Subject: RE: Fender tip eagles
Author: Fred Sahms
Date: Aug 6, 2002, 8:04 AM
Post ID: 1710745400
John Prusnek wrote:
| Fred: The original fendertip and tank decorations were originally silk screened onto the tanks, as were the sidecover logos. The replacement decals that were made at the time for repairs were the water slide type, which may be prone to yellowing. The decals you're talking about are the ones I sold you (and lots of other people on this list). I'm glad you brought up the question, it's good to be concerned about it and gives me an opportunity to toot my horn. I've made a study of this over the years. In order to get the kind of detail in the eagle wings, there is no way to cut it out of vinyl like the sidecover decals, it has to be printed on something. What my decals are printed on is a special 2-mil self adhesive clear vinyl made by 3M, and die cut as closely to the design as possible. For what it's worth, I haven't been made aware of any yellowing or fading problems, and I've been selling them for over 5 years, which is when I started making them for my own restorations since I couldn't find anyone supplying the correct ones. The decals I used on my Ambo |
Thanks John,
I think he was mostly worried because of the white fenders showing it up
if it were to yellow. I think I will tell him to go ahead and clear
over them, but I will ask him about the UV part. It won't match the
tank too well, anyway, because I found a NOS tank at Daytona, with the
original silkscreened logos. But he's matched the original candy red
very well for the tool boxes and battery covers. With the red w/white
logos on tank/toolboxes/battery covers and the white w/red pinstripes
and fendertip eagles on the fenders, I WILL be Elvis!
73 Eldo in crates
78 T3/949