PCCA Membership

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Happy to be of service, Eric.

I should caution you not to try to enter any 'Sanctified Parking' areas at PCA events with that sticker affixed. Things could get ugly in a hurry.

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No worries there, I'm more of the shot and a beer type.

Because of the pandemic I wasn't able to hit any of the major PCA shows last year, but I managed to go to a few PCA sponsored Cars and Coffee events and all I got for my PCCA sticker was a few laughs.  Most PCA types are good sorts.  It's just the once-in-a-while buffoon who makes a stink and I don't hang out with them, anyway.

Are the PCCA stickers still available from anyone??

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@jprpdr , my original cache of stickers is gone, but @Carlos G worked up some similar designs, and he may still have some. Maybe he'll jump in here.

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Or you could get some white vinyl cling stock for your home printer at (Staples or Amazon has it) and print up your own.  You can even scale it for different sizes from discreet to outrageous.  Just be aware that the inks might not be color fast and will fade in the sun (like me).

@jprpdr I never got stickers made, I was just one of the ones kicking ideas around.

BUT, if you see one of the ones on this site that you like, if the resolution is good, you can send that shot to whomever prints them. Or, if you need one with better resolution, I'll email it to you.

Carlos G.,

Please e-mail to: jprpdr@yahoo.com.

Thanks!

I didn't design that one, but here is a thread that has the art.

https://www.speedsterowners.co...4#590585064107785474

There are many to chose from, and they all are as fake as our cars. Which means, any one of them will proudly show membership.

FWIW, I got this from StickerMule today.

http://email.stickermule.com/l...61kf4IV2HraffIq5wVpn

I did the 10/$1 special that someone posted not long ago. Don’t know if that special is still going on.

@Carlos G posted:

@jprpdr I never got stickers made, I was just one of the ones kicking ideas around.

BUT, if you see one of the ones on this site that you like, if the resolution is good, you can send that shot to whomever prints them. Or, if you need one with better resolution, I'll email it to you.

I used your red/white/blue image from page two of that other thread. Saved to my photo album and emailed that to Sticker Mule. The resolution was at the very lower limit of their criteria, but the stickers looked fine.

Dave thanks, that's a good resource. Not bad on the pricing.

I am by no means an expert or anything, but I think that vector files are way more resolution/accurate than pictures. For this application it probably doesn't matter much.

You are correct Danny, a vector drawing can be enlarged and the resolution stays high, but once you set a bitmaps resolution that's it. For what everyone is doing with this art, the resolution should be fine. At least the ones I posted originally.

Can I just say that having people on this forum designing their own myriad variations of the "Official Club Sticker" and passing them around this way perfectly exemplifies the SOC aesthetic and philosophy and is why I LOVE this group?

I feel like the next step ought to be driving shoes that are Clown Shoes.

Could be a safety problem. Frizzy wigs, little hats, and red nose bulbs might work.

@edsnova posted:

Can I just say that having people on this forum designing their own myriad variations of the "Official Club Sticker" and passing them around this way perfectly exemplifies the SOC aesthetic and philosophy and is why I LOVE this group?

I couldn't even agree what "PCCA" stood for, so I had my buddy Mitch Toll modify one for me. This is what I'm running - subtle tweaks I really like.

I used one of Carlos' designs for my engine grill badge.

For a sticky faced sticker for a window, here's the link for my order's design:

https://www.stickylife.com/dig...proof/0419-CSC-0096/

If you're making a badge, here's the link for a sticky back version:

https://www.stickylife.com/dig...proof/0419-CSC-0097/

As we went through the (excruciatingly long) process of developing the imagery for the PCCA badges/Merch TM's, I kept saving a bunch of the iterations.  They seemed to get better (at least, to me) as we went along, but here's a sample of what we had back then:

@edsnova posted:

Can I just say that having people on this forum designing their own myriad variations of the "Official Club Sticker" and passing them around this way perfectly exemplifies the SOC aesthetic and philosophy and is why I LOVE this group?

I feel like the next step ought to be driving shoes that are Clown Shoes.

I'd roll(an ankle with) those.

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@edsnova posted:

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...Can I just say that having people on this forum designing their own myriad variations of the "Official Club Sticker" and passing them around this way perfectly exemplifies the SOC aesthetic and philosophy...

Yes Ed. you can say that.

(Cue Man of La Mancha theme, softly, in background, with gradual crescendo towards end)

We are a hopelessly diverse brotherhood. We are suspicious of consensus and chase it from our midst.

We are restless and never satisfied. We despise the status quo. For us, the best is never good enough (or affordable).

Our eyes are always on the horizon. Today's hardships are bearable, today's problems surmountable (as long as there is Home Depot). Only the promise of tomorrow matters. Where there is will (and AN-8 fittings), there is way.

Nothing shall deter us - no idle jet, no distributor, no stripped thread, no failing headlight, no unstoppable leak.

We may not be able to agree on what to call ourselves, but even that shall not prevent us from pressing on.

We are indomitable, whoever we are.

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I would be proud to mount a PCCA grill badge on the deck lid of my '76 Porsche type 923 (A.K.A 912E), across the grill from my PCA grill badge. ( I am a PCA member)  I drive my "Convertible.D" to PCA events and don't really give a F* if anyone is 'aghast '.....usually I get positive reactions. Same thing, when I go to 356 Registry events. I have parked her right next to 'real' D's at events, and not a discouraging word.....

With the prices of 'real' speedsters and convertible D's, going into the stratosphere, many folks sympathize with us, or, even envy us. We can and DO, drive them...the real ones sit in garages or 'collections', and, for insurance reasons, hardly every see the light of day. Sort of like having a beautiful, sensuous wife, and never going to bed with her......(sorry if that is crude....but, you get the point)

AND, I would be glad to pay $50 for a real grill badge, if anyone decides to make some up. I bet you could get 30 or more members to pony up $50 each to make it worthwhile ????? maybe ever more.

Years ago I was a member of the Northeast TYP356 club and every year they try to attend en mass the Porsche Day at Boston's Museum of Transportation.  It' a lawn event attended by over 600 cars and has it's share of "snooty" people, but mostly just really nice car folks.

So I attended one year in August and then headed to the southern hacienda after Labor Day - I felt well accepted by the P-Car crowd at all shows I've attended there.  Soon after, I got an email from another member whom I parked next to as a juxtaposition of a mid-1956 356 Speedster and my mild Outlaw.  Bob's car has the 3-gauge dash but BeeHive tail lights from the factory and is a 100 pointer at the national PCA Concours events.  He sent along a scan of the cover of the PCA's "Nor'Easter" news letter with us both on the cover.  Nobody ever questioned it.  BTW, Bob has his Frunk opened to show off the original set of custom-fitted Porsche leather luggage that came with the car.  I kept my Frunk closed out of sheer embarrassment (but at least I had Fuch rims!).