Corky The Gasket Man 1964 Vintage Men’s T-Shirt

Description

Brothers Joe and Tom Hrudka began street racing in high school in the late ’50s, though it wasn’t until the early ’60s that they began getting serious about about it. Runing a ’55 210 gasser in the D/Gas Class, the boys tuned and refined their ride until they won the ’62 Nationals in Indianapolis, and along the way, found a need for better exhaust gaskets, as the stock ones were both difficult to install and prone to failure. The Hrudka brothers went about creating an alternative, and before too long were testing them on their own cars and those of fellow racers, who soon wanted to buy more of them. Encouraged, they began crudely, yet effectively manufacturing these gaskets for all sorts of applications in their garage. The modest enterprise grew rapidly, and in 1964, realized they needed a name for their operation, and decided on Mister Gasket. And since it was the ’60s, they figured they needed a mascot, so they came up with a cartoon hot rodder named Corky, because he was made of cork… like a gasket.

Details

Like all our designs, this one is treated with our signature ‘relic-ing’ process which includes our own secret recipe of hand-painted chipping, cracking, fading, and just the right touch of yellowing to ensure that it looks the part of a true vintage imprint.** We lay these works of art down on premium Bella+Canvas 3001 Unisex Jersey Short Sleeve Tees, one of the softest, best-wearing t-shirts available today, via state of the art direct to garment (DTG) printing which allows us to create a vintage effect that simply can’t be accomplished with other printing methods. In short, these shirts are everything you’ve dreamed of and more – it feels soft and lightweight with just the right amount of stretch making it comfortable and flattering for both men and women.

• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton*
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz (142 g/m2)
• 30 single
• Tear-away label
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Side-seamed
• Retail fit
• Runs true to size

Sizing

Not sure what size is your best fit? We recommend taking one of your current t-shirts, laying it flat and measuring it. The measurements in the chart below are taken with the shirt laying on a flat surface. To get the length, measure from the high shoulder point down to the bottom of the shirt. To get the width, measure approximately 1-inch below the armhole, across the chest, from seam to seam. While our tees are all made using premium, pre-shrunk, ring-spun cotton, there can be some shrinkage depending on your personal wash and dry cycles. With that said, if you’re on the fence, we always suggest going up a size.

All sizes are provided in inches!

*Heather colors are 52% combed and ring-spun cotton/48% polyester. Athletic and Black Heather is 90% combed and ring-spun cotton/10% polyester. Ash color is 99% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton and 1% poly. **Due to the nature of the printing process and different sizes of shirts offered, imprint position and scale may vary slightly from the product images, but we do our best to be as accurate as possible.