Currently restoring the fuel tank on my 1929, can anyone tell me if the "Sunbeam" logo was hand painted at the time like the other lines? I see almost everybody using a sticker for the logo nowerdays?
I think that the originals were gold leaf that were printed on tissue paper..There was a supplier back in the 1970's, I had a few, but all that seem to be available now are the water slide type...John
Hello
I think I still have stickers from back then. Not for the gas tank. The main difference, aside from gold, is the form of transmission. They do not have a foil edge and are glued directly through the backing paper without slipping. This is why the originals look as if they were hand-painted without a foil backing. Also worth mentioning is the thickness of the whole. It's three times as thick as the foil. I hope you could follow my admittedly bad English. Greetings Claudius