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title: "Which Car Posters Adorned Your Walls When You Were a Kid?"
description: "And if you have photos, we want to see them."
date: "2021-08-07"
modified: "2021-08-07"
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  - name: "Kristin V. Shaw"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/41885/which-car-posters-adorned-your-walls-as-a-kid"
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---

# Which Car Posters Adorned Your Walls When You Were a Kid?

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Next to [posters](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/37100/the-lamborghini-diablo-sv-is-the-childhood-poster-car-youd-actually-want-to-drive-today>) of Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, and Skid Row on the walls of my college dorm room, a print of a vintage [Ford Thunderbird](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/35925/this-1978-ford-thunderbird-hotrod-is-a-gearheads-first-love>) held a place of honor. Set on what appears to be a ferry at sunset, the whitewall tires stood out next to polished fenders and fueled my dreams of owning one someday. Now I have [Clive Cussler’s automotive coffee table book](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/39966/stutz-made-1931-dv-32-boattail-speedster-was-the-automakers-majestic-last-hurrah>) next to me and a Chevrolet racing model in a plexiglass case on the corner of my desk, but I can’t forget that poster.

Thinking about it made me wonder: which car posters did you affix to your walls when you were growing up?

![message-editor%2F1628354082445-posterinline1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1628354082445-posterinline1.jpg>)
**Photo by [David von Diemar](<https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText>) on [Unsplash](<https://unsplash.com/s/photos/lamborghini?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText>)**

Kids reaching their teen years in the 1980s might have chosen a powerful [Lamborghini Countach](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32804/only-a-fool-would-keep-a-1990-lamborghini-countach-with-84-miles-on-the-clock>) or a [DeLorean](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/31926/theres-a-new-delorean-dmc-12-on-the-way-sort-of>) from the *Back to the Future* movies. A decade later, Toyota’s redesigned Mark 4 [Supra](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/41791/some-goober-paid-201000-for-a-1995-toyota-supra-turbo-with-6571-miles>) was a prime poster child. The Ford GT90 would have been a frequent sight, as would a Ferrari Testarossa (in red, of course). The ["bedroom wall poster factor"](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/8301/amelia-island-millennials-and-gen-xers-are-changing-the-collector-market>) is a real thing, and it influences the buying market for each generation.

[Car museums](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/17665/car-posters-and-poster-cars-make-an-appearance-at-the-simeone-automotive-museum>) and quirky shops like [Barris Kustom Industries](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/22356/mecum-to-sell-george-barris-hollywood-oddities-collection-at-harrisburg>) showroom have (or used to have) vintage posters on display, and I'll always be partial to the ones from the Art Deco era. I have a ton of prints from car shows and events from the past several years that would make great prints. Now that I'm an adult, I'm less likely to tack bare posters to my walls with that sticky blue stuff that leaves stains on the walls. Frames and mattes are more appropriate now, but nothing beats that feeling of freedom to put a poster of a 1955 Bel Air anywhere you want. If it's crooked, who cares? If the corners are curling, so what?

![message-editor%2F1628354415019-2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1628354415019-2.jpg>)
*Kristin Shaw*

![message-editor%2F1628354430330-3.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1628354430330-3.jpg>)
*eBay*

![message-editor%2F1628354628917-posterinline2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1628354628917-posterinline2.jpg>)
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My 11-year-old son unfurled a print from the 2019 [Concours](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/41491/concours-events-are-popping-up-everywhere-again-in-2021>) event we attended at [Park Place Dallas](<https://www.parkplace.com/SupercarShowcase>) on the back of his door. It makes me smile every time I see it; it's a good start for my young enthusiast.

Share in the comment section which cars adorned your walls. Bonus points if you have photos of you next to them with retro hairstyles (and if I ever find mine, I'll add them too).

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## Author
Kristin Shaw is the former Weekend Editor for The Drive and a current freelancer in both the automotive and aviation worlds. She’s a big fan of anything car-related and calls on her technology background on the corporate side to explain engineering and high-tech concepts. Now living in her sixth state (New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia, and now Texas), she is thrilled that working from home is now mainstream.

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