Making a Great Impression with Show Car Boards For most car show enthusiasts, a car show board is a “must have” for anyone who really wants to create a unique and personal car show display. In the past, car show boards have been a pricey investment for the car show hobbits. The time that it takes to hire a sign painter to hand paint custom car show boards can take weeks, and costs a small fortune when all is said and done. All in the name of highlighting a car’s features, or sharing the story behind a car.
But up until recently, a photographic show car board has taken car show boards to a level of customization never seen before. Gary Hedlin, owner of ShowCarSign.com has been the one behind this car show board revolution. A graphic designer by trade, but a true car guy at heart, Gary’s unique designs have re-defined what a car show board should be. Instead of just text and simple logos, the car show boards produced by Show Car Sign feature images, rich colors, pictures of the car at street view, or just about anything a car owner would want on a custom car show board. “It all started when I started showing off my 1998 Dodge Dakota back about 2002. I wanted to make a show car board that didn’t just highlight what I did to the truck, but showed what the truck looked like with the hood down, because it was blasphemy not to have your hood up at a car show!” Gary said. “I tried a few things over the next few years, but it was hard to get the combination of a good looking car show board and a show car board that would hold up to just about anything.”
Then in 2004 Gary launched ShowCarSign.com to introduce his idea of what car show boards should be, a lightweight and simple car show board that would hold up to anything. “We use a very durable PVC sign board that the sign making industry has used for years, and we use it so make a show car board that doesn’t need an easel to display it with. That is a huge advantage to anyone that has a car that has limited room. All you need to do is take it out, place the polished aluminum leg in the back of it, and set it by your car!” Gary stated. But what’s most impressive about these car show boards is the amount of technology used to create them. The ShowCarSign.com facility features a new 12-Color photographic printer that produces a photo-quality car show board. The printer outputs a crisp 600 DPI image to highlight every image of the vehicle. Gary also implemented the use of a spectrometer to monitor how the ink is absorbed into the weather-resistant vinyl in order to compensate for it in his designs. “It’s all about image quality, when you can produce colors that complement the car perfectly, you instantly create a car show board that’s far and above the rest!” Gary commented. It’s easy to understand why some car show enthusiasts think of these car show boards as works of art rather than just signs that tell you about the car. While some have ShowCarSign.com create car show boards for their 1932 Ford Roadster, and others have car show boards made for their brand-new 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, Gary and his staff at ShowCarSign.com will have all of their customers contending for “Best of Show”. Browse Gary Hedlin’s car show board gallery online at http://showcarsign.com/