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Here's an update on the clown car windshield sticker, if any of you are still interested.

As much fun as it was posting two pages of off-topic drivel over on Todd's 'Newbie With Many Questions' thread, this is probably a better place for that sort of thing.

I've cleaned up the design again, hopefully for the last time. The ersatz Porsche crest is still gone. The Speedster image is clearer and a little bigger. And the text on the lower half has been regrouped to fill in the gap left when the crest was removed.

If any of you want images added of random farm animals, a four-into-one extractor exhaust header, or Miss Hurst Shifter, you're on your own.

As it turns out, the 'almost free' VistaPrint stickers were paper, not vinyl. They will do a sticker on exterior grade vinyl, but for some reason can't do a round design on a round sticker - you get a square sticker and then have to cut the corners off with a scissors or - if you're Stan - with a Bridgeport mill.

But I did find a place that specializes more in windshield stickers that will do a round, three-inch sticker, so I ordered one and will let you know how the quality works out - in about two weeks, which is how long it will take them to print one up and put it on the Thursday stage to Cheyenne.

Depending on quantity ordered, these will end up costing about $5-10, with shipping. If anyone wants to roll their own, send me an IM with your email and I'll send you the original file, which is a little higher res than what ends up here when a photo is posted to the SOC site.

Anyways, here's what we've got for now:

 

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The diameter of the test sticker I ordered is three inches. I think that's about the same size as the PCA stickers. The computer file should be high enough res to make a four-, five-, or six-inch sticker, but I don't know if the place I've ordered from offers those sizes.

This is the first time I've tried using this online outfit - StickyLife (no comments, please).

If anyone has had good experience with an online sticker place, let us know.

 

 

I like Karl Shapiro's motto:

 

Lower the standard: that’s my motto. Somebody is always putting the 
     food out of reach. We’re tired of falling off ladders. Who says 
     a child can’t paint? A pro is somebody who does it for money. 
     Lower the standards. Let’s all play poetry. Down with ideals, 
     flags, convention buttons, morals, the scrambled eggs on the 
     admiral’s hat. I’m talking sense. Lower the standards. Sabo-
     tage the stylistic approach. Let weeds grow in the subdivision. 
     Putty up the incisions in the library façade, those names that 
     frighten grade-school teachers, those names whose U’s are 
     cut like V’s. Burn the Syntopicon and The Harvard Classics
     Lower the standard on classics, battleships, Russian ballet, 
     national anthems (but they’re low enough). Break through to 
     the bottom. Be natural as an American abroad who knows no 
     language, not even American. Keelhaul the poets in the ves-
     try chairs. Renovate the Abbey of cold-storage dreamers. Get 
     off the Culture Wagon. Learn how to walk the way you want. 
     Slump your shoulders, stick your belly out, arms all over the 
     table. How many generations will this take? Don’t think about 
     it, just make a start. (You have made a start.) Don’t break any-
     thing you can step around, but don’t pick it up. The law of grav-
     ity is the law of art. You first, poetry second, the good, the 
     beautiful, the true come last. As the lad said: We must love 
     one another or die.

 

 

 

Let's face it, guys, 2"or 3" - we're just never going to fake our way into respectability.

From the PCA website - the ultimate accessory that proves one has finally arrived. A PCA-logo money clip, done in the authentic factory carbon fiber weave. The ultra lightweight clip allows carrying more cards or Benjamins with no net weight penalty.

Does it get any better than that?

PCAMoney

 

 

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Well, unlike Mr. Carley, the local PCA hasn't seen fit to offer me a PCA sticker for my (apparently fake) windshield.  

In fact, they have enough influence over the Boston Museum of Transportation that they've convinced them to create a "replica" class, with our own special parking area, for the "German Car Day" event, which means I can no longer park with the TYP356 club's original 356 cars in their parking area (under the only shade tree on the lawn).  

The good news is I'll be parking with Prarit and his Seduction 550 Spyder and any other cool replicas that show up to park with us in the "Plastic Car Club of America" area, prominently and proudly displaying our club window dressing.

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Sacto Mitch posted:

 

Let's face it, guys, 2"or 3" - we're just never going to fake our way into respectability.

From the PCA website - the ultimate accessory that proves one has finally arrived. A PCA-logo money clip, done in the authentic factory carbon fiber weave. The ultra lightweight clip allows carrying more cards or Benjamins with no net weight penalty.

Does it get any better than that?

PCAMoney

 Yes it gets better if you drill some holes in it.

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Stan Galat posted:

I'm pretty sure I'd like mine to be smaller than 3", if possible. I was under the impression that a window sticker would be about 2-1/4". We need to find out what the PCA sticker really measures and go for a straight-up copy.

The PCA windshield sticker on my VS is exactly 2" diameter.  

 

 

OK, I guess size does matter.

I thought 3" was about right, so I ordered one in that size to test the product quality of the online place that I'm using. (This is the first time I'm using them.)

It will be about two weeks before I get that first sticker, so I won't be ordering anything until then.

It turns out, they have a 'custom size' option, so you can order in just about any size (2", 2.25", 2.5", etc). But price per sticker varies with quantity ordered, so I'd like to place the final order for one size only.

Frankly, I think 2" is a bit too small to read clearly, but that's what I'll order if that's what folks want.

 

So, what I'd like you to do if you want one of these things is to cut out a piece of plain paper in the size that you think you want, tape it to your windshield, and make sure that's the size you really want.

 

I'm thinking 2.5" might be a good compromise size. Could you live with that?

I'll post here when I get the test sticker, with some pictures of what it looks like on my car.

ALSO: I've ordered a 'static cling' sticker. There's no adhesive, and it's made to be applied to the inside of the windshield. I'll also be testing to see just how well this thing sticks.

They also make an actual 'sticker' with adhesive on the back that must be stuck to the outside of the windshield, but I can't vouch for how hard it would be to take off if you wanted to remove it.

Watch this space for details.

 

 

Well, that was sorta my point.

The German eagle has looked like this since 1950, and earlier, from 1928 - 1935:

GermanEagle

Before that, it had numerous forms over the centuries, including these:

GermanEaglesOld

It was only in those, uh, 'in-between' years that it looked very different, primarily because of the artistic preferences of the folks who had, well, 'assumed' power at the time. We could note that those years are a delicate matter in modern Germany and don't often come up in polite conversation. A lot of the heraldry of the period is today banned from public display in the fatherland.

My question is, why, if there's no eagle in any Porsche emblem, and the PCA still wanted an eagle in their design anyway, maybe to reference their car's cultural heritage, why did they choose the eagle they did?

It may be a small point, but it hasn't helped me grow any fonder of the PCA.

 

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"My question is, why, if there's no eagle in any Porsche emblem, and the PCA still wanted an eagle in their design anyway, maybe to reference their car's cultural heritage, why did they choose the eagle they did?

It may be a small point, but it hasn't helped me grow any fonder of the PCA."

I thought it was because of the American eagle - the bald headed one - as the PCA is an American club.  From a non-American's perspective, that seems obvious to me.

 

 

Carlos, love this.

My sketch started as a spoof for Stan, but I think I like your design better for something I'd want on my car. The 'clown car' joke is something we know around here, but I don't know how much it connects with car dudes in general.

I think something that's as simple as possible but that mimics the PCA badge is mo better.

Along those lines, I think I like your last design, but with colors that are closer to the PCA badge - something like this, maybe:

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Carlos G posted:

You can do whatever you want with it. BUT, if you make millions, I want a cut, but if you land in jail, I don't know what your talking about.

Plasticar

Dammit, Carlos - get over here and help me clean up this mess!  I laughed so hard at this I spit a mouthful of coffee all over my shirt then proceeded to knock over my mug!!

THAT is F-ING hilarious! (. . . . . ‘F’ stands for ‘fructose’, of course . . . . . )

 

OK, the first prototype sticker showed up in the mail today, and here's what it looks like mounted on my car:

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The technical quality is good, and I'm happy with the outfit I ordered this from.

It's that 'plastic cling' material - no adhesive and you just squeegee it on from the inside of the car. Peels right off with no hassle, and can be re-applied. Hopefully, it will stay stuck.

This is a three-inch sticker. I still think this is about the right size. From across the street, you'd take it for the PCA original. You have to get to about 20 feet away before you notice something's not right, and maybe 10 feet before you can read 'Plastic Car'

I'll now order prototype #2, which is Carlos' design shown below. It should be here in about another ten days. I'll post a photo of that when it gets here, and you'll have the option of ordering either one.

Price, with shipping to your door, should end up being about $10, I think, maybe a bit less if there are thousands of orders.

Prototype #2 (by Carlos):

 

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I'm starting to wonder just what useful role I'm playing here - if any.

The odds of reaching a consensus on design and size are practically nil. As with our cars, everyone has a different idea of what works best. In a perverse kind of way, that's probably a good thing. This is Amurica, dammit. We don't follow no steenkin' party line.

Carlos' designs (and my original clown design) are all high enough resolution as posted here to make good stickers. And the online sticker place I used has a web page for ordering that makes the whole process pretty foolproof.

Check it out.

So, I propose that everyone just pick the design you like, go to the 'Sticky Life' (no comments, please) web site, and order up what you want - in any size you want (there's an option for 'custom size'). I'd suggest the 'static cling' option.

I'm starting to think that Ed may be right - the nasty clown does ad a nice 'in your face' touch that is sorta the whole point of this thing to begin with. So, I'll leave that sticker on my car for now and see how it looks to me in a week or so.

I still want to see what the below design looks like as a sticker, so I'm going to order one for me, in the three-inch size. If you want one of those in the three-inch size, let me know in the next 24 hours and I'll order one for you, too.

Ordering one sticker at a time from Sticky Life (no comments, please) costs about $7 for the sticker and $6 for shipping - still not a whole lot when you consider the endless hours of fun this sticker will bring into your life.

Amaze and mystify your friends.

 

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RacerX posted:

EECC357A-23D5-40C5-BD2D-FB1C04701FDESpeaking of Badges and Brotherly love between the P-car group and the SOC gang, what are the odds we would ever see a group like this here in the states? Utopian Society right there ...

That's exactly why I wouldn't put a Clown sticker on my car. The local Porsche club up here likes my car and I have no need to poke them in the eye with a stick (er). 

I think the "Plastic Clown Car" sticker aesthetic—whether literally beclowned or not—is more self-deprecating and disarming than a "sticker in the eye" of the PCA. 

Cory Drake has bolted a "Revell" plate on his fender right about where the Reutter badge would go; says it fits the car and cuts short the explanation for the inevitable First Question. 

These stickers, to me, serve the same purpose. Like getting a vanity plate that says P * TEND.

Could one offend a Porsche Purist? Theoretically possible, I suppose, as Porsche Purists exist on a spectrum that no doubt shades into the "everything offends me" realm. But That Guy (if he exists) cannot be assuaged.

Let A Thousand Clowns Bloom!

 

"So, I propose that everyone just pick the design you like, go to the 'Sticky Life' (no comments, please) web site, and order up what you want - in any size you want (there's an option for 'custom size'). I'd suggest the 'static cling' option.

Ordering one sticker at a time from Sticky Life (no comments, please) costs about $7 for the sticker and $6 for shipping - still not a whole lot when you consider the endless hours of fun this sticker will bring into your life."

Bob: IM S6 posted:

"So, I propose that everyone just pick the design you like, go to the 'Sticky Life' (no comments, please) web site, and order up what you want - in any size you want (there's an option for 'custom size'). I'd suggest the 'static cling' option.

Ordering one sticker at a time from Sticky Life (no comments, please) costs about $7 for the sticker and $6 for shipping - still not a whole lot when you consider the endless hours of fun this sticker will bring into your life."

I just did this and it was pretty brainless.  There would be a volume discount, but after paying shipping to one location and then shipping to the destinations, I'm not sure if it would really be a savings.  I just downloaded the photo and ordered the size I wanted (3" Face Cling, Round, White Background).  Easy Peasy.

 

Tom Blankinship posted:
 

...I just did this and it was pretty brainless...

... I just downloaded the photo and ordered the size I wanted...Easy Peasy.

 

There ya go, folks - another satisfied customer.

You get just the design you want, just the size you want - and you cut out the middleman (me).

Presumably, if I ordered some in a batch, there would be a slight savings for the quantity order (maybe $3 less, each) and they would all ship to me in the same package, so that shipping cost pretty much goes away, too. But I'd then have to repackage them and ship them out to you, individually.

So Tom's right, the cost would probably be a wash.

And if you order your own direct from the supplier, you can pay with a credit card and there's no chance of me slipping in some bogus 'administrative' charges like your internet supplier does.

I'm just looking out for your welfare here.

I'll wait another day or so before ordering anything, and before I order, I'll summarize here what I'm ordering and for whom.

In the meantime, you may want to check out the Sticky Life (no comments, please) web site.

Here's the link.

 

Sitting at LaGuardia in NYC, waiting to board our 3-1/2-hour-delayed flight back to Boston (try to avoid flying American, if you can).  Thought we would be home by now, but shooting for 11pm to the house.   

Tomorrow is unpack and laundry day so we can get the sand out of everything.

After that, I'll try to hit another Michaels and get their printable static cling vinyl and give it a try (last Michaels didn't have any clear in stock).

If that doesn't work, I'll try the link.   I can download all of the images on here and try a few of them (for different occasions and different people to offend) and the resolution should be great for a 3"-ish sticker

Nicely tanned/burned, lots of great memories, now we just want to get a home-cooked meal.   Sigh........  A "Shake Shack" chicken sandwich will have to do for now (it's actually pretty good!)  

See all y'all soon!

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Cozumel is in the top 5 in the world for recreational scuba diving. Across over in Playa Del Carmen, they have some of the best cave diving as well. In the Cenote's. You can go snorkeling in some of them and thats spectacular too. There are Cenote's all down thru that area. Especially down in Akumel.  My Wife made me quit Cave diving because the incidence of error is usually fatal.....Duh.....How come I couldn't figure that out ??....Bruce

I've snorkeled on Cuzumel. It was pretty fantastic, but I took my wife and all three kids there for an entire week. Seven nights. Eight days.

Eight.

After about 2 days we were all wanting something to do besides snorkel. We had a rental car. We drove all over the island. We went to the lighthouse. We went to where the cruise ships come in. It took about 2 hrs.

Then we went snorkeling again.... and there was still 5 more days.

To snorkel.

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I hear ya, Stan, and can feel your pain.

Seven whole days stuck on some crappy, white, sandy beach in a tropical paradise with nothing to do all day but snorkel, snorkel, snorkel.

Well, what better way to put some fun back in your snorkeling than this bright, colorful static-cling sticker for your dive mask?

Show your fellow divers that you don't give a snipe about their fancy shmancy authentic European diving gear. You're as happy as a clam with your plastic, Costco face mask and nine-dollar dive fins.

ScubyDo

And say, what better way to bring this thread back to its original purpose?

I'm tallying up the numbers and will be placing an order bright and early in the AM for some of those bright, colorful stickers.

So far, ALL orders seem to be for the one with the clown face on it - as pictured on the dive mask. Make sure that's the one you want, because that's what I'm ordering.

Will post here shortly a list of the folks who I think have placed an order.

Watch this space.

 

 

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I've snorkeled on Cuzumel. It was pretty fantastic, but I took my wife and all three kids there for an entire week. Seven nights. Eight days.

Eight.

After about 2 days we were all wanting something to do besides snorkel. We had a rental car. We drove all over the island. We went to the lighthouse. We went to where the cruise ships come in. It took about 2 hrs.

Then we went snorkeling again.... and there was still 5 more days.

To snorkel

 

OK, here's what I think is the current order list for CLOWN stickers:

@Panhandle Bob   1

@Jack Crosby 1

@aircooled  2

@Alan Merklin 1

@Stan Galat 2

@Terry Nuckels 406

Price will be $4 per sticker, plus a max of $5 shipping per order. I think I can get these in a standard business envelope and send them first class mail. If so, shipping will be a lot less than $5.

Payment will be on the honor system. Remember that? I send you the sticker. When you get it, you send me a check or pay with PayPal.

I'm not a PayPal kind of guy. I have an account and used it once - five years ago - to buy something from a guy in Germany. I've never used it to receive money, so I'm looking up how to do that and will send you the account info or link or secret handshake or whatever in the envelope with the sticker.

Once this transaction is done, I'll be ordering one of Carlos' designs (no clown) for myself and will post here with more details if you want to go in with me on a quantity purchase.

 

 

 

Stan Galat posted:

I've snorkeled on Cuzumel. It was pretty fantastic, but I took my wife and all three kids there for an entire week. Seven nights. Eight days.

Eight.

After about 2 days we were all wanting something to do besides snorkel. We had a rental car. We drove all over the island. We went to the lighthouse. We went to where the cruise ships come in. It took about 2 hrs.

Then we went snorkeling again.... and there was still 5 more days.

To snorkel.

I feel your pain, Stan.  For a couple of years, we took my son, his wife, and our two grand kids down south for a week in the Winter.  Stayed at typical resorts, etc. 

My son, his wife, and our two grand kids had a great time.  I got bored after two days.  My wife loved it simply because we were with our grand kids.  But both of us prefer vacations where you actually do, explore, learn, etc. 

Added to that is that we both feel guilty with the degree of  poverty in most 'vacation countries', and here we are enjoying something that the majority of the residents could never afford.  

@Sacto Mitch

"Once this transaction is done, I'll be ordering one of Carlos' designs (no clown) for myself and will post here with more details if you want to go in with me on a quantity purchase."

Mitch:  I would be interested in that sticker.  There is a 356 club up here that I run with, and the members don't have much use for the PCA, so I'd use it when with them.

I think they would find the humour in that.  

Bob

"Added to that is that we both feel guilty with the degree of  poverty in most 'vacation countries', and here we are enjoying something that the majority of the residents could never afford.  "

I have a friend who felt that way, so he started bringing suitcases of stuff to a poverty agency there and started giving to the countries poor.  Believe it or not they not do it yearly and have found much joy in giving to the poor there.  You can't fix everybody and some even if you give them a leg up will be back in the poor house so they will still need help tomorrow.  The other issues they have keeps them poor.  BTW this friend is not a religious guy. just saying

 

 

OK, here's the final order list. Please send me an IM with your mailing address. Order goes in today. I should have them in about 10 days and will then snail mail them to you.

So, you should have them by Christmas, fer sure.

 

@Panhandle Bob 1

@Jack Crosby 1

@aircooled 2

@Alan Merklin 1

@Terry Nuckels 5

@Stan Galat 2

@Nolan 2

@PaulEllis 2

@edsnova 1

@Tom Boney 1

@ALB 2

@Jimmy V. 2

 

 

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Ed, I'm somewhat amazed by the response, too, considering this started out as a joke.

Maybe there are more lessons than we think in the 2016 election.

Anyway, folks have been asking about how to pay for the stickers. There will be payment info shipped out with the stickers.

And please, please, no talk of tee shirts. Remember, these stickers can dress up other things in your life besides your windshield. They look great on snorkel masks, too.

 

Sacto Mitch posted:

 

@Gotno356 , @Ryan (formerly) in NorCal , and @Robert M , I just placed the order, but can place a second order as there now seems to be some last minute interest. I'll wait another 24 hours or so to see if anyone else wants to jump in.

And yes, it's the clown version.

 

I'm in for the Carlos G version when you're ready. I can win a clown version when Terry N brings them to the cruise in June.

Sacto Mitch posted:

 

Ryan, you go, bro.

But I'm putting in a second order (probably tomorrow) and could add you to that.

Marty, I'm trying to work the 'one size fits all' thing here, and have settled on 3". You CAN go to the Sticky Life (no comments, please) web site and order a 2.5" one by selecting 'custom' size. Send me an IM if you need help in doing that.

 

 

Sorry I missed the first round, but put me in for 1 clown on the next order. Thanks!

Mike

I'll still take the two, Mitch, but I found some vinyl that might work at home, although it looks like it has a mild adhesive on one side of a piece of clear acrylic vinyl.  It's fussy about the printer, too - it would not print on my Kodak workhorse printer (an ESP 2150 that woudn't drag the "paper" into the feeder) but ran through my wife's Epson NX 420 just fine.  Go figure.

I printed them with both front stickum and back stickum and will cut them out and play with them and report back.  I'll have to put one on Kelvinator, too.

They printed on 8.5" X 11" vinyl called "Silhouette Clear Vinyl Sticker Paper" available in the Cricut aisle at Michaels, Hobby Lobby or Walmart.  Here are the two sheets (ignore the background color difference - they're at different attitudes/lighting):

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Fellow Clown Car Owners, Unite!!!

The "Plastic Car Club of America" now has our own Banner to wave!

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I have one in the lower driver's corner of the windshield (the approved spot for a PCA sticker on most of the originals I've seen around here), and it appears dark against my burgundy interior (never thought of that) but the ones on the body against a white background really pop.  Maybe the windshield one will stand out more in the sun (hope, hope).

I frikken LOVE 'em!!

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BTW-1, Regardless of where you mount it, the sticker would benefit from a white background to make it pop.  A lot of what you see as white on your computer screen will take on the color of whatever it is applied to, so, in the case of a windshield it will have a lot of clear in it (the clown head is only mildly translucent).

Here's the windshield sticker, backlit with an LED shoplight.

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Comparing them, the body sticker (against a white car) looks far better, but I'm waiting for the facial expressions of the PCA crowd when they look close.  I'll be swapping the windshield version for the more PCA-looking version (Mitch's) but may leave the white adhesive cover on the back to make it stand out more stuck on the windshield.  I might also play with adding a white master as the first layer of the image (if I can) so it won't matter what color car you apply it to.

I am having so much fun with this........

BTW-2:  The Silhouette sheets come 8 to a pack for about $8 bucks at any place selling Cricut supplies and I can print 3" dia. stickers six at a whack.

Mitch/Carlos:  Can you add a white base layer to your last images?  That should do it.

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Gordon, I totally agree about the white making things "pop". I had all the same "jewelry" aka badges on the old car when it was silver. Boy, did that change when the car was repainted white. Everything stood out, even the snaps for the tonneau. But especially the emblems and badges. It will be the same with the PCCA sticker. Whit background will make it stand out, do clear if you want to be subtle.

I put my little PCA sticker on the right lower corner of the windshield. The left is taken up by registration and yearly inspection stickers in NY. And as we know, real estate is pretty limited on the glass.

 

Gordon, dunno what you did when you printed them out, but the stickers I ordered from Sticky Life (no comments, please) have a white background and look like this on the windshield:

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BTW, if you're ordering directly from Sticky Life (no comments, please), you SHOULD specify 'clear background' so that the outer margin of sticker (outside the round design area) is clear. You can see a small, maybe 1/8" wide ring of clear vinyl on the outer edge.

The clown design I submitted has white, opaque color in the clown face, behind the lettering, etc.

 

 

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Would someone with the requisite skills care to adapt this sticker design?

Change the HPDE to HDPE, Change High Performance Driver Education to High Density PolyEthylene, put in a speedster driven by a clown, and make our standard changes to PCA and Porsche Club of America. What do you think?  I've decided on one of Carlos designs and will order it myself to put on the coupe when it's finished. But this one could be pretty funny, too.

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That one looks great, Mitch.

Indoubadubly, the "Sticky Life" people have lots of experience with these things and what works and what doesn't, and quickly correct things to get the right end result.  

I assembled my images on Powerpoint (the only related app I'm familiar with) and those slides expect more translucency because, well, they're expecting to be shown on an overhead projector!  (I'm showing my age, here - nobody even uses overhead projectors anymore).  I might have gotten a much different result printing from Photoshop or something else.

I'll play with it here, but you've already got a great source and they're cheap, too!

JMM posted:

Would someone with the requisite skills care to adapt this sticker design?

Change the HPDE to HDPE, Change High Performance Driver Education to High Density PolyEthylene, put in a speedster driven by a clown, and make our standard changes to PCA and Porsche Club of America. What do you think?  I've decided on one of Carlos designs and will order it myself to put on the coupe when it's finished. But this one could be pretty funny, too.

mceclip0

I love it, and I'd buy one for sure.

Here is the front static cling circular 2.5” sticker i ordered from sticky life.

6033C4BB-A34C-499F-A452-0040E2D8AA96

prety cool.. ordered 3, 3.34$ each, and 5$ for shipping.  selected white a background like Mitch.   

Actually put one on my 2015 911S.  ;-).  Got some questions from our local PCA members ( neightbors)  who hate my VS.  ... thus I don’t really participate in any local PCA events with my 911,  and when I do I drive the VS.. 

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Lfepardo posted:

Here is the front static cling circular 2.5” sticker i ordered from sticky life.

6033C4BB-A34C-499F-A452-0040E2D8AA96

prety cool.. ordered 3, 3.34$ each, and 5$ for shipping.  selected white a background like Mitch.   

Actually put one on my 2015 911S.  ;-).  Got some questions from our local PCA members ( neightbors)  who hate my VS.  ... thus I don’t really participate in any local PCA events with my 911,  and when I do I drive the VS.. 

What were the questions and what were your answers? Inquiring minds want to know. 

First Qs-

- whats the PCcA, a specialty subset of the PCA?

- plastic car? Are you changing panels in your 911 for the track, to make the car lighter? Fiberglass or carbon?

-  could you send me the link, I would like to find out more?

....  actually they thought it was something real! Because I put it on my real car. 

had to explain it was not real, official, etc... that it was made up., something my brother/ dad and I sport paying homage to my VS since i was regularly reminded it was not welcomed at club events,,, so we made up our own family club... to enjoy our weekend cruises, breakfast, and touring days/ weekend gatherings... where all are welcomed.  

—- my brother and dad put the extra stickers on their real P cars as well....a 2016 CS and a Feb ‘57 built speedster,  they thought it was hilarious ( the northwest chapter is closed to anything not metal... and we often get in some interesting debates with local PCA guys  on the topic of recreations vs originals, fun / regular driving any time vs original/ merits of trailering.   

Our second gathering will be next Sunday... breakfast and a cruise.  Dad likes to put a few miles every month on his real car... and weather has been great/warm/ sunny.

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—- my brother and dad put the extra stickers on their real P cars as well....a 2016 CS and a Feb ‘57 built speedster,  they thought it was hilarious ( the northwest chapter is closed to anything not metal... and we often get in some interesting debates with local PCA guys  on the topic of recreations vs originals, fun / regular driving any time vs original/ merits of trailering.   

Our second gathering will be next Sunday... breakfast and a cruise.  Dad likes to put a few miles every month on his real car... and weather has been great/warm/ sunny.

I gotta meet you someday, Luis.

You sir, are the man.

 

Attention SOC shoppers!

The clown stickers have arrived from the supplier and I'm ready to ship them out.

Here's my current list of folks who have placed orders AND WHO HAVE ALSO PM'd ME WITH THEIR ADDRESS:

@Panhandle Bob   (1)

@Jack Crosby   (1)

@Alan Merklin   (1)

@Stan Galat   (2)

@Nolan   (2)

@PaulEllis   (2)

@edsnova   (1)

@Tom Boney   (1)

@Jimmy V.   (2)

I HAVEN'T received PM's with addresses from the following:

@aircooled  ,  @ALB

The cost will be $4 per sticker plus $1 for shipping, so a total of $5 for one, $9 for two. I'll enclose payment info with the stickers.

A few folks expressed interest after I sent the order in, so if you're still interested, send me a PM with how many you want and your mailing address and I'll send in another order.

@Gordon Nichols , I'm not sure if you're still interested or if you're OK with the ones you printed out yourself, so please let me know, one way or the other.

That is all.

 

 

Hey Mitch,

   This is Tom from Citrus Heights. (Gotno356). I thought I got my name in early enough, but didn’t. I am looking for four stickers(4) if you have left overs from this batch or you are ordering again. I can get them from you in town if you like to save us from the snail mail. I also want to thank you for putting all together. I am sure everyone really appreciates it. I know I do.

Tom

edsnova posted:

I received my Clown Car sticker today and it has sparked joy! PayPal'd Mitch the dough.

Hey guys, what do you think: should I affix this sticker to the Spyder's plexi screen before final assembly? 

Or should I include it in the build folder for the new owner?

Or....stick it on Bridget just to keep things even extra weird?

Therein lies your problem; you didn't order enough stickers.

Sacto Mitch posted:

 

Ed, if it will help facilitate the sale, I can send you documentation verifying the car's entry in the PCCA registry.

Your sticker is one of only 25 in the initial production run, and I've purposely included a small flaw in that run so future collectors will be able to identify them as such.

Remember, provenance is everything.

 

 

Yes to that. Charter Membership in the PCCA, along with my home-brewed Certificate of InAuthenticity means this car should break many an auction record. 

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Stan, I guess this is just another of those tribulations of life, out there in the lowlands of East Dogpatch.

All envelopes were dropped, as simultaneously as possible, into the chute at my local U.S. Mule office. All carried the same postage - twice what I calculated was needed, for good measure.

The shiny silver birds delivering Bob and Ed's initial production run stickers must have indeed flown right over your sleepy rural hamlet, just as you've been telling us they always do.

But take heart. Surely, your envelope will make it onto the next overland stage from Peoria.

Or, the one after that.

 

 

 

 

Mitch wrote: "I guess this is just another of those tribulations of life, out there in the lowlands of East Dogpatch........   All carried the same postage - twice what I calculated was needed, for good measure."

Ah...... That might be what's slowing the mail's sojourn through the Dogpatch post office.  

"Hey, Lil Abner!  This here letter's got too much postage.  What'll we do?"

"I dunno, Daisy Mae.  Usually we don't get e'nuff postage.  Maybe we need ta give it ta "Fearless Fosdick" to figger out."

"OK.....   Well, then I'll jus' put it on his desk so's he'll seeit.  The week's young, yet."

Fortunately for Stan, out there in Dogpatch, Sadie Hawkins Day isn't til November 13'th......  You can worry when you get closer.

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Sacto Mitch posted:

 

Stan, I guess this is just another of those tribulations of life, out there in the lowlands of East Dogpatch.

All envelopes were dropped, as simultaneously as possible, into the chute at my local U.S. Mule office. All carried the same postage - twice what I calculated was needed, for good measure.

The shiny silver birds delivering Bob and Ed's initial production run stickers must have indeed flown right over your sleepy rural hamlet, just as you've been telling us they always do.

But take heart. Surely, your envelope will make it onto the next overland stage from Peoria.

Or, the one after that.

Joy in the camp! The clown stickers are here! The clown stickers are here!

Stan Galat posted:
Sacto Mitch posted:

 

Stan, I guess this is just another of those tribulations of life, out there in the lowlands of East Dogpatch.

All envelopes were dropped, as simultaneously as possible, into the chute at my local U.S. Mule office. All carried the same postage - twice what I calculated was needed, for good measure.

The shiny silver birds delivering Bob and Ed's initial production run stickers must have indeed flown right over your sleepy rural hamlet, just as you've been telling us they always do.

But take heart. Surely, your envelope will make it onto the next overland stage from Peoria.

Or, the one after that.

Joy in the camp! The clown stickers are here! The clown stickers are here!

I'm so relieved!

 

Stan Galat posted:
 

...Joy in the camp! The clown stickers are here! The clown stickers are here!

 

I still think this is one of the small miracles of modern life, made invisible to most of us by its ubiquity.

I hand an envelope to the postman in my little, backwater village, along with 55 pennies, and two days later it shows up in another sleepy backwater, two thousand miles from here.

Ten envelopes, more pennies, and I can reach ten homesteads scattered in every corner of the land in the same time.

Maybe this still seems miraculous to me because I'm surrounded by remnants of the earliest days of long distance express mail service in this country.

Like f'rinstance, this:

WhiteRock01

Here's the road I drive my Speedster down on the way to the Amador county wine country. This is about eight miles from my house.

It's the very same road the Pony Express riders followed on their way out of Sacramento, less than a hundred years before our man Ferdinand was putting the finishing touches on his Speedster.

This is the view from Google Maps, but it's pretty much how it must have looked to those guys on horseback, except for the all-weather macadam surface. The road's been bypassed by highways and then freeways, so the route and the grading are mostly what they were.

The pole line along the right is where the telegraph lines were strung that pretty much put the Pony Express out of business.

You know how it is with new technology.

Those hills in the distance are the same 'them thar hills' that you may have heard of.

Here's a period poster promoting the Pony Express service:

PonyExpressPoster

Ten days from here to Missouri. On horseback. World record time. Two bucks an ounce. That's four times what it costs today. How many other services cost less today than they did in 1860?

I tell you, it's a freakin' miracle.

 

 

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I totally agree with you, Mitch. When we moved out to Hawaii to be near the kids, we learned that FedEx or UPS shipping of anything would cost us at least $70. Even UPS Ground - I think it's the cost of going under water for several thousand miles that drives that one up. Anyway, we latched onto good old USPS priority mail for almost everything. We usually save from $60 to $80 per delivery if we can convince vendors to just use USPS. By the way, I've enjoyed your comments on this thread almost as much as the idea of the clown car stickers. Cheers!

Mike

I did 17 years with the USPS and retired after combining my 20 years military service with it. I can't praise the Postal Service enough for what it does but have to blame them for things it did. It gave up parcel delivery to UPS, FEDEX and other delivery services, and other decisions that cost it in the long run. Many professional positions were filled with non professional personnel as well as poor managers often being promoted instead of being fired. All in all working for the USPS was like wearing golden handcuffs, a hard place to work but the benefits too good to leave. Don't get me wrong, the USPS is the world's best mail service, it will deliver anywhere in the USA where UPS, FEDEX and others won't. One thing few realize is the USPS is self sufficient with no Federal funds; this is the reasons stamps and costs of delivery increase. COLA wages, vehicle repair and replacement, air transport costs and new robotic mail sorting equipment all make running the USPS a balancing act without a safety net. One last comment, don't hate Junk Mail, over half of USPS's income comes from those flyers. 

About twenty years ago I had a part-time gig (while holding down a full-time job and going to school full-time) with a small personal loan company in Chicago. They did big business with employees of the USPS since USPS allowed the company to take automatic deductions from payroll checks. Applicants had to bring recent pay stubs to prove employment, to gather info needed to start the deductions, and to make sure they met the compensation requirements. I was always shocked by how much money they made, even before the overtime, which was plentiful and lucrative.

 

Attention SOC shoppers!

The ever-popular PCCA clown sticker was such a runaway hit that the first edition has sold out.

I'm about to submit another order for those who didn't make the first run. As with the first run, please don't send any money now. There will be payment instructions included with the stickers, but please do send me an IM with your address if you haven't done so.

Here's my current order list. If you want in and your name isn't below, IM me ASAP. If you're on the list but no longer want a sticker, you have until midnight tonight to notify me.

After that, it will take a court order to nullify the sales agreement, and you'll need to provide three forms of photo ID.

 

@TheMayoMachine (6)

@Gordon Nichols (2)

@Michael Pickett (2)

@jimhughes (2)

@Safety Jim Buffalo NY. (2)

@Dan Levitt (4)

 

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@Bob: IM S6  The artwork supplied above is of a high enough resolution to send directly to the site that Sacto uses and get however many you want. I'm not ordering any stickers for myself or anyone else. I did some of the artwork, and think they're cool and all, but I'm not much into stickers. I might wear a T-shirt though. Mmmmm.

Anyone can use the artwork I created, but if you make a gajillion dollars using it, I want a 904 built by Carey with a 2.7 six in it for the trouble. That's all.  

 

Also, some folks have been asking about tee shirts featuring the soon to be iconic clown logo. There are currently no such plans.

But, take heart. We have been working with Rolex on a limited edition 'Stan Galat' version of their 'Submariner' watch.

For years, the PCA has been hauling in some pretty long green with all manner of logo-emblazoned fashion accessories, like polo shirts, baseball caps, and the essential carbon fiber money clip. Why shouldn't we do the same?

 

RolexStanmariner

 

 

 

 

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