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From: Doghouse ······································ Car: 1989 Formula 350 Vert Engine: 350 L98 Transmission: 700R4 Axle/Gears: B&W 3.27
Car: 87 Formula T-Top, 87 Formula HT
Engine: 5.1L TPI, 5.0L TPI
Transmission: 700R4, M5
Axle/Gears: Sag 3.73, B&W 3.45
Re: Reproduction window sticker
Make your own. I did...
You will need the dealer invoice to make it accurate, and you need to understand what everything means. It is a process tho. Like the FL in the bottom corner literally means Florida, It was not necessarily the state it was going to, more of a region, start looking at other window stickers from other models, if you have a question, and start figuring things out. Ideally you find someone with a similarly equipped model with a similar window sticker, and change the information like VIN, and models etc...
From: Doghouse ······································ Car: 1989 Formula 350 Vert Engine: 350 L98 Transmission: 700R4 Axle/Gears: B&W 3.27
Car: 87 Formula T-Top, 87 Formula HT
Engine: 5.1L TPI, 5.0L TPI
Transmission: 700R4, M5
Axle/Gears: Sag 3.73, B&W 3.45
Re: Reproduction window sticker
Originally Posted by Big&BadGTA
@okfoz Can you make one for my GTA? Your reproduction is amazing
Have you ever used CorelDRAW! or Adobe Illustrator? You need a few fonts, Swiss721 is one of them FreestyleScrD for the "We BUild Excitement" Which is close but not exact match to the original. And the Font I made for the "PONTIAC"
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Car: 89 GTA ASC Conv., Prev: 89 GTA 6.3L
Engine: 5.7L L98 TPI
Transmission: 700r4 Automatic
Axle/Gears: 3.27:1 w/ JG1 Options:B2L, N10, U1A
Re: Reproduction window sticker
Originally Posted by okfoz
Have you ever used CorelDRAW! or Adobe Illustrator? You need a few fonts, Swiss721 is one of them FreestyleScrD for the "We BUild Excitement" Which is close but not exact match to the original. And the Font I made for the "PONTIAC"
Nope, but I have been meaning to try new things. Just short on time, always.
Hmmm, i'd be interested in trying to make one for mine too. PHS wouldn't make one for the later cars, and even then, they don't do a good job. Mike Noun does really good window sticker reproductions, but he is not doing 3rd gen ones yet.
My 1988 GTA does not have a window sticker like that and it was built in June of '88. I think '89 was the first year for the colored ones... which look 100% better, IMO.
I have a PHS reproduction sticker, but this is the original one to the car.
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My 1988 GTA does not have a window sticker like that and it was built in June of '88. I think '89 was the first year for the colored ones... which look 100% better, IMO.
I have a PHS reproduction sticker, but this is the original one to the car.
Yup, your 88 GTA's sticker is what my 87 Formula's looks like. They LOOKED like secretaries typed them on good old fashion typewriters; my 82 and 83 Z28's stickers, too.
From: Doghouse ······································ Car: 1989 Formula 350 Vert Engine: 350 L98 Transmission: 700R4 Axle/Gears: B&W 3.27
Car: 87 Formula T-Top, 87 Formula HT
Engine: 5.1L TPI, 5.0L TPI
Transmission: 700R4, M5
Axle/Gears: Sag 3.73, B&W 3.45
Re: Reproduction window sticker
Originally Posted by LAFireboyd
Yup, your 88 GTA's sticker is what my 87 Formula's looks like. They LOOKED like secretaries typed them on good old fashion typewriters; my 82 and 83 Z28's stickers, too.
Chances are you are not far off. I do not know if you remember this or not, but back in the 80's there were several types of printers. The Daisy wheel printer looked like a daisy and it would spin and the letters would impact print on a page, much like a typewriter. Of course there were line printers, which would print an entire line, and there was the dot matrix printers.
I would bet these were printed using the Daisy Wheel type printer, just based on how the text looks, I could be wrong, but it would be consistent from what I recall.
Based on how the window sticker looks, starting in 1989 they went to a Laser Printer, which is way easier to duplicate with today's hardware. I could make the 82-88 style window stickers, but it would take some effort, the problem would always be that I would not have the impact markings like the original and it would still look like a laser print, but it would be close up to about 12" or so.
I would need some images of some really good originals to go off tho. what appear to be @ symbols for the MPG section kind of gives it away...
Some of this I might have to make my own fonts for...
My biggest personal issue is I would try to make the sticker look too good.
Pretty good, busier every year as the word gets out. Diversifying more and more as further requests come in for additional models and years. More and more newer cars lately, been sending much business to GM Heritage