Delco Remy Decal, 12 Volt

[Fun Engineer 859]

Does anyone have a source for a decal that was placed on side of the voltage regulator? If not, does anyone have a good picture and dimensions I could send to Terry and have him make one?

[Martin 2,131]

i was working with terry on making one for 2 of mine. we havent gotten very far, just time i guess

bit hard to read but is this the decal....

[Fun Engineer 859]

Are you still planning on having Terry do some? I'd be interested in 3 or 4.

[Martin 2,131]

yeah. just a matter of us getting together when he has time. i want to do a few other decals as well to finish the 1057. im sure, just like all his other decals, once he has a good template, then it just a matter of printing them off....

[Martin 2,131]

went to visit terry this morning to get a few remaining decals done. one of them was this one.

i wanted the off white lettering on this one to match the 1057 decals off white on my tractor so thats how we did it.

heres a couple of pics....

i would contact terry on the details of cost, shipping etc.

[AMC RULES 37,125]

Curious, what is the process we see Terry completing there?

[Martin 2,131]

without all the technical details (im decal illiterate) terry is rolling the clear laminate on the previously printed vinyl sheet.

the process sort of goes like this for this one

first the red and off white lettering (basically the decal) is printed on vinyl sheet. then terry laminates a clear vinyl layer on top of that. then the sheet 'assembly' goes back in the printer and all the decals are 'cut' out to finish. the circles that you see at the corners are reference points that allow the printer/cutter to align properly for the extra steps after printing an initial layer.

[AMC RULES 37,125]

After they are "cut to finish", are they applied to the paper backer that the decal is removed from before application?

All told, sounds pretty labor intensive...are you the new apprentice over there Martin.

[Martin 2,131]

no the paper backer is there through the whole process. terry works out the depth the cutter needs to be, depending on the material.

sometimes when you have a decal from somewhere, and you peel off the backer, its has cut marks the same shape as the decal, the depth of the cutter is obviously too deep. the cutter needs to just cut the vinyl decal and thats it.

as far as being the apprentice, i guess i am in a way......

im enjoying learning how terry produces these things. some of them really are a lot of work, not just in the actual making of the decal, but lots of time spent in the graphics program getting everything right as well.

we also spend a bunch of time talking about the s......... :thumbs:

[AMC RULES 37,125]

Does seem like a fun, and interesting process creating them.

[Fun Engineer 859]

This is great Martin. I'm going to order some today. Thanks for working on this with Terry. I'm a bit of a "closet sign guy" also. The process is interesting and I spend a fair amount of time each year at the sign company that does work for use here.

[Martin 2,131]

yep, enjoy learning about the whole process......

heres mine installed on the regulator......

[Fun Engineer 859]

Martin

What color is your tractor in the above picture?

[Martin 2,131]

I do all my red with ppg case red powder coat.

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[Fun Engineer 859]

Thanks. It looks brighter than my International Harvester Red.