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You are right Allan...Bruce is without a doubt an exceptional artist...I've been living in the Midwest almost all my life, and have been familiar with his work since I started lettering years ago.
Most of the people I know that can letter have gotten out of it because of the futility of trying to compete with vinyl sign shops that do work at lowball prices.
I guess I was hoping that at some point people would realize that you really do get what you pay for when it comes to this kind of work.
Thanks for the input Allan!
Todd

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Thanks Todd
Wish you were closer to me up here in the northeast could be a lot of fun and Bruce would be the first one here to watch over us...LOL
Allan

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Hey Todd,
I'm in the Trucking business and i still always go with hand lettering. I just think it looks better and projects a better image. Also any lettering or striping on my racecar i get hand painted, although I use vinyl for the windows since paint doesn't last on them.
Best of luck

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I would rather have the real thing over vinyl. I have never known a good sign guy to go out of business unless he just quit. Take your brush and go to the track on test and tune night with business cards, your work will speak for itself.

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Todd,

I happen to be just north of Menomonie and paint a race car or two a year. It might be worth getting together and seeing if we can work together sometime.

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We have an ice cream truck on the side. It has a '50's vibe to it. I started out looking for a vinyl lettering job as I couldn't find a hand striper at first. After getting what I thought were outrageous quotes for vinyl, I picked up the local track paper and found a guy advertising there. I called him up and was happy with the quote for two panels. After he started, I immediately recognized the kid was good. So I had him do the two remaining panels. I traded a 4.30 limited slip for an 8.8 out of my Explorer plus around $500 for all the work. Couldn't be happier and the customers notice the quality. Most can't believe hand lettering looks so good and that it can even be done anymore.
Stick with it. I doubt you'll ever go hungry!

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Hi Steve, I live in Spring Valley.
that would be great.
Any relation to Jim (?) Stockton, MDRA racer and body shop guy from the cities?

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Thanks for the positive input, Jeff.
Used to live in Glendale, then Phoenix, doing airbrush tees and stuff in various suburban malls, and then the Arizona State Fair the last year I lived there.
Having grown up in NE Minnesota just a few miles from the Canadian border though, the heat just wasn't for me.
(Every winter, I wonder why I moved back here.)
Todd

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After I wrote this, I thought about those guys that paint on a 24"x24" or so canvas on the streets of Las Vegas with spray cans. Pretty impressive stuff! What kind of money could that pay in a year?

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Jim is my dad. I'm probably the body shop guy you would be thinking of then. Shoot me an email or call me sometime. If you can airbrush, I think I have some work for you right now.

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