Operator's manual — original car art
Petrol & Ink

Car Christmas gifts that do not guess the marque.

Twenty-eight original car prints, and not one of them carries a manufacturer's badge, a livery or a model name. That makes them hard to get wrong for someone whose favourite make you only half know. Each one is printed after you order, with UK delivery inside the price.

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The Workshop: a classic car up on the lift, tools on the wall and dust in golden light
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How this page is laid out. Eight prints, each suited to a different kind of car person, then the formats, then the working days. If you already know what they like, the car gift decision tree gets to one answer faster. The December timing for a photo of their own car is on Christmas gifts for car guys.

Eight prints for a Christmas list

  • The Workshop. A classic up on the lift, tools on the wall, dust in the golden light. For anyone with a garage, whatever they drive.
  • The Barn Find. A half-pulled tarp and slatted light on faded chrome. For the one who scrolls classified adverts for cars they will never buy.
  • 1965: The Coupe. A long-bonneted fastback GT in one continuous line, with a teal accent on the wheel arch. The quiet one, for a shared living room.
  • Apex at Dawn. A 1930s open-wheel racer cresting a hill at sunrise in ochre, cream and signal red. For racing fans.
  • V8 Anatomy. Bonnet up, with a muscle-era V8 drawn in blueprint detail above the car that carries it. For the one who would take the engine apart to see how it works.
  • Kanjo Glow. A nineties coupe on the top deck of an empty multi-storey at 1am, in sodium light and teal shadow. For the JDM and night-drive crowd.
  • Deco Riviera. An open roadster on a corniche above a geometric sea, in 1930s travel-poster style.
  • Pixel Roadster. A 16-bit roadster on an empty desert highway under a banded sky. For someone who learned to drive on a games console.

The other twenty are in the shop, and the style pages group them: vintage car posters, JDM night drives, art deco, blueprints and pixel art.

No badges, on purpose

Nothing sold here carries a badge, a livery, a model name or a race number. That began as a licensing decision. At Christmas it also means you cannot hand over the wrong marque, and gifts for car lovers explains why that matters to people who care about cars.

Sizes and finishes

Posters run from A4 to 70x100 cm. Framed posters come at A3 or A2 in black or natural wood. Canvas runs from 30x40 to 60x80 cm, framed canvas from 30x40 to 50x70 cm in black, dark wood or natural wood, metal from 30x40 to 50x70 cm, and wood at 30x40 or 40x50 cm. Every print also comes as an 11oz mug or a 500ml bottle for a stocking. The car poster size guide matches each size to a wall.

Working days before Christmas

Every piece is made after the order. Production takes 2 to 4 working days and delivery another 2 to 5, so count on up to 9 working days, with weekends and bank holidays not counted. A print ordered on a Monday can take until the Friday of the week after. Delivery is included in the price and we deliver to UK addresses only. The full terms are on delivery and returns.

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