I want to thank Matt for "helping me" give new life to an NOS Flying A decal!

A few months ago I was lucky enough to win on Ebay, 3 NOS Flying A Motor Diesel Fuel decals. But, because of their size and age; I didn't have a clue what to do with them? When Bob (Lastgas15), posted his thread about using an old decal and Matt replied with his workmanship. I got the idea to contact Matt and ask him if he would be interested in a deal? A deal where he would mount the decal for me on a piece of plexi-glass and in return I would give him the other two decals for his use on a pump. Matt suggested instead of plexi-glass, he instead mount the decal on a piece of painted metal; so it would look like it was on a pump door. We came to an agreement and he sent me a photo of the decal on the metal...

Today, I received my Flying A Motor Diesel Fuel decal and I think it looks fantastic and wanted to share it with Oldgas.

The decal is 14" tall x 12" wide. Matt placed the decal paper on the back of the metal so anyone in the future will know that the decal was NOS... I can honestly say; this is something I doubt I ever could have mounted without overlaps and multiple bubbles.

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Looks real nice

Awesome! Such a great story spotlighting the good side of our hobby.

awesome, ready too hang .. ...

Looks awesome. Great job Matt!

India on line 2..

Nice craftsmanship Matt!

Matt's the guy who shares and always willing to help anyway he can. I know. Because he was a great resource to me.

Awesome!! Looks so good.

Awesome Bob! Looks good!

Yeah, what Jim said.

Looks very nice Bob, and very nice of Matt to do this for you! I have some very nice old unused Mobil related decals that just sit in folders as I worry I don't have the expertise to apply them to anything correctly, and you only have one chance!




I couldn't help by LOL at Cold Pizza's comment, although I realize it isn't meant to be funny....the furnaces are probably fired up as we speak with the great artwork available!
Darin

love it BoB!!!! Matt did a outstanding job ......

Beautiful Bob! I got some old nos Shell decals from Matt for my Bennett double head lubester. I told him when I got them that I might need him to come to Missouri to put them on for me when the time came! Those things are so fragile, it takes a steady hand and a little experience to get them to work after all these years but he sure has a knack for it....GB

Great job! Great way to display.

Nice work - I think you have to be fearless, smooth and experienced when mounting those, any hesitation = bubbles.

Ditto on what everyone has said about Matt helping - he helped me with a project too! Plus he has been generous at sharing pic's of his incredible pump collection on OldGas.

Nice work

We get our sign blanks cut by water jet and then have the powder coated. On my last run, I had some cut to shape for decals I have had in the drawer for years. Its a great way to preserve and display them!

They look great Lance!