'83 ATC70 Christmas Special Rear Fender Decal

[HairyJR]

Does anyone know of a supplier with decal like the original?

Spent yesterday helping the Grandson finish up his cleanup and reassembly of a blue '83 Christmas Special ATC70. First two pic's are of the rear fender when he got it home before disassembly and cleanup showing original decal. Next couple are after sanding and polishing which show the outline sun beach faded area of original decal. Last are of the two different aftermarket supplier decals we purchased, as can be seen they don't cover completely the original area and are a little different.

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"HJ" :beer

[petesatc]

i had the same problem..... i contacted Harlan his decal are the right shape and colors ....this is his email hjlysne@charter.net
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh318/pilotpete1/IMG_0441_zps1edb8unx.jpg (http://s259.photobucket.com/user/pilotpete1/media/IMG_0441_zps1edb8unx.jpg.html)

[F3joel]

These are very good quality.
http://www.atc70decals.com/Pages/1983xmasspecial.aspx

[KASEY]

These are very good quality.
http://www.atc70decals.com/Pages/1983xmasspecial.aspx
but they don't fit,, they don't have the original shape,,

[HairyJR]

Thanks guys for the info. I didn't name the suppliers of the decal pic's posted but one is from "ATC70..." and the other another major distributor. They look to be new tool box decals soon......

"HJ" :beer

[HairyJR]

OK I need to bump this again, all the rear fender decals available that I've seen are not completely correct, details most people don't notice, but if I'm taking the time to get them made why not be correct.

The help needed at this point is someone out there has an original '83 Blue Christmas Special with rear fender decal and I need close up pic's to validate and construct new one. PIC'S Please..

"HJ"

[petesatc]

what wrong with the Harlan decal???its the right shape,size,colour,???

[IronBear]

Harlan is the man for decals!. He did a fantastic job with my 350X and Big Red decals :)

[HairyJR]

The Harlan decal is very good and perfect for aftermarket fenders as their not OEM, I might have to get one if things don't work out.

"Petesatc" to answer your question my grandson performed all the clean up and repairs to this original survivor and together we sanded / polished the plastic but the plastic hidden under the original fender decal has left a darker outline that could be seen with the replacement decals we purchased. If I hadn't taken a as found pic's before clean up I my not have noticed the minor differences, only makes a difference to the purist restore. The color blue should fill all the letter "T" on the left side and fill the number "0" on the right. Attached cropped pic's of original and Harlan's.

"HJ" :beer

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[petesatc]

yeh your right didn't notice that before.....but i have been searching for a OEM rear decal for xmas 70 for 10 years never found one and i'm good at finding these parts...no one else out there makes decals. so your only option is to get someone to make you one...

[Billy Golightly]

I'd try giving Bruce, blue27 a jingle and seeing if he might have the template for that already. He seems to have pretty much everything else!

[HairyJR]

Thanks for the suggestion Billy, I've had Bruce make me special "X" decals "650x and 500x" and a smaller rear decal that fits the Maier 200x fender better. Just thought as the collectable small ATC70's and the iconic Christmas Special someone might have one closer to original.

"HJ" :beer

[HairyJR]

ISO pic's of an original '83 Christmas Special rear fender decal.

Please help Someone reading this thread knows someone who has an original fender with the decal, doesn't need to be perfect what I'm trying to determine is size and fonts used to design number/lettering. Just a couple close up pic's....

"HJ" :beer