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BMC
Brian Mc Cullough
Forest Lake, Minnesota, USA
(383 posts)

Registered:
10/30/2007 02:27AM

Main British Car:
1980 MGB '95 3.4L 'L32' SFI V6, GM V6T5 & 3.42 Limi

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Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: BMC
Date: November 23, 2008 11:06PM

I like the idea of changing to wrenches. I like the idea of making the words at the bottom stand out more because if i was to put this on my pickup, my wife's van, or something NOT British, I would want people to get a general idea that its got something to do with machinery.

The idea of B&W is pretty good and I could see doing that on anything except a black or white car...

If we are going to do it in RED/BLUE/CLEAR then they need to be dark... I think, but it depends on the background- my white car would be best with dark backgrounds.

-BMC.


BMC
Brian Mc Cullough
Forest Lake, Minnesota, USA
(383 posts)

Registered:
10/30/2007 02:27AM

Main British Car:
1980 MGB '95 3.4L 'L32' SFI V6, GM V6T5 & 3.42 Limi

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Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: BMC
Date: November 23, 2008 11:43PM

I have another idea. Something like this:

This is one of the cars that was at British V8 '08. Sorry, don't recall who owns this one.

-BMC.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_EhOejB9NOmA/SIE8hQwH2pI/AAAAAAAAA7I/VM6w5ls-d2g/s640/HPIM1772.JPG


BMC
Brian Mc Cullough
Forest Lake, Minnesota, USA
(383 posts)

Registered:
10/30/2007 02:27AM

Main British Car:
1980 MGB '95 3.4L 'L32' SFI V6, GM V6T5 & 3.42 Limi

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Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: BMC
Date: November 23, 2008 11:45PM

Oh, something like this could probably be offered in 2-4 colors and small med, large sizes. Glass, bumper, and "other car... Make um cheap enough and then only sell them three at a time- if you buy red, you get one small, large and medium. Just an idea.

-BMC.


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4576 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: Moderator
Date: November 24, 2008 12:16AM

Brian, that's Rick Ingram's MGC. Basically the same sticker design I showed above on Ted Lathrop's TR6, except evidently a different color (on clear sticker material).

Different sticker companies price their stickers different ways, but the sticker company I've been leaning toward basically charges by the square inch regardless of how many colors are printed. (You can get the sticker any size you want, but the bigger it is, the more it costs.) Another consideration is that they sell their stickers in lots of 1000... so, I'd really prefer to start with a one-size-fits-all design and see how much of the 1000-sticker batch gets snatched-up. Printing several batches of 1000 would break my budget.


Bill Young
Bill Young
Kansas City, MO
(1337 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 09:23AM

Main British Car:
'73 MG Midget V6 , '59 MGA I6 2.8 GM, 4.0 Jeep

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Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: Bill Young
Date: November 24, 2008 08:50AM

Curtis, window stickers almost have to be very small for most of us with roadsters, no place other than the vent windows or windshield corners to place them. Ok for our larger vehicles or your GT if the sticker is larger. Stickers designed to be used on the body are ok, but would have to come in at least two colors in order to be useful on either a light or dark background, so that would be a minimum of two batches.


BlownMGB-V8
Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
(6468 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 12:59PM

Main British Car:
1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: November 24, 2008 09:23AM

For a clear background, outline the parts of the flag that border the clear. That way a white band on a white car will still be visible.

Jim


mowog1
Rick Ingram
Central Illinois
(1523 posts)

Registered:
10/17/2007 09:36PM

Main British Car:
1974.5 MGB/GT 3.9l Rover

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Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: mowog1
Date: November 24, 2008 06:50PM

BMC Wrote:
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> I have another idea. Something like this:
>
> This is one of the cars that was at British V8
> '08. Sorry, don't recall who owns this one.
>
> -BMC.


That the hardtop on my MGC.


harv8
Martyn Harvey
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
(189 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 10:09PM

Main British Car:
MGB Rover V8, TVR Chevy V8, MGB GT Ford V8

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Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: harv8
Date: November 24, 2008 09:23PM

I like the black and white one best.....but then my car is black...and the GT will be black too.
I like the slogan "improved..." I think it's classy.


BMC
Brian Mc Cullough
Forest Lake, Minnesota, USA
(383 posts)

Registered:
10/30/2007 02:27AM

Main British Car:
1980 MGB '95 3.4L 'L32' SFI V6, GM V6T5 & 3.42 Limi

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Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: BMC
Date: November 24, 2008 10:47PM

I like that sticker Rick. Its on our website you know. I believe its the 31st picture on the V8 pictures section. I have the same hard top but have not reinstalled it since we got the car up and running.

-BMC.


blueovalblues
Phill Fountain

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Registered:
01/04/2009 11:22PM

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Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: blueovalblues
Date: January 05, 2009 01:27AM

How about this in a wide rectangle

MY OTHER CAR IS A V8 BRITT
See it at BritishV8.org (logo here)

Personally I'm not putting a sticker on my mg. sorry...but my monster truck and the f 350 is fair game.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/05/2009 01:33AM by blueovalblues.


302V8
Pete Mantell
Sidney, IL
(96 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 09:47AM

Main British Car:
69 MGB 302 V8 Ford 302 '347' stroker 505HP 440ftlbs

Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: 302V8
Date: January 05, 2009 10:58AM

All great ideas !

Curtis, did you finalize on a design?

Cheers

Pete


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4576 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: Moderator
Date: January 05, 2009 11:48AM

The holidays came along and distracted me. Lisa (my wife, the artist) is starting to get unburied by the avalanche of design work that landed on her, and I hope that together we'll get back onto this little project very soon.

Phill wrote: "Personally I'm not putting a sticker on my mg. sorry...but my monster truck and the f 350 is fair game."

Anyone who knows my MG has probably noticed that it's not wearing any badges or stickers at all (except an MG logo on the horn button) - so I'm kinda in Phill's camp. It's gonna have to be a GREAT sticker design if it's gonna get applied to my MGB-GT - but I'll probably put one on each of our other vehicles.


MGB SS
Joe Schafer
Central Michigan
(150 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 06:46AM

Main British Car:
1971 Mgb 1991 5.0 Ford

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Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: MGB SS
Date: January 08, 2009 05:56PM

Curtis

I am with you guys, the only place I would consider a sticker on my B is the vent window.

I do like the sticker though, great idea.

Joe


Mr. T
Tony Andrews
Kent Island, Maryland
(153 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 03:59PM

Main British Car:
'75 mgb, '74 grille, morspeed bumpers Rover 3.9

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Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: Mr. T
Date: January 10, 2009 12:34PM

Curtis,

1. The sticker is a great idea (but only on my vent glass, windshield, tool box, master bath mirror, etc.)!

2. The black & white would certainly make a "subtle" statement....since we're all buc-caneers on this forum ;)

3. An oval design would stand-out more than a square or rectangle (especially along the bottom edge of vent glass) - since I'm a symmetrical kind of guy, I would have to have a sticker for each vent glass and might get carried away and put one at top of windshield in front of rear view mirror.....hummm...bot-tom edge..mid-dle of rear-window..so whentopisup all sides are covered!! - Yeahh baby!

4. I think most folks (imho) would be willing to pay a few extra bucks (can't imagine it would be a lot for stickers) to get the "proper" (b&w/small oval) sticker.

5. Maybe kick-off at 2009 BV8 Meet - include on registration form, add addendum to registration form or just have available for purchase at Meet.

My shilling, Tony


Moderator
Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4576 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: Moderator
Date: January 10, 2009 01:22PM

That's more than a shilling's worth of good feedback, matey.


v8mgb
Jim Miller

(155 posts)

Registered:
01/01/2008 11:38AM

Main British Car:
78 MGB Buick 215

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Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: v8mgb
Date: January 10, 2009 08:41PM

I like the idea.

I have also attached stickers to a thin magnet material. You can purchase the magnet material at a craft store.


Doc Hopalongfoot
Marc Weitzman
Huntingto Woods, MI
(58 posts)

Registered:
01/22/2008 11:45PM

Main British Car:
1979 MGB roadster ford 302

Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: Doc Hopalongfoot
Date: January 12, 2009 09:35AM

Has anyone thought of a small grill badge, or plate for the dash?
Marc


SpuriousV8
Jim Brucato

(18 posts)

Registered:
01/13/2009 10:34PM

Main British Car:
1980 MGB 3.5 Rover

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Re: BritishV8 Bumper Stickers!
Posted by: SpuriousV8
Date: February 03, 2009 11:16PM

Quote:
Posted by: Doc Hopalongfoot
Date: January 12, 2009 09:35AM


Has anyone thought of a small grill badge, or plate for the dash?
Marc

Ah, Hum, Ya Know, Some of us, don't have the luxury of having a real grill on our MGB V8's.

Not even my F-150 is game for stickers. I hate rolling billboards. My MGB V8 is way off limits for them too.

I'd go for a small, window decal too, Vent Window Size and a Little bigger for my Truck Rear Window, right accross from my Harley Window Decal.

Oh, We can always go with some Tool Box Stickers too !!! I Have plenty of Scratches I could cover with some of them. Doesn't anyone else ?



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