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Best Promotional Vehicles of 2017

Surf City’s “most unusual” wrap for a ginned-up hot rod.

Published

7 years ago

September 13, 2017

Mark Kissling Signs of the Times September 2017 Issue

First Place

Fabricator

Surf City Graphics

Huntington Beach, CA

surfcity-graphics.com

Designer

Rob Quigley

Installers

Michael Dmytrow, April Dmytrow, Anthony Garcia

Client

Mackey’s Hot Rods / Hendrick’s Gin

Materials

Roland SOLJET Pro II SC-540 printer, 3M IJ180Cv3, ORACAL® 970 RA Bottle Green wrap film vinyl; 3M Scotchcal 8518 Over-laminate, Seal Pro 64 laminator, Geek Wraps, 3M Gold squeegees.

Mackey’s Hot Rods and Surf City Graphics started fresh with a 1949 Kaiser Vagabond and transformed it into this fabulous piece of marketing for Hendrick’s – A Most Unusual Gin.

Second Place

Baltimore

Fabricator

Baltimore Graphics Co.

Glen Burnie, MD

wrapmytruck.com

Designer

Tony Semanick

Installer

Justin Espinas

Client

National Aquarium

Materials

Roland SOLJET Pro III XC-540 printer, ORAJET® 3751RA vinyl, ORAGUARD® 290G laminate, GBC laminator, 3M squeegees.

Third Place

Arizona

Fabricator

Arizona Color

Phoenix

arizonacolor.com

Designer

Matt Nisbet

Installers

Josh Gillenwater, Mike Helton, Corey Guerrero, Dean Simons

Client

Choppers Hair Salon

Materials

HP Latex 560 printer, Avery Dennison Supreme Wrapping Film (Gold Diamond Series) vinyl, Avery Dennison DOL 1360 laminate, Seal 62 Base laminator, Avery Dennison squeegees and wrap magnets.

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