Just wanted to let everyone know, I've been creating accurate and detailed reproduction window stickers for all 1964-1979 Pontiacs for several months now, and I've had some very enthusiastic and positive reviews. These reproductions surpass those offered by PHS. My window stickers contain details that were on original window stickers, and we use the correct forms, not generic ones. Each plant that produced Pontiacs had specific text formatting on their window stickers, and we have researched all the variances to guarantee we are totally accurate.
I've recently finished up several original RAII Birds, along with some RAIV Firebirds and Trans Ams. Most of my customers already had a PHS window sticker, but wanted a correct one for show purposes. There will be approximately 9 cars at the MCACN show in Chicago in a couple weeks wearing my window stickers!
Nice Mike. Window stickers are a big hit at cruise nights and shows. I still have my original and put a scanned copy in the windshield. Many people stop to read it. The main question I get is that they would like to buy it for the sticker price.
Bob, yes, I still need the invoice (or Billing History card) to create an accurate window sticker.
Jim, I agree! We we all love to spend countless hours (and $$$) getting things "correct" on our cars, but honestly, there's only a small percentage of folks at cruise nights or car shows that notice correct master cylinders, lug nuts, etc. But 99% of ALL people that walk by your car, whether they're Firebird fanatics, or Pontiacs owners, or even casual muscle car fans, will stop and read your window sticker.
I started doing this business about a year ago. I've spent an enormous amount of time researching all the variances (text, alignments, etc) between assembly plants, and have worked at the Pontiac-Oakland Museum archives gathering information.
It was really the advent of the web that got me going on this project. As I saw more and more ORIGINAL window stickers posted on the web, I began to realize how wrong the PHS ones were. They use the wrong forms, and miss details like the separately typed partial VIN's that were in a different font, dealer codes, etc. that were on all ORIGINAL window stickers. The biggest problem I saw with PHS reproductions were the 1970-1971 years. PHS uses a generic 1972 form for all 1970-1971 models, which isn't even close to what the originals looked like (see my web page for details). I therefore had to create all my own proprietary forms from scratch, for all years, and all the different versions for the 1968-1969 Firebirds, 1970 Firebirds, and 1971-1972 Firebirds.
For 1st gen fans (my favorite), the 1968-1969 Firebird window sticker forms that PHS issues have the wrong border. Original 1968-1969 Firebird window stickers have a very narrow border, not the wide, lacy version that PHS uses. Also, the entire 1968-1969 form was a dark blue color, not the sky blue version that PHS uses.
I have a substantial list of dealer codes (far more than what's available on the web), but I do have some gaps here and there. Unfortunately, for those with 1968-earlier Billing History Cards, if I don't have the dealer name, I can't do the window sticker.
