A while back I bought one of those 198 Harriosn A/C compressor decals from The Parts Place. It turns out, it's the same part everyone else has. It's an ok part. If you don't have one, it's better than nothing. But I'd rather go with nothing rather than use the decal. I had one from a 622 compressor, so I just made a prototype from that, then ended up selling the prototypes recently. I almost said fugg it but now I started working on that project a little and the next thing I knew, I had a 198 and 622 decal. There's still a couple of little tweaks I want to do yet, but for the most part, they look pretty good.
I see that Highway Stars has a 621 compressor for the turbo 6 cars, and while they claim their stuff is "correct", I will say that it's pretty decent, but not all the way there yet. Heck, mine aren't even correct to a "T", but a helluva lot closer to the factory one. I try to emulate the details as best I can, and sometimes I can't. But this is exactly why the restoration business sucks huge donkey balls when it comes to restoration decals. They don't pay attention to the details. What's even stranger is that The Parts Place has a 621 as well, but when I saw it under the 87 442 decals, I was like, aw hell no. The 622 is correct, not the 621. Again, details. Or lack thereof.
Since nobody sells the 622, I started doing research. It appears that there wasn't much changes from a 198 and 622, so I just made both.
622 in the wild.
And a 198 in the wild.
Here's my new prototypes. I've since darkened the yellow a bit and a couple of other slight changes to get them closer to looking passable.
Top is my artwork. 2nd is the Parts Place decal. Better than nothing, but not real accurate. Next is my 622 artwork and followed up by my template I used, an original 87 622 decal. My prototypes show a tad wider and taller than normal because you have to have some "overhang" so when the decal gets trimmed by the cutter, you've got the edges covered. They should be available soon. You can see how much difference there is between the Parts Place decal and my prototype.
I see that Highway Stars has a 621 compressor for the turbo 6 cars, and while they claim their stuff is "correct", I will say that it's pretty decent, but not all the way there yet. Heck, mine aren't even correct to a "T", but a helluva lot closer to the factory one. I try to emulate the details as best I can, and sometimes I can't. But this is exactly why the restoration business sucks huge donkey balls when it comes to restoration decals. They don't pay attention to the details. What's even stranger is that The Parts Place has a 621 as well, but when I saw it under the 87 442 decals, I was like, aw hell no. The 622 is correct, not the 621. Again, details. Or lack thereof.
Since nobody sells the 622, I started doing research. It appears that there wasn't much changes from a 198 and 622, so I just made both.
622 in the wild.
And a 198 in the wild.
Here's my new prototypes. I've since darkened the yellow a bit and a couple of other slight changes to get them closer to looking passable.
Top is my artwork. 2nd is the Parts Place decal. Better than nothing, but not real accurate. Next is my 622 artwork and followed up by my template I used, an original 87 622 decal. My prototypes show a tad wider and taller than normal because you have to have some "overhang" so when the decal gets trimmed by the cutter, you've got the edges covered. They should be available soon. You can see how much difference there is between the Parts Place decal and my prototype.
