Right Don, I'm sure uncle Jed's color memory is as sharp as a tack. I guess I just like the years of aging, oil, dirt, and grim look better. I think they call it the resto-rust look.
Tim if ya had a real good picture of the original logo of course you could paint it by hand, but that has been the problem, no one seems to have a VC with the original logo in tact. Uncle Jed told them that he thought it was the original paint but after half a century who knows for sure. There was enough of mine left so I could see that it was not stenciled on and each word was written in a continuous script, not broken like a stencil. And once again, the decal may be fine for some guys and it looks nice and finished but it is not like the original lettering. I'm not an expert but I don't believe the lettering was embossed into the top of the Valve Covers until '53 or '54 when they started using the four side screws for the hold down. All of the 216 Thrift Masters were painted on the right side flat surfaces. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
