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3rd Generation 1979 - 1993 => 1979 - 1993 => Topic started by: 79mustangcobra on August 15, 2014, 01:45:20 PM
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Hello all,
I was looking at this Pace Car in Lincoln Nebraska over the weekend.
Look at the space between the comma and year. It makes the decal run into the lip of the fender.
-Reproduction
(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa306/bassdb/Mobile%20Uploads/F37AD3D8-D2BF-4F6B-953B-B6557572E9A3_zpslffkmmtx.jpg) (http://s203.photobucket.com/user/bassdb/media/Mobile%20Uploads/F37AD3D8-D2BF-4F6B-953B-B6557572E9A3_zpslffkmmtx.jpg.html)
It should look like this
-Factory
(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa306/bassdb/79PaceCarside_zps63f2780a.jpg) (http://s203.photobucket.com/user/bassdb/media/79PaceCarside_zps63f2780a.jpg.html)
Here are two more examples, again look at the space after the comma, before year.
-Factory
(http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/ford_100170212_l.jpg)
-Reproduction
(http://image.mustangmonthly.com/f/17286127/mump_0904_06_z+1979_mustang_indy_pace_car+front_view.jpg)
Has anyone else noticed this? Thanks
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Probably would not have noticed it, but then again it's hard to see those sort of details when watching the likes of Rick Mears winnning his first, against the field including A.J. Foyt with Bobby and Al Uncer as well...I guess I just wasn't that attentive to details on newest Mustang that time around.
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Nice catch. Saw your post on FEP as well.
It's all about attention to detail... spacing, color(s), width of letters, etc.
Sometimes you have to take available reproductions and modify to make them correct to original.
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That's something that I probably never would've noticed either, but now that you mention it, it sticks out like a sore thumb. It doesn't look good at all to have the "1979" numbering running onto the fender lip. It would take some doing, but at least the reproduction decal could be modified to be closer than that. Still, I'd hate to be the one to cut a pre-made decal apart, re-position it, and then try to make sure it all lined up correctly...
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That's something that I probably never would've noticed either, but now that you mention it, it sticks out like a sore thumb. It doesn't look good at all to have the "1979" numbering running onto the fender lip. It would take some doing, but at least the reproduction decal could be modified to be closer than that. Still, I'd hate to be the one to cut a pre-made decal apart, re-position it, and then try to make sure it all lined up correctly...
Talk about needing a steady hand and some patience. Could be done, just a little tough