Custom Air Cleaner Decals

[FuzzFace2]

tcbaklash wrote

FuzzFace2 wrote

Someone said something about the tear drop filter housing AFAIK they did not have anything on them.
I also dont know if they would take to anything on them because of the shape?

I dont know when they went to the round housing maybe around 83?
Dave ----

We can always make a straight decal or somethin. I don't really see how I could do a round one on that.

My '82 has a round housing, which I'm led to believe is original based on the rest of the truck.

I dont know if mine came with that filter housing as the truck had one of them cheap 3" round after market ones.
I had seen some pictures of the tear drop ones so went with that.
Dave ----

[JimJam300]

Hey dudes. I'm finally moving into my new place. Wife is currently setting up the home office. Though I'm going to be pretty busy all summer with a 2 week trip though Utah's national parks, backpacking, maybe motorcycle camping as well, so I'm not sure when I'll be able to make some more headway.

[Gary Lewis]

Man, that doesn't sound like the Bullnose Forum attitude!  Abandon needy brothers for a 2-week backpacking/camping adventure in Utah?  

Seriously though, I am jealous!!!!!  I love Utah.  But the only thing I'd change is I'd take my truck and not a bike.  Otherwise, HAVE FUN!!!  We will miss you but expect to see pics.  

[BigBrother-84]

For those interested, LMC sells some 5.8 Liter decals:

https://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/Aluminium-air-filter-cover-rejuvenation-tp122523p122603.html

[Rembrant]

BigBrother-84 wrote

For those interested, LMC sells some 5.8 Liter decals:

https://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/Aluminium-air-filter-cover-rejuvenation-tp122523p122603.html

In case anybody is curious, if you dig into the air cleaner decals (or any of the OEM style replacement decals) they almost always track back to Jim Osborne Reproductions. They're in the Carolinas somewhere...I forget which...NC or SC, or maybe Georgia. He used to have a really extensive website, but I can't find it now. All that turns up is a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sr281/

Edit: Their phone is area code 770 which appears to be Atlanta, so I was wrong on the Carolinas park, but in the right corner of the country at least lol.

[BigBrother-84]

Nice!
I sent them a message, asking if they have a web site.
We’ll see!

[BigBrother-84]

Cory,
They answered fast!


I downloaded their PDF catalog, but don’t know if possible to share on the Forum.  This is a partial screen capture of the Ford Truck air cleaner section:


They have a lot of reproduction decals!

[Gary Lewis]

Jeff - I've downloaded the catalog and am OCR'ing it so people can search it.  When done I'll hive off the portion that appears to be Bullnose-oriented and put that on a post here.

And I've left Osborn a telephone message to that effect.  And when I have it done I'll send them a link to it via FB Messenger.

[BigBrother-84]

Gary, as always, you’re on top!
👍

[Gary Lewis]

I started a new thread in the main section so everyone can see it.  It is Jim Osborn Reproductions Bullnose+ Catalog.

[Rembrant]

Gary Lewis wrote

And I've left Osborn a telephone message to that effect.  And when I have it done I'll send them a link to it via FB Messenger.

Gary,

I talked to Jim myself a few years ago, which is why I was aware of them in the first place. Rick and I had the dual snorkel Mustang GT air cleaners on our trucks, and no way could we get decals that fit correctly. No matter what supplier you ordered them from, they would never fit. After more digging at the time, I found out that all of the suppliers were getting there decals from the same place...Osborne Reproductions, and they had a massive catalog at that time with lots of Ford stuff. Anyway, I called Jim and explained that all these decals did not fit correctly, and he went to see a friend that had a couple Foxbody Mustangs so that he could see for himself, and found out that the decals did not fit. He then made a new set, and sent me a couple of them by mail.

We (Rick and I) discussed this back in 2019 on here:

https://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/Twin-snorkle-air-cleaner-reasonably-priced-tp21952p22067.html

In any case, Osborne does a lot of really neat stuff, like various other OEM style decals found in engine bays, etc.

While on the topic of decals, in case it isn't commonly known, Phoenix Graphics sells some of the factory style body decals for Bullnose trucks and Broncos, like the Freewheelin' chromatics and the Explorer packaged pickups.

https://www.phoenixgraphix.com/ford/1981fwb.php

https://www.phoenixgraphix.com/ford/8384fx.php

https://www.phoenixgraphix.com/ford/1982fx.php

[Gary Lewis]

It is good that Jim is that responsive.  

And those kits from Phoenix Graphix look great.