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Re: Numbers

To: Brian Berryhill <brianberryhill@flashmail.com>,
Subject: Re: Numbers
From: Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net>
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 09:19:38 -0800
The family's name is Alft, sorry.

Pat Kelly wrote:
> 
> I think the numbers should be somewhere around 8 to 10 inches tall, and
> have at least a 2 inch stroke, and, please make them contrasting colors
> to the paint scheme. But don't do red on blue, where the tones are
> almost the same...be sure they are easy to read, and everyone in T&S
> will love you! The old SCCA rule of black numbers in a white ball was an
> early solution, and works great, though it has no romance. But if you
> get too creative, the numbers can become very hard to read. Simplicity
> and clarity are the keys.
>         Some cars are fiberglass/aluminum. We use contact paper on our 
>aluminum
> car. On our Camaro, only the rear fenders are metal, so all the magnetic
> stuff had to go back there. I made those numbers out of white magnetic
> sheets (cheap in buy at some plastic type stores, here it's called TAP
> Plastics). Make the templates using any word/type management programs,
> as big as you can fit on an 8x11.5 sheet of paper and remember those
> skills you learned in kindergarten.
>         Others use static cling stuff, which requires great care when you put
> it away, but is pretty nifty and work on all surfaces. We've never used
> it. We have a hard enough time keeping the magnetic stuff flat after an
> event...putting it away in a flat binder, folder, or whatever is important.
>         Again, SoloTime carries both magnetics and static cling. The Alts, who
> run the store, are very competitive autocrossers and understand all the
> ins and outs of the sport.
> --Pat Kelly
> 
> Brian Berryhill wrote:
> >
> > I went to a sign store and got 8" x 24" of white magnetic material for $10
> > and printed out numbers in Microsoft Publisher, then cut them out, taped
> > them on, and cut them out in the magnetic paper.
> >
> > Conversely, you could just buy a magnetic square piece and draw numbers on
> > it.
> >
> > Or, you could probably get them to print up an actual square with numbers.
> >
> > I also have a few other stickers stuck to magnets so I can advertise when
> > needed.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "BRIAN GARFIELD" <bgarfield@gscyclone.com>
> > To: "Team.Net" <autox@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 8:53 PM
> > Subject: Numbers
> >
> > > Where do people get Large magnetic numbers and letters?  Who has the best
> > > quality?  How quickly can you get them (Christmas)?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > Brian Garfield

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