Hand Painting vs. Decals
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I used to paint cartoons on my dad's racecars when I was a kid. We used to win a lot of best appearing awards too. Did all the lettering and numbers on my friends racecars over the years. I hated doing lettering, lol, but I was the only one around that would do it. I much prefer to use the vinal grafix for my racecar lettering now, but I stillpaint the fancy cartoons by hand. But you are right, it is a forgotten art, and a damm shame too. I have the only racecar around with Dumbo on the hood, lol. I think I will have to download that picture.