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A buddy of mine brought me his old photo album for me to use while searching for old letter styles to use on my panel truck once I get it done. I asked him if I could scan and share the pics and he told me to help myself. Some of them are getting in bad shape and I am hoping by doing this it will preserve them longer. There are probably a few hundred of them and they are all 8x10 pictures. I am going to scan them all regardless, but if there is enough interest I wil ltry to post them all here.

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Vintage Truck magazine has a feature every month about body builders and delivery trucks. I bet they would love to see those.

https://www.vintagetruckmagazine.com/

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As time allows, please do. It's neat to see the old trucks and the pride people took in their business when it came to lettering and paint schemes.

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Great Pictures.

Someone really liked Internationals, lol.

Also liked the old Chevy, a Dodge or two and the one Ford picture.

On the Conventionals anyway, I get lost with those Step Vans.

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Thanks for taking the time to scan these. Awesome pics!

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Thanks for posting!

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Thanks for showing these. Where were these from, a sign company's portfolio? I'd be interested in knowing what company if so. I think I see where the Ravens vs Steelers rivalry comes from, selling Duquesne Beer in Baltimore with the "Best beer in town" motto on the side. No no no, don't be messin' with Charm City's Natty Boh!! :lol:

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Glad to post them guys. Way too much history disappears without a trace.

Tim
I am friends with a gentleman that just turned 80 last Saturday that has been painting signs since 1958. I have worked on and off with him since 1988. I was mentioning to him that I might want to put old school lettering on the side of my 68' panel when I got to that point of the project and he stopped this by so i could see what everyone was doing back in the day. I am not sure of the origins of the book of photo's but will ask him next time we get together. It is always a hoot talking with him because we talk for hours and basically have no idea what either one said for most of that time since we are both mostly deaf :lol: We get by enough to get the jist of things though.

This is the album I am working out of. Half of the pictures are still sitting on my desk awaiting scan. What you see in the book is what I have already posted here. Some of these pics are so old they have the cloth back to them and have to be real careful handling them. I think I still have about 50-60 more left to scan and post.

Richard

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That's so cool. That's what I wondered, if they came from a sign "painting" company or an individual sign painter. You know the sign world and how it has and is changing. I have the buddy who is my age who feels like he's one of the last hand lettering sign shops. They are still out there, but far and few between. I bet my buddy would like to meet your buddy.

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Thanks for posting Richard.
Lots of this type stuff gets lost forever.

Will you have anything painted on your Panel ?
Maybe like your Sign company.

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That is my plan. Even though it is my personal truck I thought it would be cool to hand paint my company name on the side of it and use it on occasion to make sales calls. I still have one older guy here who hand paints but also have a couple other local guys that are on board to help out as well. Give me a spray gun and I can go like the dickens, give me a brush and try to figure out what it is when I am done. Never did have the knack for the brush. At 1st I was going to just do a digital print to make it look aged & hand painted but I think it will end up hand painted or not at all.

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Right on! Hand panted or none at all :metal:

Hey, when it comes to business, budget, fleet vinyl has it's place. But on classic trucks? Read line above.

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would that be Denim or corduroy ? :haha:

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No, like a dog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiFSYyDd-58

Reminds me of a joke. When asked how his pants fit, the guy with 3 peckers said, "Like a glove!" buh wah hah hah and har dee har har, too (yawn)

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