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Club Kombi -
Installment 9 (2007) - Sign writing
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The
kombi was returned to Rob's so he could spend a bit of idle time
finishing the roof liner. The end result: absolutely brilliant.
With that work complete the van was delivered to Kruger Signs. Jon
Kruger managed to fit in some time between working on some major
projects to start working on the sign writing, ably assisted by Rob
Brown.
Jon's
aim was to come up with a design which was historically accurate. So no
computers were to be used at all. Rob and Jon both
learned sign writing in the days when it was all done by hand
so know how to handle a brush. Although both spend more time on
computers
nowadays, getting back onto a brush was an enjoyable challenge. Seems
though, that its a bit like riding a bike - once you learn you never
forget.
The club logo and club name now adorn both sides of the van. The
"eagle" wears a coat of gold and has a genuine smile on his face. The
rear tail gate has the club name and the web site address. After a bit
if trialling with various scripts and colours, the guys settled on gold
script with a black drop shadow for the web site address.
Stay tuned for details of the OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE CLUB KOMBI :
Nostalgia Day, Nov 2007 at the Austrian Club
And, just in case you are interested, what does it take to re-build a
1955 Kombi? Well a hellof a lot of time, massive amounts of volunteer
labour; a group of people who are willing to let their own projects
languish while the lavish the time on the club car and, most
importantly, we reckon at least 72 dozen Coopers pale Ales for a start.
Well thats how many were taken away from North East Powder Coaters
during the 3 years that the van spent there. We've lost count of how
many were consumed before and after then. We like to say "This car was
hand built with Coopers", thanks Dr Tim.
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