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[WANTED] 'Cuda Gold Leaf Sticker Decal
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Let us know where and if you find someone that sells or makes them. So true, I remember the mid/late 70s seeing these style decals on a lot of the cool cars.
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We used to have guy at the local flea market that made decals "while-you-wait". I took him a picture of what I wanted and gave him the dimensions. He scanned the picture, made some adjustments to the font and texture, sized it according to my dimensions on his computer. Put the proper material in his printer and bingo out came the decal. See if you can find someone like that.
Search Ebay. Also local graphic sign makers in your area.
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The plan is to scan whatever I can find.
The kid is an artist, she's working on recreating the one on the car now, but an original not already stuck on and flat is a better candidate.
The kid is an artist, she's working on recreating the one on the car now, but an original not already stuck on and flat is a better candidate.
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I'll take the Duster. Pm me Rob. Thanks
Turbo440Dart
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If you have them remade let me know. I could use a few. Had a guy remake some old PAW (performance automotive Warehouse stickers and they came out killer.
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Update (long version, new short ask at the bottom):
Unable to locate someone who could recreate our 'Cuda decal, the original one on the rear window, we set out to create a copy ourselves.
Chroma-graph is difficult if not impossible to scan or take a picture of since it easily, on purpose, reflects all light and shadows in any/all conditions.
So, I traced the decal from the window and recreated manually.
I used black art paper, an exacto-knife, and other professional art tools, provided by my better half, and managed to cut out the black shadow.
Recreating Gold Chroma-graph was more difficult. Old school period tape, didn't know that was a thing, was not wide enough and couldn't find gold. Fortunately I located new tape that was just barely wide enough, unfortunately it has many minor imperfections.
We managed to get a decent picture of the recreated 'Cuda and had it printed on t-shirts to test it out.
Turned out better than expected, however we can't find a place that can print the old school thick and sticky Chroma-graph on a t-shirt, you know the kind, so it's not reflective.
Received the t-shirts just in time for Hot Rod Power Tour!
More importantly, being out in in the hot sun for 7 days straight the rear window sticker is covered in cracks, edges disappeared, lost all Chroma-graph, just destroyed.
So now the ask is:
[WANTED] Anyone who can take our template and create and print gold Chroma-graph on t-shirts and create stickers.
Unable to locate someone who could recreate our 'Cuda decal, the original one on the rear window, we set out to create a copy ourselves.
Chroma-graph is difficult if not impossible to scan or take a picture of since it easily, on purpose, reflects all light and shadows in any/all conditions.
So, I traced the decal from the window and recreated manually.
I used black art paper, an exacto-knife, and other professional art tools, provided by my better half, and managed to cut out the black shadow.
Recreating Gold Chroma-graph was more difficult. Old school period tape, didn't know that was a thing, was not wide enough and couldn't find gold. Fortunately I located new tape that was just barely wide enough, unfortunately it has many minor imperfections.
We managed to get a decent picture of the recreated 'Cuda and had it printed on t-shirts to test it out.
Turned out better than expected, however we can't find a place that can print the old school thick and sticky Chroma-graph on a t-shirt, you know the kind, so it's not reflective.
Received the t-shirts just in time for Hot Rod Power Tour!
More importantly, being out in in the hot sun for 7 days straight the rear window sticker is covered in cracks, edges disappeared, lost all Chroma-graph, just destroyed.
So now the ask is:
[WANTED] Anyone who can take our template and create and print gold Chroma-graph on t-shirts and create stickers.
Turbo440Dart
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