500 MPH is Bloody Fast Original Auto Race Poster
- ca 1980s
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26 1/2 x 37 inches ~ (66 x 93 cm)$185
- Unbacked
This poster is currently unbacked. At check out, you will be given the opportunity to add backing which would cost $145 and take approximately 6-8 weeks.
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself. Backing is what we recommend for framing, and for any poster needing restoration.
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Cool images of land speed record holders.
South Australian Glen Davis' designer/builder/driver attempt at the world land speed record. Davis designed and built the basic vehicle between 1987 and 1992, at which time he received $500,000 government grant to mount the speed record attempt, set for February 1993. Beset with inadequate funds it was not until 1998 that the first trial took place on the dry salt lake Lake Gairdner, by which time the vehicle's name was changed to "Woomera 1". No further trials were conducted and in 2004 the vehicle was sold at a loss and sent to America.
