You wouldn’t need super-hardened steel like you would for stamping, but it’s gotta be robust enough to take the heat of liquid zinc, a few hundred thousand times.

To me, all the car fonts looked pretty spectacular until the modern era of “branding” when companies decided on a one-font-fits-all approach that doesn’t even allow for adaptations based on contours, seams, or opening panels.

my journey down a google rabbit hole has confirmed that Italians have great taste in fonts.

Simple almost to the point of being timeless despite the late-stage Broughams it was often attached to;

Agreed.

I’m a big fan of the fun lovin’ GMC era:

GM had interesting fonts in the 70s too!

Judging by the comments, it seems cursive should make a comeback.

So many excellent choices! And I have a strong feeling that all the good ones are going to be old or even obsolete.

Brazilian market F150 from the early 90's (gasp!). Discreet and nothing conveys modernity like a font with a Tron vibe. And did I mention it has a turbocharged engine?

Easy.

So deliciously late 80's:

Oh damn that does look like a No Fear shirt

His house, then use the proceeds to buy a place without an HOA?

Oh, you’re gonna find out in about two weeks. Prepare your souls!

You should be ashamed of yourself. Nothing is ever enough. Take a step back and just appreciate/acknowledge what has occurred here and then maybe reconsider your comment. Richard Petty is a white southerner who lived through the Jim Crow era whilst residing in North Carolina. It’s probably fair to say that Mr. Petty…

Proof that race shouldn’t have to be political and there’s room for every party on the right side of this issue. Being a racist is bad no matter how you like your taxes.

Petty signed the only Black driver in NASCAR and helped ban the ultimate symbol of systemic racism. Learn how to take a massive W.

You know he signed Wallace to race for his team, right?

Richard Petty is a died-in-the-wool, arch-conservative Republican.