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Post by matt on May 17, 2015 9:04:26 GMT 10
Hey again all! I am looking for the right images to re create the decals for our van. Does anyone know what decals are the correct ones for a 1978 Viscount Explorer Pop Top? I have seen the one below (on a van which has exactly the same layout as mine, inside and out, yet the author calls it a 15ft Viscount Supreme.) but the logo doesn't seem to gel with me. What was left of the old ones when we brought our van home looked like computer cut lettering (which also doesn't gel given the age of the van) in exactly the same style/font/colour(possibly) as the word 'Viscount' on the below decal, but no background or purple ''V' logo. If anyone has the images of the right logos, or a link to where I can download them, I can touch them up ready for printing. Also dimensions would be good. I'll post a print ready artwork on this post when I can. Thanks in advance everyone! |
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Post by Mustang on May 19, 2015 19:49:26 GMT 10
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Post by matt on May 23, 2015 8:50:08 GMT 10
Thanks Mustang. I'm more looking for information on what decals are correct for my van. We have a couple of sign guys here in Hervey Bay that can re create the stickers I just need sizes/colours etc. Although if any of the local guys want to charge a million bucks for a couple of stickers I may just go with your suggestion. I had a play around on the computer this morning and from this picture I found on the net.... I played around with the image and came up with this...  Although through a bit of research I am finding that this style seems to be very common on 1970s vans...  If anyone knows which style was used on the 16' Explorers it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Post by pisces51 on May 23, 2015 20:33:43 GMT 10
G'day matt,
The Viscount logo changed almost every year through the 1970s. The version you've listed at the end of your post was used from about mid-1970 until 1972, and then it reappeared in around 1975 for a short time. I don't know for sure whether the version you printed out is the correct version for the Explorer model, but you could have a look through all the threads on this forum relating to 1978 Viscounts, and see what the general consensus seems to be for the logo: 1978 Viscount threads
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Post by matt on May 24, 2015 9:22:51 GMT 10
Thanks for the heads up Al. I suppose I'll get back to searching. Alot of the explorers I have seen so far either have no stickers or that badly worn I cant tell. The magic 8 ball of google isn't being much help either.
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Post by matt on May 24, 2015 9:40:06 GMT 10
Had a bit more of a search and have come up with a few..... Pauls ( supreme78) 1978 Supreme with the red and gold boomerang.... @tigerkub (who has a blog about her van, and where I got the purple boomerang design from) which I am sure is an explorer and not a supreme... viscount78 and what looks like an 80s logo.... which throws a spanner in the works...lol I'll keep looking around and see what I come up with! I do prefer the red and gold boomerang design as opposed to the purple one but I may end up even designing my own. |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2015 9:55:53 GMT 10
Hey Matt
After looking at those 3 vans - I would be leaning towards Paul's van as it is the only van out of the 3 in as close as to original condition, the other 2 look like some type restore/recycle has taken place.
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Post by matt on May 24, 2015 16:14:14 GMT 10
Hey Matt
After looking at those 3 vans - I would be leaning towards Paul's van as it is the only van out of the 3 in as close as to original condition, the other 2 look like some type restore/recycle has taken place.
Good Luck I'm leaning towards the red/gold boomerang version.... keeps me in with the in crowd too ;-) |
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Post by Mustang on May 24, 2015 17:57:57 GMT 10
The Paul Image is the same as our "77" Supreme & its original, sure is original,  |
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Post by supreme78 on May 25, 2015 21:52:33 GMT 10
The logos on my van are indeed the original ones. The van was very original when I purchased it. Although it has changed a whole lot since then.
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Post by matt on May 29, 2015 18:23:00 GMT 10
The logos on my van are indeed the original ones. The van was very original when I purchased it. Although it has changed a whole lot since then. Looks like the red/gold boomerang version then! I had a play with this design and tried to get the lettering for "explorer" to sit right under the boomerang but it was hard to get the "L" and the "O" to sit right at the bottom. Its just one of those nasty combinations that if you line them up it doesn't look right, but if you make them line up they don't sit at the right distance from the angle. I think I'll talk to that decal mob and see what they come up with. BTW, thanks for all the input everyone! Stellar effort, and very much appreciated. |
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Post by atefooterz on May 29, 2015 18:45:01 GMT 10
In the old days of signwriting and folks employed as Compositors in the print game, "kerning" was all the rage! This is the practice of making some letters taller to sit right to the eye, one of the reasons that letterset & those italic slide in letters on a pencil case always looked suss, back in those quality days before DIY computer set and the later generations ignoring same to dull down the average punters eye of things. ( who remembers using indents on a parragraph?) LoLz
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Post by matt on May 30, 2015 9:00:12 GMT 10
In the old days of signwriting and folks employed as Compositors in the print game, "kerning" was all the rage! This is the practice of making some letters taller to sit right to the eye, one of the reasons that letterset & those italic slide in letters on a pencil case always looked suss, back in those quality days before DIY computer set and the later generations ignoring same to dull down the average punters eye of things. ( who remembers using indents on a parragraph?) LoLz That's the word I was looking for! kerning! I tried playing with sizes and spacing but I'm only a novice. Time to bring in a professional. |
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Post by atefooterz on May 30, 2015 17:15:55 GMT 10
In the old days of signwriting and folks employed as Compositors in the print game, "kerning" was all the rage! This is the practice of making some letters taller to sit right to the eye, one of the reasons that letterset & those italic slide in letters on a pencil case always looked suss, back in those quality days before DIY computer set and the later generations ignoring same to dull down the average punters eye of things. ( who remembers using indents on a parragraph?) LoLz That's the word I was looking for! kerning! I tried playing with sizes and spacing but I'm only a novice. Time to bring in a professional. Heya Matt, i think your issue is the thing uses the same ruling for that size, so no joy on the bottom line then next font up may go to a rediculous new lower line. So many logo & typefaces pre the mid -late1970s and computer setting, were based on hand signwriting, so a plate made from photographs would be made, like coca cola as a good example, or many and even during my apprenticeship days were done in a chase using moveable different sized letters and much jiggling of spacers bits of ciggy paper then locking it down firm before something happened haha! The early computer setting devices were a mixture of digital and photography so the operator could hand toggle bits pre exposure that then came out as a bromide print ready to be layed down on artwork. If you have 90% or more digital maybe you can use clone or similar with the right sized letter(s) set on an oversize work size then spray clone neatly inposition?? |
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