Ranchero Gets Lettered

Mar 23, 2008 update to the Ford Ranchero project car

When it came to getting our classic shop truck project vehicle properly lettered for our upcoming Mitty event, we weren’t going to settle for vinyl. Sure, vinyl lettering has revolutionized the motorsports industry, but for a classic vehicle, nothing looks more appropriate than real painted lettering.

Fortunately, during this year’s Daytona Bike Week we ran into longtime racer, Classic Motorsports reader and vintage racer Russ Mowry. On weekends, as part of his Gray Beard Racing team, Russ can be found racing his 1959 Elva Courier with VSCCA and SVRA. During the week, however, Russ is a real, old-fashioned sign painter and owner of Graybeard Design: (603) 738-7313.

Based out of New Hampshire for most of the year and Florida when he needs a break from the cold winter, we can recommend Russ for lettering work. We were thrilled at how he duplicated our intricate logo and painted it on both sides of our 1963 Ranchero. Russ was also very reasonably priced and did the whole job in just a few hours.