Classic Car Decals - History As Seen Through Decals

And just to put the appropriate in-your-face Car Craft-esque twist on this story, we have this fun Woodward Timing Association decal that a now-long-forgotten Detroit street racer gave us many years ago. We've also seen an East Coast version of a similar decal that is a rip-off of the original NHRA decal.

And just to put the appropriate in-your-face Car Craft-esque twist on this story, we have

Drag Racing Icons
We could fill this entire magazine with cool, original, and reproduction decals from the '60s. In fact, one of the hardest parts of this story was editing the selection to the ones you see here. In the midst of our research, we met Mike Gillespie, aka Muttley, on the Hokey Ass Message Board (H.A.M.B.) forum that's part of jalopyjournal.com. Mike sells original, not reproduction, nostalgia decals that are available in surprising numbers (at least until this story comes out). He sent us several great decals, including the Autolite and the early Crane Cams decal. The Crane sticker is '50s vintage, perhaps created not long after Harvey Crane founded the company in 1953. Mike also sent us a cool vent-wing Olds Genuine Parts decal that we slid into place on our '64 Olds. He also has Pontiac versions in a couple of different sizes.

Mike Goyda sent us that cool Duffy's Performance Specialties decal similar to the one found on Paul Blevin's M/P Corvette and many other strong East Coast NHRA door-slammers from the late '60s. And when you speak of East Coast power mongers, catching a glimpse of a Jenkins Competition decal on the fender of a car in the other lane was enough to put trepidation in the heart of any drag racer. Our decal came courtesy of Mike Goyda.

Our friend Greg Smith is also a decal collector, and he shared his Sox and Martin vinyl sticker with us as well as a Plymouth Rapid Transit System member decal that was intended to represent your true Mopar status. Lincoln-Mercury was also part of the '69 Streep Scene with its sticker waving the flag for its hero racers. Mercury built a red Cale Yarborough-edition Cyclone Spoiler and a Dan Gurney version in blue but, unfortunately, no Dyno Don Nicholson Merc. Dyno Don did have a fan club that offered a decal that we've seen on the Internet.