Made in the 1970s for Dyer’s Machine Service of Summit, Illinois, this t-shirt dates from the years when Gary Dyer was leaving the cockpit for the workbench. He had spent a decade driving the blown Dodges of Chicago’s Grand-Spaulding dealership, pushing the strange new Funny Car from altered stocker towards the long, low animal it would become.
The superchargers arrived slowly from the West Coast and returned there whenever they needed work. Dyer began rebuilding them in his own garage instead. Soon the other Midwestern teams were bringing him theirs, and in 1969 the work acquired a name: Dyer’s Blower Service. By the end of 1973, the shop had drawn him away from racing altogether.
The shirt carries this history in the lively shorthand of a neighborhood speed shop: a red Street Charger on the chest, Dyer’s name and an exposed blower worked into the drawing. Across the back, the full advertisement appears in black and red—Dyer’s Machine Service, Summit, Ill.—with the telephone number set heavily beneath it. These shirts earned their keep on the backs of mechanics and customers, and few survived the grease, heat and repeated washing of garage life. This one did. Dyer’s remains in Summit today, and 496-8100 still rings the shop; only the old 312 area code has changed.
1970s hot rod racing tee
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Made in the 1970s for Dyer’s Machine Service of Summit, Illinois, this t-shirt dates from the years when Gary Dyer was leaving the cockpit for the workbench. He had spent a decade driving the blown Dodges of Chicago’s Grand-Spaulding dealership, pushing the strange new Funny Car from altered stocker towards the long, low animal it would become.
The superchargers arrived slowly from the West Coast and returned there whenever they needed work. Dyer began rebuilding them in his own garage instead. Soon the other Midwestern teams were bringing him theirs, and in 1969 the work acquired a name: Dyer’s Blower Service. By the end of 1973, the shop had drawn him away from racing altogether.
The shirt carries this history in the lively shorthand of a neighborhood speed shop: a red Street Charger on the chest, Dyer’s name and an exposed blower worked into the drawing. Across the back, the full advertisement appears in black and red—Dyer’s Machine Service, Summit, Ill.—with the telephone number set heavily beneath it. These shirts earned their keep on the backs of mechanics and customers, and few survived the grease, heat and repeated washing of garage life. This one did. Dyer’s remains in Summit today, and 496-8100 still rings the shop; only the old 312 area code has changed.
Vintage 1970s white Dyer’s Machine Service T-shirt with Street Charger hot-rod graphic at the chest and large red-and-black shop lettering across the back. 18.5-inch chest and 25.5-inch length.
Measurements
Dimensions: 18.5-inch chest and 25.5-inch length.
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