Bumper Stickers for Classic Cars
Are you restoring a classic car? Add a sign of authenticity with these original vintage bumper stickers. We have bumper stickers from every year. Great political slogans. Whey spend $30,000 restoring a car and then spend $5 on a reproduction bumper sticker when you can buy an original sticker for the same or less!
Lori Ferber chuckles when she recalls the story of a collector who proudly showed off the 1932 Nash Coupe that he had just spent over $30,000 restoring to its original condition. "You could see the care and love that went into restoring that old car and making sure that every possible part was authentic and original," says Lori. "But then I looked at the bumper and saw the 'Vote for FDR' bumper sticker on the back of the car, and my heart sank."
When Ferber explained to the car owner that the bumper sticker wasn't authentic, the collector was stunned. "How do you know?" he asked. "Because in 1932, the familiar silk-screened bumper sticker had not been invented yet!" explained Ferber.
As a prominent dealer in political memorabilia for over 50 years, she has heard it all.
Bumper stickers have become such a part of life that it's hard to remember a time when they didn't exist.
The modern-day bumper sticker is often credited to Forest P. Gill, a printer and inventor who lived in Kansas City, Missouri. Early bumper stickers were not really stickers at all. They were typically cardboard or metal signs attached to car bumpers with string or wire.
It was not until the late 1940s that bumper stickers truly caught on, as adhesive-backed stickers came to market, along with Day-Glow colors that attracted attention. Prior to that, bumper stickers were printed on water-activated papers that became sticky when water was applied. The advent of easy-to-use and easy-to-print pressure-sensitive adhesive stickers helped make the bumper sticker as popular as it is today.
Classic car collectors also feel that oiginal bumper stickers add that extra tough of authenticity, especially when a year or presidential candidates name is included on the sticker.
But it's not just for classic cars! They are great for politial themes, gifts, decor items and we've even heard of artists using them as part of displas.
Collectors can visit Ferber's bumper sticker gallery at https://www.loriferber.com/categories/campaign-collectibles/bumper-stickers.html
