Working on a 100 year wendover speedway museum t-shirt!

[Finallygotit]

Why clutter the shirt with collage of various cars and bikes.

There is a certain majesty of a bare salt flats with the floating mountain in the back ground and the silhouette of a suited up racer in the foreground facing the mountain.

Captioned,  Man + Salt
                100 Years
                " History "

Rouse

I have something very similar to this as my desktop wallpaper.  Sometimes I get lost in the picture and don't get a lot of work done.  We were waiting for the first run of the day

[dw230]

That guy looks like he is taking his morning pee.

DW

[rouse]

That's close to what I was talking about.

Put the Guy looking down course in a fire suite and nearly full screen, and bring FM in closer, maybe lift it off the ground a little. I guess you'd call it a ground level shot.

Rouse

[Ro Yale]

Congrats on being the New Mayor. I appreciate all you do for us Land Speed racers. Thanks, Ro Yale

[Stan Back]

He's the old mayor, too, and a great friend of the racers.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

As I remember, Mike has been mayor a few times.  Maybe it was just on the City commission, but mayor.  Some time back in the 90s, I think it was, and now two terms in a row.

Take a close look at what's going on in Wendover and you'll see quite a bit of "progress" towards being a good community that lives immediately east of the gambling town that's grown up in West Wendover.  Lay some of the thanks at Mike's doorstep.  Thanks, Mayor Mike.

[salt27]

Plus Mike and his sister both help out at Salt Talks.   

[Glen]

Freud rides naked

[Finallygotit]

OK, there's a mental image I didn't need. 

[Dynoroom]

Freud rides naked

Wow! I thought "naked" ment without a fairing........     

Now I understand where the term "twin juggs" came from.   

As far as Mike's idea for a museum tee shirt fund raiser I'm all for it, great way to get the ball rolling.

[Malcolm UK]

Mike

Just to give an International perspective to your plans, (some of us will pay postage, or collect Ts when in Wendover later in 2014).

White or Grey base colour to the shirt. (wore sponsors black in '99 - not good on the salt).

Avoid use of many images - clean and crisp as others have said already

If using just one vehicle do not forget Malcolm Campbell and the '35 Blue Bird car - first 300 mph record on the salt.  But there will be those who will not buy a product with an image they cannot relate to or might not 'love'. [Would a British car be a large seller for you? - probably not in the USA  .]

Bonneville is the place and not just the cars and bikes who have raced there over the years.  'Your' museum will not have access to all of the cars/bikes that others have suggested.  A view of the 'flats showing the mile markers going off into the distance down a pristine white surface and with floating mountain at the 'end' does it for me, especially as the sun just rises at dawn.

Malcolm UK

[Stainless1]

Freud rides naked

Wow! I thought "naked" ment without a fairing........    

Now I understand where the term "twin juggs" came from.  

As far as Mike's idea for a museum tee shirt fund raiser I'm all for it, great way to get the ball rolling.

see what I mean about the amount of white ink needed for a black shirt  
 
I like Malcolm's idea for both shirts.... as part of the series.... The old Isky logo would look good on the back of one of the series, maybe a remake of one of the 50's or 60's participant shirts... might get Isky to foot the bill for that....

[Stainless1]

OK Mike, something to consider....
Back to Museum Memberships... you can have a wall near the entrance with the list of names, can have bronze, silver, gold and platinum lists... OK not my idea, saw it on the wall at my local YMCA... but you get different levels of support. 
I would also contact the SCTA and see if they would sponsor the museum a space in the vender area at SpeedWeek... you could sell your first in the series shirts, memberships to the shirt club, and gain exposure to the target audience. It would benefit both organizations.

[Milwaukee Midget]

If using just one vehicle do not forget Malcolm Campbell and the '35 Blue Bird car - first 300 mph record on the salt.  But there will be those who will not buy a product with an image they cannot relate to or might not 'love'. [Would a British car be a large seller for you? - probably not in the USA  .]

If you were to start with Ab Jenkins and the cars of the first five 200 mph club members to have set records at Bonneville, you would have an excellent 1/2 dozen start for the beginnings of a "Historical Series".

I must agree - either white or grey.  

[MAYOMAN]

What a terrific opportunity for the Wendover Speedway Museum to both raise some cash and also publicize itself with wearable billboards. Everyone has an opinion, so here's mine.
Obviously, t-shirts have a front and a back display area. Use both.
The back should be the museum's advertisement. Have an illustration of the museum itself with "Wendover Speedway Museum" and "Wendover, Utah" above and below the artwork.
The front should feature a series of historic Bonneville land speed record vehicles (one per shirt), beginning with the Mormon Meteor of course, and progressing through the years. This will encourage collectors to accumulate the whole series over time. And spend more money. Contemporary vehicles can be left to the USFRA and SCTA, etc.
I also suggest going the quality route with sublimation printing. That process will result in a shirt that can be worn and washed without the degradation with a screen printed product. I don't believe a cheap shirt will result in more sales.
Can't wait to see, and purchase, the first ones.