The Art of Obnoxiously Awesome Vinyl

"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux) 01/16/2015 at 12:30 • Filed to: None

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I love me a good acre or 4 of factory applied vinyl adornments. From the venerable Firechicken to the lowly Nissan Patrol TURBO badging. I would love to take you on a long strange trip down the road paved by 3M from the late 70's to the 90's. So here, in no particular order, are some of the best ever made.

AMC/Jeep

AMX with flames, a bit of a ripoff of the firechicken, but well played.

Jeep Snow Boss, seen on Cherokee's and J Trucks. Subtle, but adds +5 tractions and horsepowers when plowing

Jeep Honcho. A decent looking appearance package. Mucho Macho!

Jeep Golden Eagle - bird on the hood, again. Pontiac was on to something

Pontiac

Needs no explanation, the Firebird used by Pontiac

Ford

behold, the King Cobra. Let the hood decal instill much fear into those of you who don't know a Mustang II is really a Pinto underneath.

the late 70's Broncos and F150's "Freewheeling" appearance package

Nissan

I find all of the Patrol based decal packages to be uninspired

Toyota

60 series TD's had some funky graphics packages

70 series 4 wheel drive - stylized

International Harvester

Scout Rallye package

All other Scout II's

Dodge

Dodge Lil Red and Midnight Express - took more than vinyl to make these though

Macho Power wagon

Macho Power Wagon and D50 Sport

Okay I am sure I missed quite a few here, so go forth and fill in the blanks for me here. What did I miss?

JeepJeremy > 505Turbeaux 01/16/2015 at 12:33

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This is my favorite post EVER

Dat Honcho!!!!!

HammerheadFistpunch > 505Turbeaux 01/16/2015 at 12:35

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Loving this.

j250ex > 505Turbeaux 01/16/2015 at 12:38

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we need to bring this back.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 01/16/2015 at 12:39

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Missing, the Bronco Ranger package.

Also, the Pinto Cruising Wagon:

Sn210 > 505Turbeaux 01/16/2015 at 12:44

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AMC had some great graphics. Where does the air go? Oh ok, thanks!

Milky > 505Turbeaux 01/16/2015 at 12:50

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Luckily its not a lost art.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > 505Turbeaux 01/16/2015 at 12:55

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These are perfect. This needs a front page repost.

505Turbeaux > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig 01/16/2015 at 12:57

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thanks!

ly2v8-Brian > 505Turbeaux 01/16/2015 at 13:50

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Feast your Vinyl loving eyes on this Masterpiece

The 79 El Camino Royal Knight. It came in a variety of color variations

And this is the Script and Hood decal, yes your eyes don't deceive you. You are looking at a truck with DRAGONS on the hood.

ly2v8-Brian > 505Turbeaux 01/16/2015 at 14:09

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There was also the Warlock which had custom looking pinstriping, and it said warlock across the tailgate.

JeepJeremy > 505Turbeaux 01/16/2015 at 14:14

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HOONcho!!!!!

505Turbeaux > ly2v8-Brian 01/16/2015 at 14:26

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aha I remember this too!

505Turbeaux > ly2v8-Brian 01/16/2015 at 14:26

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I remember this too! Awesome!!!

Rock Bottom > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/16/2015 at 14:50

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It wants to be a rape van when it grows up...

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/16/2015 at 14:53

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Imagine a rust-free Pinto cruising wagon body, resto-modded with Mustang II and later parts, and re-painted with a clean monochrome paint job... and maybe some real rear side windows...

the wagon/shooting brake guys would go NUTS.

Jonee > 505Turbeaux 01/18/2015 at 23:52

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A little late, but Plymouth Arrow.

505Turbeaux > Jonee 01/19/2015 at 06:54

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nice!