1968 The photo poster created some interesting conversations with our visiting friends. But, it was a classic photo poster for us. We had to take it down when our parents came over for a visit. Ha! Hello, As newlyweds, we had nothing to decorate our empty apartment. My mom gave us an old davenport sofa to help with friends coming over for an overnight visit. That was the only big time furniture we had at the beginning. A small one bedroom apartment was inexpensive, but was not very large. The stereo and giant speakers were the next items as part of our early decorating. Loud rock music, empty apartment, being alone was all that was necessary. Plants were a mystery, back then. Our first living/growing plant was bought, we watered it, put it on the front porch for guests to see when they came for a visit. It died two weeks later from salt air moisture every day and night. The salt air fog is/was relentless on every thing metal, plus nice looking living plants. At least our parents thought it was nice flowers in a pot, when they first came over for a visit. So, after we found out about living plants versus the salt air, we opted for an indoor balloon tree. Nowhere in the apartment was safe from the daily scourge of salt air. Metal items were kept at a minimum, even indoors... In the upper corner of the above photo, there is a small poster of a famous actress posing in such a way as to be provocative during the mid 60s. So, we made a custom high contrast photo, mounted it on a thick poster board, trimmed it, as well as glued it to a small wood block. Now, the custom made redwood slat wooden frame was made to simulate the photo poster floating in air, surrounded by old antique wood. We used brown tint to make it look as if it was taken back in the real old days, despite the pose at hand. It was a nice small poster customized for our photo skills work. But the high contrast B/W photo was the best. Jnaki The effect was one of old, but new appearance and friends started to ask us to make some frames for their walls. Geared more to photographs, the custom frames made any photo color/B&W stand out. I did make a large poster of another photo, but as large as the negative was, it still looked blurry. A small business started, plus our photography involvement increased, too.. The 65 El Camino was used to cart around small boxes of redwood/cedar custom framed 8x10 mounted photos when I went to photo shoots. the standard 8x10 photo frame was a perfect fit for any decor. The mostly young custom motorcycle folks and hot rod builders loved the unusual frames. They were hot sellers to the owners of hot rods and custom motorcycles and after I showed them the way the photo could be mounted. They sold like hot cakes at a hungry pancake breakfast car show. Mount the hard backed 8 x 10 photo I created for them, a simple gluing to the block to make it float away from the edges and backing plate.
This little idea I have been playing with, just cracks me up, every time I see it. I will eventually blank out the lettering on the tire so as to not reveal any branding or tire size or anything that identify's the tire's origin. To me, the end user would be a wanna be drag racer, or race car enthusiast, ( semi nerd ) that really doesn't know anything about racing or cars or tires or anything automotive related at all! Think of the end user, wearing it on the front of a shirt, preferably a black 100% cotton preshrunk one. Printed large 13" X 15" To me the total joke is, ( Of course rubber tires, what the hell else would they be made out of, soybeans ? ) Just the thought of seeing someone, wearing one of these shirts, at any gathering or event, just cracks me up! If anybody wants to use this idea, go for it ! I know @hotrodjack33 will totally understand the idea of this shirt design. Your mileage may vary ! Thanks from Dennis.
Too funny Dennis. But what's even stranger is the drawing. Assuming that's a 15" or 16" rim, that tire would be close to 45 inches tall
Per your cool hot rod slang chart, there is no listing for a "Semi-Nerd" the chart list's the NURD as a person that is not in the know! As a point of clarification, a "semi-nerd" ISNT a truck driver with a bow tie and a pocket protector! It's just a term I made up!
Just picked this up from an online auction. Impko water slide decal in the original package. Here’s the thing… it’s huge! It’s the size of a full sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper. I can find smaller examples of this image online, listed as part of the “ hip-eeze” series, but nothing this big. Probably going to frame it as is.
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