From:
mahoy78spyder_REMOVE_688523_THIS_@yahoo.com
Blake, I can only speak for Ralph Greinke at
Stencils & Stripes as to the reproduction of the Spyder
decals... I hear you can get them one other place too but
don't know anything about them.
When I first
started calling S&S in '91 and bugging him about
reproducing these, he said that it would be difficult, not
only because of low demand and the complexity of the
decal, but because of the "licensing" he insists on
getting from GM to recreate them. All of Ralph's
reproduction decals have the official "licensing" from each
car manufacturer, which means he goes through about a
2-3 year long process of getting a diagram/template
from GM, making several throw-away sets of decals to
pass GM's inspection, and then, after GM gives their
final approval, actually "start" production. It took
from about early '92, when he finally decided to make
them, until mid '94 to get through the licensing
process, but he passed, and started a small run of them. I
immediately bought my set of decals then.
So....
after that rigorous process, you can be assured that
they are "exact" duplicates in cut, quality, AND
color. Ralph prides himself on that. Also, to compare, I
had an original NOS set of Spyder decals still in the
box AND Ralph's reproductions and I can assure you,
they were an "exact" match! Now I just have to get my
car done so I can put them on! *smile*
Hope
this helps....
Ken
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