Pepper Comfort Colors tee shown back and front with the It Was Like That When I Got Here design: a large back print and a small snapped bolt and the words It Was Like That When I Got Here on the chest.

It Was Like That When I Got Here Mechanic T-Shirt, Snapped Bolt Exhibit A Tee

Comfort Colors 1717 / Pepper / S
$29.99
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Pepper Comfort Colors tee shown back and front with the It Was Like That When I Got Here design: a large back print and a small snapped bolt and the words It Was Like That When I Got Here on the chest.
  • Pepper Comfort Colors tee shown back and front with the It Was Like That When I Got Here design: a large back print and a small snapped bolt and the words It Was Like That When I Got Here on the chest.
  • Back of a Pepper Comfort Colors 1717 tee with the snapped bolt in two pieces with an Exhibit A evidence tag under the words It Was Like That When I Got Here.
  • Front of a Pepper Comfort Colors 1717 tee with a small snapped bolt and the words It Was Like That When I Got Here on the left chest.
  • Close-up of the print: cream bolt with blue linework snapped in two, red rust specks, yellow snap marks and a cream evidence tag with handwritten notes, plus slab-serif lettering and light speckled distressing.
  • Pepper Comfort Colors tee shown back and front with the It Was Like That When I Got Here design: a large back print and a small snapped bolt and the words It Was Like That When I Got Here on the chest.
  • Back of a Pepper Comfort Colors 1717 tee with the snapped bolt in two pieces with an Exhibit A evidence tag under the words It Was Like That When I Got Here.
  • Front of a Pepper Comfort Colors 1717 tee with a small snapped bolt and the words It Was Like That When I Got Here on the left chest.
  • Close-up of the print: cream bolt with blue linework snapped in two, red rust specks, yellow snap marks and a cream evidence tag with handwritten notes, plus slab-serif lettering and light speckled distressing.
It Was Like That When I Got Here Mechanic T-Shirt, Snapped Bolt Exhibit A Tee

It Was Like That When I Got Here Mechanic T-Shirt, Snapped Bolt Exhibit A Tee

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Every tech has said it, and every tech has meant it. This one is the evidence: a flange bolt snapped clean through the threads, rust on the break, tied to a cream evidence tag that reads Exhibit A, found like this, not my fault. Torque & Tread is made for the people with grease under their nails: auto techs, diesel mechanics, shop owners and everyone who has inherited somebody else's repair.

What you get

  • Front: small snapped bolt with yellow snap marks, IT WAS LIKE THAT / WHEN I GOT HERE and Torque & Tread Garage (about 4 in)
  • Back: IT WAS LIKE THAT in yellow with a red shadow and WHEN I GOT HERE in cream over a large snapped flange bolt with rust at the break and an Exhibit A evidence tag, then Torque & Tread Garage and Documented · Photographed · Not My Fault
  • Printed with premium DTF transfers and heat-pressed by hand in Charleston, SC

Choose your shirt

  • Comfort Colors 1717: heavyweight 6.1 oz garment-dyed cotton, relaxed fit (S–3XL)
  • Bella+Canvas 3001: lightweight 4.2 oz Airlume cotton, softer retail fit (S–3XL)

Printed in signal red, pump yellow, cream and oil blue for dark shirts: Comfort Colors in Pepper or Black, Bella+Canvas in Black or Navy.

Colors may vary slightly by screen.

Care

Wash inside out in cold water, tumble dry low or hang dry, don't iron the print.

Production & disclosure

Designed by Elevated Designs LLC using digital design tools, with AI assistance. Printed and pressed to order in Charleston, SC.

Torque and Tread · mechanics and auto techs — designed by Elevated Designs and printed to order in Charleston, SC.

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