 

I liked the way you mirrored the original sign.

 

Wow that is era perfect.

 

Nailed it!!! WOW

 

Realy terrific!! Love that you are proud to carry on the name, a super classic piece of work! Thanx for showing us the neato painting~~ ~Sololobo~

 

that's pretty cool, turned out nice and fits you and the car's history

 

man i love that little falcon , you got that thing lookin great ! cool that its been in the family too lettering looks good also

 

Perfect!

 

Sweet car, looks great!

 

Thanks for everyones kind words, it really took the car a little more to a period correct look.

Jon

 

dig it...looks great and cool story.

 

Looking good Jon. I like the new hood as well.

My grandfather bought a body shop in the late 40's and it is still owned and operated by my uncles to this day. I've been wanting to have my car lettered with the shop sign for a while just like you did, just need to get the body up to snuff to advertise a body shop on the side.

 

Looks real good.not too much, just right. Thats a real cool little car.

 

Man that's COOL!
I love the old phone number too...
I've never been a big fan of Falcons, but i love yours!
Nicely done! all the way around.

 

Very cool!

 

Dig the history behind it and you nailed the look perfectly...good luck with it

 

That absolutely rocks.

 

That looks great! someone that is good at photoshopping needs to photoshop your car in the old picture that you have!

that is a sweet ride!

 

Man that's cool!!!

 

Nice.

 

OMG! That's an "E" ticket ride!

 

That has got to be one of the best radius jobs on the rear wheel wells that I have ever seen.
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Thanks, I used fender lips off of a 1978 Chevy Impala front fenders.

Jon.

 

i have been watching that car for some time and thought it would look good lettered, but you out did yourself, very nice job...............

 

Thank you very much, it has made it look alot different. I hope that the new engine will pull the wheels up like your Chevy II does. I will have to wait and see. thanks again for the remarks.

Jon

 

Very cool. I have pics of my great uncles garage signs that I would like to doa tribute to. I will look into the vinyl deal.

...and I also agree on the real wheel radius...they look great!

Neal

 

Absolutly period Perfect, I think more cars should be lettered up. Good Job.

 

Jon your car just keeps looking better!
I just caught some footage of it on You Tube & it sounds awesome!
Your car is a real inspiration to my build - thanks

 

very cool!!!