The company went out of business in 1961 due to the backlash of prohibition from the 1950's. I highly doubt that anyone could have an issue with reproducing the name, logo, whatever, since that was almost 50 years ago. Also the trucks a good 1800+ miles away from where she originated from.
Finding any information about Metz has been difficult to say the least.
Anyways, Ive added a picture to show the hood.
Metz extra dry BeerCletis, I like the idea of using the script and circle surrounding it, hadnt quite thought that far ahead. My mind starts spinning ideas around long before anything actually comes of it.
48bigtrucks, thats an interesting point about the original lettering, most of this was probably done on the cheap and I think it would do it justice to do a better job then the original.
One of the reasons I like the old script on the door is that you can see where the brush strokes started and stopped by looking at the circles where the brush either touched the body or was lifted off. You can see where the paints thicker near the first stroke and thinner as the brush was moved. Im not doing a pristine restoration, but I do lean towards originality.
It would be nice to learn more history about the truck, but a lot of that is vague and forgotten by now. I wonder what roads its been down? How many miles shes seen? How many sets of hands worked that steering wheel over the years?
Even if she isnt restored to original specs, its nice to think the history wont be lost.
Thanks for the opinions!
Jeff
