Subject: John Prusnek, re decals
Author: John Prusnek
Date: Feb 11, 2003, 8:16 PM
Post ID: 1711925017
Jason:
I don't make the decals myself, but one of my suppliers does and I
get a good price on them (I'm in the promotional products business).
I don't know what graphics you're referring to, but making up one or
two sets of decals can be somewhat costly because of the initial setup
costs involved, maybe $40-$50 depending on the graphics. And you'd
better have some nice crisp camera ready art ready or else pay an artist
to make it that way.
If you're talking about what was used on the Airone, Gambalunga or
Astore, they're basically the same as the ones I do without the drop
shadow style lettering, a slightly different eagle, and they're gold and
black. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone to actually notice the
difference, and harder pressed to find anyone else that would want them,
since you don't see many of those bikes around in the US.
The reason I got involved in it was that I wasn't able to find the
correct tank decals for my own restorations and had a small run made to
sell and recoup the cost of the setup. That was 5 years ago and I find
that I've had to continue offering them as a public service, since to
this day nobody else that I've discovered makes the correct ones for
loopframes.
Then Mike Skaggs on the forum here wanted some red Eldo sidecover
decals, and we got enough forum guys together to make it worthwhile to
do a run. I offer these also, but they aren't flying out of the door,
and they're available elsewhere.
So, my suggestion is to see a doctor about that wild hair that you
have...
John Prusnek
| Sorry to post on the forum here, but direct email keeps getting bounced. Anyone feel free to chime in- this is just a wild hair that I have. I'm interested in getting some decals made for my eldo, not in the period '70s style, but in a 30-40's vintage. Do you make up the decals yourself, or did you contract them out? Cheers, Jason email:jr-@avalon.net |