Those of you that enter car shows, I'm looking for ideas for signs about your vehicle. I'm planning on entering a local show on Oct 8 and woul like to know what i should put on a sign.

Since my car is also best at night, I'm considering setting up a powerpoint slideshow on my laptop and setting it in my cargo area showing off some night pics. (I can power the laptop from a DC-AC power inverter inside the car)

This is going to be my first "all out" show and will hopefully be much better than my appearance last year.

since it's frowned upon to link to other forums, here's a cut&paste of some I did:

I think everyone knows I'm as cheap as they come... and with the car cruise-in season upon us now, I thought I'd post this.

This project originated with my wife wanting to have a sign with info about her (she sold it last year) 1973 Corvette - to be displayed at car cruise-ins. With ideas from fellow forum members, I not only made a sign for her 1973, but for my 2002 as well:

http://home.woh.rr.com/mikemercury/pics/sign9a-web.JPG

larger size pic here:
http://home.woh.rr.com/mikemercury/pics/sign9a.JPG

Looks like I need to update it :leaving:

the frame is black, and the background white (though my digital camera did a poor job of showing this) . The frame is 20h by 16w.

My local Office Depot charges $1.78 per 11x17 full color print; so I made a top and bottom 11x17 panel via MS-Word (landscape orientation). Then took the saved files to Office Depot for printing. Placing the lower finished "panel" below the top panel; this ended up being 22hx17w. So a little triming was needed to make it fit a 20-16 frame.

for the two (landscaped) 11x17 printouts ($3.56 total ) and a frame with black edges ($9.95)... I have a total of $14.50 + tax invested.

My digital camera doesn't give the printing its due justice. Was very surprised how well the 'Depots color laser printers output was.

For the 1973 poster/sign, the top panel is all text and the bottom panel is two scans of the Corvette Enthusiast Magazine pages that featured her car. The frame has chrome edges; though it doesn't show up well in the pic.

http://home.woh.rr.com/mikemercury/pics/car-show-sign1web.jpg

larger version here: http://home.woh.rr.com/mikemercury/pics/car-show-sign1.jpg

I remember her first car show with this sign got a lot of looks and comments. As I watched, everyone that walked by took time to read the sign; then a few walked up to her afterwards and asked more questions. Her car had never received this much attention in the past without the sign.

I guess I now need to make one for her 2003 AE Vert; though it's 100% stock; and Yvonne plans on keeping it that way.

Cool sign Mike!:thumbsup: I agree, signs peek car show interest, and is a great conversation starter. Welcome to SV!:cheers:

since it's frowned upon to link to other forums, here's a cut&paste of some I did:

I think everyone knows I'm as cheap as they come... and with the car cruise-in season upon us now, I thought I'd post this.

This project originated with my wife wanting to have a sign with info about her (she sold it last year) 1973 Corvette - to be displayed at car cruise-ins. With ideas from fellow forum members, I not only made a sign for her 1973, but for my 2002 as well:

http://home.woh.rr.com/mikemercury/pics/sign9a-web.JPG

larger size pic here:
http://home.woh.rr.com/mikemercury/pics/sign9a.JPG

Looks like I need to update it :leaving:

the frame is black, and the background white (though my digital camera did a poor job of showing this) . The frame is 20h by 16w.

My local Office Depot charges $1.78 per 11x17 full color print; so I made a top and bottom 11x17 panel via MS-Word (landscape orientation). Then took the saved files to Office Depot for printing. Placing the lower finished "panel" below the top panel; this ended up being 22hx17w. So a little triming was needed to make it fit a 20-16 frame.

for the two (landscaped) 11x17 printouts ($3.56 total ) and a frame with black edges ($9.95)... I have a total of $14.50 + tax invested.

My digital camera doesn't give the printing its due justice. Was very surprised how well the 'Depots color laser printers output was.

For the 1973 poster/sign, the top panel is all text and the bottom panel is two scans of the Corvette Enthusiast Magazine pages that featured her car. The frame has chrome edges; though it doesn't show up well in the pic.

http://home.woh.rr.com/mikemercury/pics/car-show-sign1web.jpg

larger version here: http://home.woh.rr.com/mikemercury/pics/car-show-sign1.jpg

I remember her first car show with this sign got a lot of looks and comments. As I watched, everyone that walked by took time to read the sign; then a few walked up to her afterwards and asked more questions. Her car had never received this much attention in the past without the sign.

I guess I now need to make one for her 2003 AE Vert; though it's 100% stock; and Yvonne plans on keeping it that way.

Really cool! That looks very professional!:thumbsup:

Really cool! That looks very professional!:thumbsup:
Those are fantastic, Great work..

Really nice, must look very nice when you are at a show!:party:

Welcome to SV!:cheers:

SV is the worlds best-kept secret. Well; maybe not now - due to the exposure during Corvettes @ Carlisle.

:cheers:

Great job Mike!

How'd you get the exact "birth date" of the 2002 Vette?

Where'd you get the graphics?

How'd you get the exact "birth date" of the 2002 Vette?

that one was easy; I was at the factory watching it be built :)


Where'd you get the graphics?

there's only two graphic images I can think of; one is the C5 emblem. There's some decent ones on the internet.
The Chevy "flag" symbol is an insert somebody makes. I found a pic of it on a web page.

When I get time this weekend, I will upload them to my web storage space and link to them.

So.... Mike Mercury's real name is Tim? *chuckling*

And you're a HAM?

N1GUF here....

and you're a HAM ?

yes; both Yvonne and I are. But we're anti-social hams.

:)

here's my Corvette Ham Radio page:
http://mikemercury.home.att.net/hamradio.htm

:cheers:

Seriously cool Mike!

I love some of the other projects you've done too!

Mike,
Great Detail On The Mirror Install. :iagree:
It's On My List.:thumbsup:

I just went to a local show yesterday George, here are a few items that caught my eye;

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r117/tstar99/Car%20Shows/dbaccedb.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r117/tstar99/Car%20Shows/038f1add.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r117/tstar99/Car%20Shows/038f1add.jpg

LOVE IT !!!