Dales90 Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Is anyone aware of the source for the t-shirts on ebay the last couple of weeks? Rear pic includes a black 90 convert. I'd like to land one. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYBobP Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 When I first saw the T-shirt on e-bay, I sent the seller a message asking if there was a "buy it now" price. I couldn't get any response, and I was going out of the country for a few days without internet access. So, I put in a high bid price and ended up getting it for $29. I noticed the pix was not copyrighted, and may reproduce it for our own use. It's too bad, because it really is a good looking shirt. Not sure if the seller designed it themselves, or it was actually a Buick T-shirt at one time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYBobP Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 By the way, the graphics on the back is 4-color with an action shot of a '90 black conv. Very nice. Reatta logo appears on the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dales90 Posted March 3, 2003 Author Share Posted March 3, 2003 Bob,Thanks, yes, I communicated with the seller, because he sold two within 10 days, and I figured it was a new design, and asked if he had an outright sale price. He told me those were the only two he had, that he got them at a swap meet several years ago.If you find a way to reproduce them, or need participation in the costs of initial set up, let me know.Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYBobP Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 I'll be away for a week or so, but will show the shirt to our graphics dept at the office when I get back. Maybe they can come up with a design that can be transferred to a T-shirt. Will keep you posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dales90 Posted March 4, 2003 Author Share Posted March 4, 2003 Bob,I appreciate your help, and will touch base with a couple of firms in my area who may also be able to digitally reproduce the design. Thanks again. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geoff Meador Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 I'm a graphic artist by trade and would be happy to help out if I can get a free T-shirt out of the deal <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />Drop me an e-mail if interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCBRIJEN Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 Dale; I too E-mailed the seller on Ebay about the same question and received the same answer?? These T-shirts really have a NICE design on then, one that I have never seen before. If anyone does reproduce this shirt I know many Reatta Owners will want to purchase it, just look at the prices the shirts sold for on Ebay. You should post a pic of the shirt so those who haven't seen the design will know what it looks like to generate interest. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYBobP Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 Dale,I took a look at the T-shirt again. It is a Fruit of the Loom heavier guage XL, and the way the Reatta artwork is laid in, a coupe could be substituted just as easily. I am going down to visit my '90 convert in Florida for a week and when I get back I just might take the T-shirt to a custom T-shirt shop and ask them if it could be reproduced using a digitally reproduced silk screen....or I will see what the other options are. It really is a cool shirt. I bet it could be reproduced just a few at a time with the magic of digital technology. Will get back to you. Am open to any other suggestions as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dales90 Posted March 4, 2003 Author Share Posted March 4, 2003 Bob, and others,I sense a good deal of interest on the board, and am also certain we could gain a nice reproduction of the design from your original shirt. The black convertible is what really got my attn, as that is my next acquisition, a black 90 convert. I'll see if I can locate the ebay item number, and post it next. Others can view it for the next few weeks, until Ebay dissolves it from their site. Back in a few minutes with the item number. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dales90 Posted March 4, 2003 Author Share Posted March 4, 2003 Ok Folks, The Ebay item number was 2404279663, and the design is on the rear of this shirt. My thought is to put it on the front. Thoughts? Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYBobP Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 On the front is the Reatta brand logo (Word only, not disc). I thought the artwork would look better on the front until I got the shirt. The picture definitely looks better on the back (but that's juist my opinion). I am not familiar with the silkscreen process, but one of my staff suggested just taking it to a silkscreen T-shirt shop and telling them to duplicate it. Will try to do it next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCBRIJEN Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 For those interested in what the T-shirt design looks like see my first posting in this discussion, I have an attachment of the T-shirt design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dales90 Posted March 5, 2003 Author Share Posted March 5, 2003 Sounds good, Bob, we look forward to their opinion. If it will be possible to produce in small quantities, cheaply, we can vary the shirt style, too. Maybe that's being too optomistic. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCBRIJEN Posted March 22, 2003 Share Posted March 22, 2003 Any headway on this subject? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dales90 Posted March 24, 2003 Author Share Posted March 24, 2003 Wondering the same thing.Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadster90 Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 ditto <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYBobP Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 I took the shirt to a graphics house this morning. It is was one that is capable of scanning something this large, and then refining it to sharpen the detail. The shirt is 4-color, and has the major artwork on the back, with the Reatta script on the front. (See pix/attachment in previous post.)Then I took it to one of our vendors to compare prices. The cost was about the same. It's going to be $300 to get the image on the first shirt. ( The orginal was heavyweight cotton) To break even on 100 shirts (which is a very low run), the cost would therefore be about $15 each plus s&h (all X or XL). There would have to be a lot of interest in the shirt to do it. However, it's a great looking design that I never new was out there. It might have been an after-market product, or maybe Molly Designs (Molly did the Grand National stuff) , because I don't recall Buick doing anything with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYBobP Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 I found out who designed the shirt. See new thread...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrallen Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 I gotta have the shirt, especially since I own a black 90 convt. The only problem I see is a XL or XXL would fit me like a nightshirt. Think smaller for us not so huge guys (and gals too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 Just had a look at the pic attached to one of the replies and would probably be interested in getting a Medium for the strife, and a large for myself. However, we're up in Canada, and getting things here are sometimes difficult, but .... we'll be in Flint in July and could pick them up there. Barney E. is bringing up a whole trunk load of stuff [ dash mat, cockpit cover etc. etc] for me from Texas so another couple shirts would not add too much to our return load. At $15 [ that's about $25 in Cdn pesos] soulds like a great price. We'd send a cheque/ money order now, if they would be available for pickup in Flint, or possibly in northern New York state, which is only about an hour away.Ernie R.1990 Black Convertible, Slate Grey interior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadster90 Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 This shirt design is CLASS ACT ! If you guys get this deal going, and you use good quality, 100% heavy cotton, I would have to have at least 2 regardless of price..... Dale has a decent idea also in that different shirt designs (polo with collar, etc) would be nice.....The design warrants a more expensive style shirt to be honest.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie B. Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 If you can have them made in "large" Iwant at least twoshirts. Charlie B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYBobP Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 See new post [Reatta convertibe/T shirt on e-bay ] for the rest of the info on the pix. Without original art it is cost prohibitive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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