Door signs

[JML55]

Lets see some cool door signs. Here is mine, though i would take a photo of it before i get it blasted off.

[OrrieG]

Mine had a Phoenix appliance dealers name and number on it. It got sanded off a long time ago before patina was cool. No photos.

[demon79]

here's a 58 chevy firetruck

[63 & 64 Bowties]

My 39....

[c10addict]

From what I have learned these have been on here since she was new..

[Dan in Pasadena]

For you guys that are adding graphics o your trucks; how are you doing it?

My '46 will be in primer for a while and I was thinking of doing this just for the hell of it. Are you just copying something off the internet, printing it big and then tracing it on? Hand lettering it yourself? That's my idea unless someone has a better solution. I don't have photoshop but I know someone who is a pro at it. Maybe I'll tell them what I want and the "motif" and have them come up with it.

[c10addict]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

For you guys that are adding graphics o your trucks; how are you doing it?

My '46 will be in primer for a while and I was thinking of doing this just for the hell of it. Are you just copying something off the internet, printing it big and then tracing it on? Hand lettering it yourself? That's my idea unless someone has a better solution. I don't have photoshop but I know someone who is a pro at it. Maybe I'll tell them what I want and the "motif" and have them come up with it.

All the lettering on my 64 is "new" We went with race track names that closed up in the 70's... We used 1 shot paint then splashed it with thinner and sanded lightly to make it look aged... Most was done free hand..

[Dan in Pasadena]

One shot is available from Eastwoods, right? I wouldn't have thought of splashing it with thinnner, I'd have just wet sanded it once it was dry. Thanks Addict.

[IndyBowtie]

Replica of a truck at my first job...

[rutch mathers]

Here is my back burner 65 I had logo'd

[Hogger54]

I'm getting it on my door.

[Daze57]

yeah i guess that would work ^

[dubie]

Here is the digital rendering for the lettering I'll be putting on my doors. There won't be any red on the truck though

[jackson]

im a third generation sign painter and I do rat rod signs . sanding is one way of doing it but if you want it to look really old. paint it with one shot , take arag with a little thinner on it and wipe off some of the paint in the letters. this will look like faded out lettering . then before the paint dries get some ordinary dirt and rub it into the lettering. try it . you will be impressed

[S10Fan]

I just recently reworked my door lettering, not a good picture angle but here goes, Peesacrap Speed Shop. Used an address from a town that no longer exists, along with my childhood phone number. I love watching people's faces when they figure out what it says.

[Flames97]

^^^love it!!! That's a nice truck and great logo!

[ruby57]

I suppose decals don't count but I could not afford a painter... and I am happy with it as a tribute to my granddad's old pickup and gas station... -Doug

[Highsider]

I bought a used vinyl cutter, bought some material and software and went to town. This is my billboard.
Note: I just got word my panel is reassembled and all in primer, so it will look quite different, soon.

[G&R's57GMC]

Here's mine. They were painted on in April of 2013.

Note how the existing scratches were extended by painting them into the logo.

[S10Fan]

I've used vinyl as a template for paint. Lay out the template then have at it with a rattle can. Carefully remove the template then use a rag soaked with thinner to age the paint.

[stewdecky]

Here's my original doors. Couldn't resist putting them on.

[murphy98]

Seems to be a bit of a service station theme going here, Did my '62 GMC up as a British American Oil service station shop truck.

[murphy98]

Originally Posted by stewdecky

Here's my original doors. Couldn't resist putting them on.

Very cool, love your bed side stake rails too!

[murphy98]

[QUOTE=ruby57;6506584]I suppose decals don't count but I could not afford a painter... and I am happy with it as a tribute to my granddad's old pickup and gas station... -Doug

Very well done! Beautiful truck!

[1952ssr]

Here's my door sign, in tribute to my Father-in-law Fred and his quote he'd tell my mother-in-law when they were dating. And my logo on my storage box in the bed. And my side boards I did for a local parade with some church members riding in the back.