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 Posted: Mon, Mar 25 2013, 11:50 pm Post subject: Off topic, but.... |
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This isn't really about cars but it sort of is. A shopping forum I go to has a thread about free 3'x6' vinyl banners (+$15 shipping). I can think of lots of uses at car shows, etc so I thought I'd post. These deals don't usually last very long but maybe it's still active and someone can use a banner. Here's a link to the forum where there are details(site is Slick deals). http://tinyurl.com/co55ozv
Does the RRT one need replacing?
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Well, I ordered one for Hooley's pit. I got the images by taking a photo of a t-shirt for the car and an old sticker on the back window of my van for the lettering. 974 is evolving so I don't have a current pic of the car but what the heck...I guess this is nostalgia already.
Here's a picture of the banner.
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| Posted: Tue, Mar 26 2013, 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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That is a good price. Fatcat has the equipment to make banners now. Along with other signs.
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| Posted: Tue, Mar 26 2013, 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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Yes I can but I can't even buy the materials to make a 2x6 banner for $16.
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| Posted: Tue, Mar 26 2013, 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Fat Cat wrote: | | Yes I can but I can't even buy the materials to make a 2x6 banner for $16. |
Yeah, the normal price for the 3x6 that I made is $58 without the promo. I'm sure they're writing it off to expand their exposure.
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| Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 10:53 am Post subject: |
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Looks very good. It will be great to have that banner to identify the pit. As some of you know it is difficult to locate a particular pit at Bonneville.
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| Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 11:22 am Post subject: |
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Hey George......Thanks for the link! I ordered one of the banners for the business as well as a couple of other metal advertising signs.Won't know the quality until they arrive but the price on the metal signs was about half of what I paid locally a couple of weeks ago.The local thugs like to steal the signs we place in front of our building sites......you'd think with my company name and contact info printed on them that just once,someone would return one......hasn't happened yet! We've literally had dozens of them stolen over the last 30 years......It'd be interesting to know where they have ended up!
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By the way........If the RRT banner needs replacing, I'll spring for the shipping.
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| 40 wrote: | | The local thugs like to steal the signs we place in front of our building sites......you'd think with my company name and contact info printed on them that just once,someone would return one......hasn't happened yet! We've literally had dozens of them stolen over the last 30 years......It'd be interesting to know where they have ended up! |
"40", They're hanging inside of my garage. Thanks! I could use some more.
George, The 974 banner looks good. When the car is in line it is sometimes difficult to locate the right pit.
If I can get away with it in Aug it will look good next to "40"s signs. Hehehehee.
Seriously, I may call them and ask to have one made just like it for my garage. My time spent at Bonneville has been some of the most enjoyable of my life. It will bring back good memories. |
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| Quote: | "40", They're hanging inside of my garage. Thanks! I could use some more.
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Well.......I did hear they make great patch material for rusted floorboards! 
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| Beck wrote: | | I may call them and ask to have one made just like it for my garage. My time spent at Bonneville has been some of the most enjoyable of my life. It will bring back good memories. |
To get the banner free you need to follow the instructions that are at the slickdeals link I put in my first post and make your own. The artwork is a very high resolution file and I can't email it but I have a Dropbox account and if I did things right you should be able to download it here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bb3b84cwqhj7z8i/bannerpic.tif . It's 68mb so it might take a little while. After the artwork is on your computer go to the banner site and use it to make a banner. Make sure you pick 3'x6'...that's the only size that's free. It's real easy to import the file onto the configurator and manipulate it to fill the banner with as much of the orange part of the image as you want. The whole image is bigger than the banner template so you won't have any blank space to worry about. If you have a problem let me know. The free deal is only good til midnight.
Also, I made two but to get them free I had to do two orders. For some reason when I made the quantity 2 it charged me for two at the full price. Your results may vary.
EDIT: Sorry, I forgot the banner site won't accept a file larger than 20mb so use this image instead https://www.dropbox.com/s/f51cdi8q2vf1w5f/bannerpicjpg.jpg
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| Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 4:51 pm Post subject: Mounting |
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| What did you do for the mounting options? |
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| Posted: Wed, Mar 27 2013, 5:11 pm Post subject: Re: Mounting |
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| Beck wrote: | | What did you do for the mounting options? |
I got the 4.99 clear tab option and that's all. My total was 19.99 including shipping.
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| Posted: Thu, Mar 28 2013, 9:50 pm Post subject: Re: Mounting |
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| purplepickup wrote: | | Beck wrote: | | What did you do for the mounting options? |
I got the 4.99 clear tab option and that's all. My total was 19.99 including shipping. |
I posted here last night,,, and ,, forgot all about it.. I missed out. Have a lot going on here, but I should have remembered that... CRS kicking in. |
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| Posted: Fri, Mar 29 2013, 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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George,
That will be a great looking banner. It will fly with much pride.
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The 2 that I ordered arrived today. They look pretty good. Thanks for the tip.
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Got mine too. The colors aren't as vivid as I'd hoped for but hey, the price wasn't bad. Now my dementia tainted brain and I might spend less time wandering around the pits looking for home base.
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