Jerry Hoerres, River Bottom Art and Sign, Melrose, Wisconsin “A couple years ago I read an article in SignCraft,” says Jerry Hoerres, “about making lettering look old by rubbing sand in it when it was nearly dry. I used that technique on our truck—and now everyone thinks the lettering is as old as the old shop truck.”
The Sign Factory, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
Ian McRae, Spitfire Signs, Conquerall Bank, Nova Scotia, Canada Ian McRae uses his 1952 Mercury pickup to visit customers, do site surveys and pick up supplies. It has the original Flathead V8, manual steering and 6V system. The only modifications have been the transmission and rear end.
Ian McRae, Spitfire Signs, Conquerall Bank, Nova Scotia, Canada
Rob White Signs, Waynesboro, Georgia
Ian Langfield, Legend Signs, Canberra, Australia Ian Langfield repaints his vintage pickup every year. “The paint color for 2016,” says Ian, “is chameleon red to blue to purple glass flake over a black base. The lettering is chameleon finish bronze to magenta with a beveled airbrush effect and a pale purple outline with a mixed orange for the script to not overpower the main copy. The tailgate is still raised lettering.”
Ian Langfield, Legend Signs, Canberra, Australia
