Not really quitting-Just want something different- I think lolBunch a quiters ya are.
I’m a $1000 dollars lighter -but I picked up the freshly rebuilt Transmission last night before work. Next couple of weekends I will actually make some progress.
I recently bought a set of valve cover studs- got to thinking about header studs, are they worth it?
Ordered a few more parts for the car-hopefully in a couple of weekends I’ll put it all together. My attention has slowly shifted back to the paint and body. The body of the car is really nice and straight,the paint is easily an 8/10 and cleans up great-but as some of you know-especially @Davedacarpainter lol it has these Ugly poorly done ‘Boss’ letters that where stenciled out before the black paint was laid- and I absolutely hate em. Currently the lettering is hidden under some ford emblem decals,that really don’t look that much better. Dave gave me a how to a while back on sanding/feathering and painting over the letters-but let’s be honest-I’m scared of it ,and fairly certain it will turn out like crap.
So my new idea-one that I really like is having a set of Boss style stripes made in a flat /Hot rod black
Trouble is- I want them to be solid stripes-without the spaces or dashes-whatever ya call it.. I’ve been looking awhile and can’t find any that are solid-the few stripe printers I’ve talked to said they can only make that version- anybody have any ideas? @JoeDaddy - do you make stripe kits?
You are completely right mike.Chris, even though your intention is to cover the offending area, you're still gonna have to do some sanding of that area to level out the lettering, or the new stripe will have the ghost of the old lettering either recessed over, or standing proud underneath the stripe.
The stripe is almost a copyright item...Almost.
Larry Shinoda gets credit for the hashed design...the very guy that took his idea of calling a mustang model "BOSS" back in 1969 to old Henry F. Himself. He reappeared when they reintroduced the namesake on your model whenever in 95-96. So I think if you want to run the stripe, you should consider that as well.....it'd be kinda like the opposite of what I do...instead of trying to downplay the muscle car origins of any stripe/decal from the 60's, I rekindle it exactly as it was on the car ( same font, factory emblem/factory stripe) on a car it was never on, as opposed to taking a car that it was, and putting on a stripe that never was.
And...
What does 1000.00 buy when you drop much that on a what....AOD? AOD-E? 4R70w?
I hear ya Dave . Maybe one day .. Do you think I could buff/polish the ridges smooth?You know..........you could just...........FIX IT!
Yep, we can make anything. Would just need a template or some measurements to get it right.
If I could get you the dimensions of the original stripe set-could you use that template to make a solid set without the hashes? I also bought a new set coyote 5.0 badges -I could place them on the stripe/over the lettering-that might help hide any bleed through on the vinyl. Maybe? LolMike is correct, as usual. Any imperfections will show thru to the new stripe. If there is any kind of an edge anywhere, you will see it.
Yep, as long as I had dimensions of things, I could make it so it was all solid. I could also send you a couple of scrap pieces you could put down (and then peel back off later) to see if you would get any ghost images or not.If I could get you the dimensions of the original stripe set-could you use that template to make a solid set without the hashes? I also bought a new set coyote 5.0 badges -I could place them on the stripe/over the lettering-that might help hide any bleed through on the vinyl. Maybe? Lol
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