*Preserving* vintage dealer decals on your buses

[roamer]

Anyone else have original dealer decals or signs on your bus? Share your pics...

Any suggestions on how to preserve them and keep them from getting damaged? Clearcoat over the decal itself?

Here's mine, on Jacksonville, FL delivered '66 bus:

It's in pretty good shape and I am careful around it when waxing. It's lasted 44 years so far, hoping to keep it going as long as I can.

[House]

I think a piece of 3M Scotchcal over one would do a good job, but I haven't tried it yet...

[Culito]

I have a Glass VW sticker on my truck, but it's barely visible.
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© CJ Industries, Inc.
'64 standard w/2.0L type 4
'62 bug

[ZENVWDRIVER]

...this engine lid is from my 1961 flip seat doner bus...now on a 1962 sub-hatch from the original dealer in OKC, OK.

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[GLHTurbo]

my '67

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1957 Beetle
1966 Bus

[ZENVWDRIVER]

i believe this was a repair shop / used VW dealer...the Bug Shop. i masked the sticker off when i painted the bus 5 years ago.

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[widehatch]

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Missouri Micros

[williamblanda]

Found this on a bus I sadly couldn't save. It's from the same dealership my grandfather bought his buses. Hello, wall art!

Roger Kresge, INC. Binghamton, NY

[ZENVWDRIVER]

Brown Motors was the first VW dealer in Tulsa, Oklahoma and this sticker is on our 1960 single cab.
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[ZENVWDRIVER]

Circa 1974 Dealer Sticker...
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[bugcollections]

Here is a photo of an original vinyl styler sticker on my og paint 66 SO-42.

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And here is a photo of the dealer sticker repop that I had made at a local sign shop. Digital photo of the original loaded into their printer and an exact copy made on vinyl which appears to be just as the original when new. The repop will be used when and if the SO-42 ever gets repainted.

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[Simon uk]

[grumpyveedub]

from a Bay

another bay, Euro bus brought over.

[fig]

This one's in the rear window of a 63 Beetle:

And this tag is on the dogleg next to the driver's seat of my RHD 59 Samba:

Both dealers are in Pretoria, South Africa.
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Kaapse Kombi Kult

"Don't make a fuss, just get on the bus ..."

[Fred Udog]

Mine from France (1965) :

[katastrophenshutzwagen]

original swiss dealers on our bus..

theres one on each side of the bus.

[1-4-3-2]

Here is my Philadelphia delivered 1966 OG paint Standard sticker from Moore Volkswagen.

When I bought the Bus I told my wife, it's just "One Moore Volkswagen".
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1967 Sunroof Deluxe, L633 VW Blue
1979 'Vert, 97A Diamond Silver Metallic
1974 Standard, 31A Senegal Red

[Levonbenelli]

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Wanted: flipseat parts: rear jump seat, folding chair, cups

[Rick]

[ZENVWDRIVER]

...saw this in a salvage yard today...