Repopped cowl streamers- progress report

[bams50]

Here's the thread about these from last September:

http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22133

Imbedded in that thread is a link to the STT Forum, where this was discussed.

I see back then the approach was to try to assemble a set of correct type to accomplish this. Our approach is different- casting the actual type from a given tag, exactly as factory-produced. This retains the exact, correct typeface, letter spacing, and any other authentic peculiarities. This could be done for any embossed tag of any type, and the dies can be made for a couple hundred- or less! Only requires the loan of an existing tag to create the die set. Might not be feasible for regular body tags, but some of the more popular streamers might be worthwhile. This is a hobby project for me, so I'm not worried about making a profit- but I do hope to at some point break even; so selecting which tags are desirable enough to sell several of would be key. Might even come to be that somebody with one of those 400-point cars would be willing to pay for their own dies for a special tag.

I haven't heard back from Mike yet about blank tags; anyone else have any they'd sell a few of? I read Gary Ash's mention of finding small sheets of .020 zinc that might be an answer. Hopefully Gary will see this and add his thoughts.

Robert (Bob) Andrews Owner- Studebakeracres- on the IoMT (Island of Misfit Toys!)
Parish, central NY 13131

"Some people live for the rules, I live for exceptions"- 311

"Do they all not, by mere virtue of having survived as relics of a bygone era, amass a level of respect perhaps not accorded to them when they were new?"

[Jackson]

I think it looks great as is. I'll take a "SPEEDSTER" and "4-SPEED", at least one of each, when you are ready.

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34 STUDEBAKER STREET ROD
55 SPEEDSTER (in work)
63 R2 LARK (in work)
85 AVANTI (9K miles)

[Captain Billy]

Bob,

Have you tried someone like: www.metaltagmakers.com for these products. Just for a price comparison.





Bill Foy
Kingston, Ontario
1964 Wagonaire Slider

[289stude]

Hey bams keep up the good work, I checked the link above, and the machine does a very nice job, but it's $3500.00. Also you would have to worry about spacing issues, unlike your method.




John

53' 2R5 R1 Powershift TT Under Construction

57' Transtar 304 NP540 4:09 TT Under Construction (in Picture)

58' 3E6D Stock Sale Pending

61' 6E7 122 Factory Auto

[Roscomacaw]

Bob, here's an EASY one to reproduce! This was on one screw of a '61 Lark 4dr. I haven't looked at this particular tag in ages, but when I spoke about it in the past, I erroneously stated that it had a single letter on it. As you can see, it's totally blank! Blank, save for the pale blue paint that the whole car wore. Anyone wanna hazard a guess what the significance of this thing was???



Ray, I would've remembered a tag like "KIT". I don't have it.

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1963 Cruiser
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President two door

[studefan]

I have two Larks that had the 4 speed tags. One is a 63 convertible and the other a 64 hardtop. The tags were mounted on the right screw when looking at the firewall from the front of the car. They were mounted BEFORE the cars were painted and were positioned at about a 30 degree upward angle. I know this because, when removed, you could see the outline of the unpainted area.

[31Streetrod]

Great work!
Put me down for a 4 speed tag.

Lost in the 50's

[Bill Pressler]

Bob, looks great!

Put me down for a "Sun Roof" tag.

Bill Pressler
Kent, OH
'63 Lark Daytona Skytop R1
'64 Daytona Hardtop

[showbizkid]

Maybe you could make one up for Standard and Challenger owners that says "STRIPPER". That would make the judges scratch their heads


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Clark in San Diego
'63 F2/Lark Standard

http://studeblogger.blogspot.com

https://www.studebakersandiego.com

[bams50]

So far the most popular tags seem to be "sun.roof", "4-SPEED", and "air cond.", and maybe "speedstr". But even then, how many of each could I likely expect to sell in, say, the forst 6 months- maybe 15 or 20, tops? There's plenty of ways to skin that cat already- but they all would need to get too much money per tag and sell too many to start to break even; so this may be a way to do them cheaply. I wonder what ther likelihood would be of being able to secure the loan of the different original tags from which to make molds? That remains to be seen, I guess.

I haven't heard from Mike Gahlbeck (hotwheels63r2) yet, who told me he had a bunch of the streamer blanks. If he doesn't have any, do any of you have some? Or, alternatively, something close to the original material? I e-mailed Gary Ash as well. I'm anxious to make samples to show those interested at York. Any leads appreciated!

Robert (Bob) Andrews Owner- Studebakeracres- on the IoMT (Island of Misfit Toys!)
Parish, central NY 13131

"Some people live for the rules, I live for exceptions"- 311

"Do they all not, by mere virtue of having survived as relics of a bygone era, amass a level of respect perhaps not accorded to them when they were new?"

[Roscomacaw]

Here's one for the Hades heater option.[}]

[img] http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/30906179/aview/hades2.jpg [/img]


Here's one for a 2-tone paint job on a C3 trim car. I can't remember what year this is off of.

[img] http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/309061...C3streamer.jpg [/img]

Yeah, I've got a few body tags.[:I]



1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1963 Cruiser
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President two door

[bams50]

Do you have any of the popular streamers?

Robert (Bob) Andrews Owner- Studebakeracres- on the IoMT (Island of Misfit Toys!)
Parish, central NY 13131

"Some people live for the rules, I live for exceptions"- 311

"Do they all not, by mere virtue of having survived as relics of a bygone era, amass a level of respect perhaps not accorded to them when they were new?"

[Roscomacaw]

I'd have said something if I did. I sold the last one (4-spd) to Clayton.

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1963 Cruiser
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President two door

[Ron Dame]

Hey Bob! Are you still reproducing any streamer tags? Can you do customs? I want a fun, non-authentic one for the 185 OHV 6 in my truck

[DEEPNHOCK]

IIRC, there was someone at Reedsville offering repop tags, but I did not gather his info...