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Offline blacksheep1

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1978 Air Cleaner
« on: July 21, 2011, 09:37:02 PM »
Hey everyone did the 1978 T/A with the L-78 auto have the " Keep your GM..." on the Air Cleaner?  Thanks, Robin
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Offline Burd Turd

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Re: 1978 Air Cleaner
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2011, 10:12:42 PM »
Yes, you can buy it now, they are reproducing the one off of my 78 L78, I'll post a pic tomorrow, ames have it as well as perf years. It has the a542c pl 8997020 on it.
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Offline cmk-2

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Re: 1978 Air Cleaner
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2011, 03:55:01 PM »
Great Thanks.
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Offline Wallington

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Re: 1978 Air Cleaner
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2011, 07:41:51 AM »
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Offline Burd Turd

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Re: 1978 Air Cleaner
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2011, 11:25:42 AM »
Here's my orig and the one from Osborne
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Offline skisix38off

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Re: 1978 Air Cleaner
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2011, 08:23:04 AM »
I bought this sticker from NPD and was cleaning under the hood the other day and just wiping this sticker with a dry rag- no degreaser on it, a lot of the print wiped off.  I would not buy this sticker from NPD!!!!  I don't know if the other online stores use the same sticker- with similar results...
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Offline brian c

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Re: 1978 Air Cleaner
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2011, 03:30:42 PM »
What you can do to protect your stickers from problems like that in the future is the following:

Get a can of gloss clear (or whatever you prefer - they have Dull and Satin finishes as well) and lightly dust the sticker several times before installing it. This will seal the ink in and you'll never know the difference.
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Re: 1978 Air Cleaner
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2011, 03:44:56 PM »
Quote from: skisix38off on July 27, 2011, 08:23:04 AM
I bought this sticker from NPD and was cleaning under the hood the other day and just wiping this sticker with a dry rag- no degreaser on it, a lot of the print wiped off.  I would not buy this sticker from NPD!!!!  I don't know if the other online stores use the same sticker- with similar results...

just get one that has the GM repro on the back on it.  all mine are fine and one is 2 years old now.
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Re: 1978 Air Cleaner
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2011, 05:10:47 PM »
I just rubbed hard on the one in the pic above, it doesn't wipe off. The guy that own phoenix graphics wanted one when they first came ouy to do himself, so prob more than one company printing them. The Osborne one has GM resto parts on the back.
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Offline Wallington

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Re: 1978 Air Cleaner
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2011, 07:25:18 PM »
Yes, I know there were a few guys doing them at home at one point. I bought one as it wasn't available retail at the time with the correct code. I didn't know he was printing them himself on sticker paper, quality was rubbish, the size was out, text was not even centrally located and not nearly as cheap as the current stickers. And to top it off it wasn't even the correct code that turned up.

Sounds like you also have a low- quality, dodgy type not sealed or printed on ideal film and probably can't stand engine compartment heat either!
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Re: 1978 Air Cleaner
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2011, 08:00:23 PM »
Shat?
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