Description: Grateful Dead Shirt : Vintage Original ( Genuine / Authentic ) : 1988 : Summer Tour 1988 !!! : G.D. Rainbow Logo !! - Road Crew Cigar Smoking Mack Truck !!! : X Large ( XL ) : 1988 Grateful Dead Merchandising, Inc. ( GDM, Inc. 1988 ) : " The ! " G.D. Summer Tour '88 Classic !! : Very-Rare !!!!! Grateful Dead '88 Summer Tour Official GDM Tour Shirt ! featuring Rainbow G.D. ! & Summer Tour 1988 Logo !! ... with a Grateful Dead Road Crew ' Mack ' Truck !! - Smoking a Cigar !!! - and Truckin' !!!! on Down the Highway !!!!! Whoa !?!!! Awe~some . . . Holy Dead Shirt !?!!! As all of you Late '80's ' Dead Tourers out there have seen this one ... or at least I sure hope ! Actually, this one is so Incredibly-Awesome ! that Folks Rocked this Beauty ! to Shows !! all the way to the End of the Road in '95! - and even Mickey Hart & Dan Healy ( Both !! ) too ... right on Stage ( behind the Rock & Roll " Lion's Den " ! ) and in the Ultra Sound Soundboard Box - during Dead Shows !!! This was one of those ' Show-Shirts ', right ? So darn cool, that you would wear it with care Always ! - and, it is completely special-enough to choose to wear to a Show during that vital T-Shirt Selection Period ! Hah !! - Classic .... Yes, but so true ! It fact, this shirt kicks so much ass - for really All ! reasons quite-obvious, that even the Band ! liked to rock it. I myself have seen both Mickey Hart, and Dan Healy Rockin' this one ... at Shows ! I'm thinking maybe Billy might have sported this one too, but - can't place it right now ... in my Dead-Head !!! Alright ... so, let's just talk about this Insane ! G.D. '88 Summer Tour Shirt for a little while here, as it is well-deserving ! I mean this almost looks like some kind of logo that you might possibly see on some fancy wooden fruit crate !?! Ha ! Hope you are ' channeling ' me there ... classic. But, I mean look at the Pretty & Bright Rainbow ! - on the Colorful Green-Grassed, and Winding Hill Countryside !! Oh Gee !! And then .. .. .. .. .. Truckin' Down the Freeway ( & Speeding too! - naturally... ), just like a Bat Out Of Hell ! - is a Grateful Dead Road Crew Truck !!! And, this just isn't any Road Crew Truck, as this one is indeed Truckin' in Style! with a prototypical '82-'83-esque Foam-Front / Mesh-Back! Truckers Hat !!! Whoa ! ... with, you guessed it - a big fat " Steal Your Face ! " right on the Foam-Front !! Just! like the ones that GDP was selling in the Early/Mid-'80's !!! And, as we all well know -there ain't quite nothing like a F.F.M.B. ! ( Foam-Front-Mesh-Back ! ) ... and especially the Good Ol' G.D. version !!! And ... just check out this Truck Rockin' the Headphones !!! - with all Antennas in place ! And .. .. .. this is not only a Mack Truck - but, it is a Cigar Smoking Mack Truck !!!!!!! Check out that Cloud of Smoke !?!?!?! It almost looks like this Shirt is seriously faded, or something - but, it's not ... as that is Smoke !!! How awesome ... Dancing Skeletons on the side of this Big Rig ! - and, a Double-Decker Bus following in the background ... down that long & winding Freeway !!! Summer Tour 1988 - Grateful Dead !!!!!!!!!!!!! One of the Hottest !!! Grateful Dead Shirts of All-Time ... & hands-down. Enjoy !!!!!!!!!! This is a Lightly ( Barely ! ) Used Vintage Original Collectible-clothing from 1988 item in Excellent ! condition - please read all of the following information below before bidding/buying - Thank You >>> Tag Size / Brand : Extra Large ( X-Large / XL ) / Badger Sportswear ( 100% Cotton Preshrunk / Made in USA ) Pit to Pit = 24.5" Length = 26" As this is a lightly (barely) used vintage shirt - here are the only issues that stand out to my eye upon very close inspection : >>> a small light stain on shirt front & light marks on shirt collar area (please see photos/photos #8 & #9). >>> very light fading/cracking of design image emblems (please see photos/close-up photos). Please see all photos provided ... & Enjoy !!! *(( Because clothes can be a touchy item, and because I want all of my customers to be 100% satisfied with their purchases -- I will accept returns on any shirt within a 14-days period, as long as the Buyer is willing to pay for return shipping (+ delivery confirmation costs) to return ship the shirt to me. No questions asked. ))* Please ask any questions before bidding/buying & Best of Luck ! ( also ... please feel free to click the 'see other items' button above to check-out my other related live listings - Thanks ! ) U.S. & International buyers welcome (additional shipping charges & delivery time will apply for international destinations). Shipping charges include delivery confirmation on every item. Returns accepted within 14 days of purchase if item is returned unused & undamaged (buyer pays return shipping). All items will be shipped as merchandise with the winning bid entered as item value (2024-2025).
Price: 649.99 USD
Location: Portland, Oregon
End Time: 2024-11-15T18:29:28.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Industry: Music
Artist/Band: Grateful Dead
Size: Extra Large, X-Large, XL
Original/Reproduction: Original
Genre: Rock & Pop
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States