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Old Aug 31, 2003 | 09:30 PM
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anyone have links for guys that make these? I always see old hot rods with these in front of their cars with the car's info, mods, and a few pics on it. I found one site, but there cheapest one is 169bucks.. includes 2 pics of the car on the board and mods...
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Old Sep 1, 2003 | 12:38 PM
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TTT I've been looking for one of these also.
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Old Sep 1, 2003 | 02:49 PM
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Hey guys i am a professional graphic designer and i can tell you that you will not find many places that have already made up ones. You might find ones that have templates made up so that they are cheaper that let you put like 2-4 pics of your car on the board with your mods but its not really personalized. Maybe the color scheme is different from board to board but the over all design is the same. Most graphic designers get between 80-90 bucks an hour to design a things. Now i am not saying that i charge that much but i will work something out with anyone interested in a fully customized board. Email me or PM me if you are interested.
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Old Sep 2, 2003 | 07:53 AM
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Someone help me find info on Flamin' Bird, Or DigitalMan from the old SLP board, ...
They make some really nice show boards also, ... (although not a sponsor here, uh-oh, ...)

Edit: Okay I found it, http://www.dpics.us/Sales/SCsamps.html

Maybe they can help too, ...
Good Luck!
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Old Sep 2, 2003 | 04:15 PM
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thanks Pontiac... awesome cards, and they are from Va also I believe
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Old Sep 2, 2003 | 06:02 PM
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wanna know something ironic... the lady that makes them parked beside me at a local car show in her flmainbird. She didnt even tell me she made the dang things.... ACK LMAO
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Old Sep 2, 2003 | 10:25 PM
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They are nice but like i said they all basically look the same, its not really unique but i suppose that not everyone in your state/town will have them anyway.
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 04:14 AM
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holey ****! 18x24 for $140....

Dont mean to offend whoever makes them, but it looks like they are made in Word. Office Depo will print full color 18X24 for under $22.

Just call up some sign shops, if you dont have to have a pic of your car, just your mods and info they can do that **** cheap. A whole roll of vinly doesn't cost them more than $10.
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 05:27 AM
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here ya go farmer


http://www.showboards.com/


probably already saw this, but i figured i would put it up here anyway.
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 07:20 AM
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Brian, saw those and loved the one Moose got. But i was lookin for cheaper heheheheh

thanks for the link
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 07:33 AM
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Here's some I made for my girlfriends Z06. I made them in Photoshop, then had them mounted on Gatorboard. The piece in the middle is her window sticker, signed by chief engineer Dave Hill. I made these smaller than the norm. I really do not like the huge, "taller than your car" showboards. I went with simple and neat.





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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 12:40 PM
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holey ****! 18x24 for $140....

Dont mean to offend whoever makes them, but it looks like they are made in Word. Office Depo will print full color 18X24 for under $22.

Just call up some sign shops, if you dont have to have a pic of your car, just your mods and info they can do that **** cheap. A whole roll of vinly doesn't cost them more than $10.
please don't flame me , but here goes.
You can not buy quality vinyl for $10.00 per roll???? Hi-performance cost around 170.00 per roll. The signs w/ pictures are done on a type of large format printer, so you have machine cost, vinyl/paper cost, ink cost, substrate cost and labor. The main cost is labor for design time. I'm doing a few signs for Bowling Green and it takes time to come up with a design layout. I don't think her prices are out of range. I'm a graphic artist so I know
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 12:44 PM
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here's the sign I did for my car
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 02:48 PM
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Where did the Certifcate of Birth come from on your sign... looks great!
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 04:00 PM
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Where did the Certifcate of Birth come from on your sign... looks great!
it's from slp - you can call and get one for all SS cars. i scanned my cert and made a clear vinyl decal for my show sign
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 04:08 PM
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Where did the Certifcate of Birth come from on your sign... looks great!
it's from slp - you can call and get one for all SS cars. i scanned my cert and made a clear vinyl decal for my show sign
How much are they from SLP or is that one of the extras we get since we paid extra for an SLP made car?
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 08:06 PM
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I got a card in the additional portfolio I purchased. I just had to mail it in. You acn call slp and order one, I'm not sure of the price. It's a nice little extra to have
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Old Sep 4, 2003 | 02:46 AM
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here's the sign I did for my car

That looks like a quality piece of work that would be worth the prices mentioned. It makes the the other ones look like an even bigger rip off.
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Old Sep 4, 2003 | 01:26 PM
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Where did the Certifcate of Birth come from on your sign... looks great!
it's from slp - you can call and get one for all SS cars. i scanned my cert and made a clear vinyl decal for my show sign
Anyway you can post your scan or PM to me... I'd like to see it up close.
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Old Sep 4, 2003 | 02:53 PM
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I keep seeing this vinyl vinyl vinyl crap. What are you guys talking about? I worked for a sign shop and the showboards we did were done on either coraplast or foamcore. They were printed on large format paper than laminated and applied. Most places charge labor, design time etc. That is why it gets to be expensive.
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