Talk:MotorBrands

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Wikipedia is not the place for articles about every company in the world. They must be notable, and the article must assert notability. See WP:CORP. Proto///type 07:00, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

The term "Motor Brands" is more widely known as a brand of muscle car t-shirts (search Google under "motor brands.") It is also a US Trademark name of a corporation. This page should not be re-directed since it is less used to describe a list of automobile manufacturers and is more notable as a certain brand of t-shirts.

Please see article below:

MotorBrands USA, Inc. is a t-shirt design company known for its original hand-drawn muscle car art. Part of the 70s retro t-shirt revival, MotorBrands produced slim fitting vintage style t-shirts displaying popular muscle car art of that period. MotorBrands designs are reproduced using the same pen and ink techniques traditionally used in commercial art before the advent of computer graphics.

Some examples of muscle car t-shirts:

• "Dodge Super Bee"
• "Hemi"
• "Screaming Chicken"

Recognized in American pop culture as a retro t-shirt brand, MotorBrands products have been worn by celebrities like Juliya Chernetsky (aka Mistress Juliya) and Marianela on "Fuse TV," band members from Soilwork on the OzzFest Tour," Johnny Kelly from Type O Negative, Brian Van Holt in Warner Bros "House of Wax" starring Paris Hilton, Justin Timberlake on "Saturday Night Live", AJ McLean from Back Street Boys on "Oprah Winfrey," just to name a few.

Contents 1 History 2 Further Reading on Muscle Car Culture 3 Notable Films Featuring Muscle Cars 4 Press Reviews 5 Revised version

[edit] History

Inspired by Big Daddy Ed Roth Rat Fink car culture t-shirts, MotorBrands created its own style based on 60s and 70s line art graphics. With hot rods and kustom kulture already established by artists like Ed Roth, Von Dutch (Ken Howard), George Barris, MotorBrands created a niche market for muscle car enthusiasts with it's pen and ink illustrations, recalling the graphic techniques used in automotive print ads of the 60s and 70s.

[edit] Further Reading on Muscle Car Culture

• Kustom Kulture
• Muscle Cars
• Hot Rods
• Hemi
• Mopar
• Trans Am
• GTO
• Drag Racing
• Drag Racing
• Rat Fink
• Von Dutch
• George Barris
• General Lee

[edit] Notable Films Featuring Muscle Cars

• Two Lane Blacktop
• Bullitt
• Phantasm (film)
• Gone in 60 Seconds (1974 film)
• Vanishing Point (film)
• Smokey and the Bandit
• The Fast and the Furious (2001 film)

[edit] Press Reviews

• Mopar Muscle Magazine (August 2006). Cool Stuff Wear 'Em Proud
• Revolver Magazine (March 2004). Dress to Kill
• Juxtapoz Magazine (September/October 2003). Showroom
• Revolver Magazine (November/December 2003). Dress to Kill
• Revolver Magazine (March/April 2003). Dress to Kill
• Revolver Magazine (November/December 2002). Dress to Kill
• Revolver Magazine (September/October 2002). Dress to Kill
• While You Were Sleeping (Issue No. 19). Dress to Kill
• Juice Magazine (Issue No. 56). Dress to Kill

[edit] Revised version

The article has been recreated using the above (except the 'films with mnuscle cars' section). Proto///type 09:45, 3 July 2006 (UTC)