Midwest Auto Specialties 1955 Vintage Men’s T-Shirt

$29.95

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Description

Midwest Auto Specialties was an early mail-order speed shop that got its start back in 1955. Based in Cleveland, they had multiple retail stores throughout Ohio (and added one in Indianapolis in ’67), but their big claim to fame was that they shipped nationwide and advertised for people to send away for their catalogs in every gearhead and auto racing magazine in North America, making their cigar-smoking tiger mascot a familiar sight for hot rodders from coast to coast. They carried an unbelievable selection of speed equipment and custom car parts making them a true hot rodders resource. The emphasis was on racing and street performance, but especially drag racing. Shifters, intake manifolds, exhaust headers, ignition systems, adapters, camshafts from many manufacturers plus racing steering and front end parts from Ross, Halibrand & CAE. Racing wheels include Halibrand mags for drags and Sprints, American Racing Mags, magnesium split wheels by Safety Racing Equipment, Moon dragster wire wheels, and a line of lightweight wire wheels by Hallcraft. They carried it all and for most people who wanted to soup up their car, they simply couldn’t get these items locally, so Midwest Auto Specialties hooked them up by mail!

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.

	S	M	L	XL	2XL	3XL	4XL
Width	17.99	20.00	22.01	24.02	25.98	27.99	30.00
Length	27.99	29.02	30.00	31.02	32.01	32.99	33.98
Sleeve length	8.90	9.17	9.45	9.72	10.00	10.39	10.79

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.