I recently looked into buying new decals for my sled. I found the normal JD decals, but no one had the Vin/Serial # decals. Mine was trashed, so i decided to do some resto work on my laptop.
First I peeled it off the sled with a razor, and scanned it to my computer. Then I used an artwork program to piece it back together. It's not perfect, but it looks a lot better than it did.
If anyone is interested in seeing the results I'll email the "before and afters". I tried to do it here but was unable.
Decal Resto
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nick80lf
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Re: Decal Resto
The best way to get a picture on here is to upload it to a photo sharing site, such as photobucket, flickr, ect. Once the photo is uploaded to their site you can post the address on this site and the photo apears. Flicker calls it grabbing the bbcode.
80 Liquifire (purchased 1996 ~ Running)
80 Liquifire (purchased 2010 ~ Running....Now)
80 Liquifire (purchased 2011 ~ Not running - I officially have a problem now)
83 Snowfire (purchased 2014 father/son restoration project)
78 Spitfire ~ sold (should have been shot for this)
80 Liquifire (purchased 2010 ~ Running....Now)
80 Liquifire (purchased 2011 ~ Not running - I officially have a problem now)
83 Snowfire (purchased 2014 father/son restoration project)
78 Spitfire ~ sold (should have been shot for this)
Re: Decal Resto
Gotcha. I'll try it.
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Still trying
Last edited by mainejd on Thu May 26, 2011 5:47 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Didn't seem to work. What did I do wrong??
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Maybe this....
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Last edited by mainejd on Thu May 26, 2011 5:50 am, edited 1 time in total.
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I kept the original corners of the decal and overcompensated the edges so that when I cut it, the edges will look fresh.
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I have that decal $27.00 shipped.
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I guess I didn't look around enough. All things considered, $27 isn't a bad deal.
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Heads up... Your 300 is a 76 model not a 75 like you originaly posted.
Todd Schrupp
Milbank SD
Milbank SD
Re: Decal Resto
Really!!!! I guess my inlaws were wrong. Thanks for the heads-up.
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johnnycyclone
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Re: Decal Resto
The build date (Date of MFG) is 75, which would make it available for the 76 model year. Most people not familiar with Deere's will make the same assumption.
Terre
Terre
Re: Decal Resto
Pretty much across the board next years model production started in June.
If you every run across a machine produced in March or April chances are it was a pre-production/prototype/display machine and may be unique.
Just something to keep in mind.
If you every run across a machine produced in March or April chances are it was a pre-production/prototype/display machine and may be unique.
Just something to keep in mind.
Todd Schrupp
Milbank SD
Milbank SD