Re: 1956 Pushbutton Instruction Decal

Posted by HH56 On 2023/10/24 11:25:36

I would think there are several built in or even free apps that could reproduce the labels or decals. Avery also offers an online tool that utilize their paper labels although I don't know if decals are part of it. For home use, there are different kinds of paper including, surprisingly, transparent plastic like materials for the typical water transfer decals. That one is available for both inkjet and laser printers.

I have wondered about the various Packard decals or if they are even decals rather than just cheap paper labels. Packard seems to have used several over the years and placed them in prominent places on otherwise nicely finished surfaces. Question in my mind is since they still appear in photos, were they supposed to be a long term thing or just supposed to stay until the operator was familiar with a feature.

I lean toward temporary because if long term I would have thought they would have chosen better quality materials and gone to more effort to place them neatly. The sloppy placement can be seen in a couple of the photos of 24th series ign switch labels that have surfaced where the labels are crooked and somewhat haphazardly positioned. That blue print label on the pushbutton pod above is also not that neat even allowing for half a century of wear.