list your favorite three stripers!!!

Sonny DePalma
00 Mack
Frank Palmer
i have had the pleasure of owning a Chevy pick striping done by Frank Palmer and my 53 Chevy car dash striped by 00Mack(A.White)i have a shit load of stuff done by Sonny DePalma..

 

In no particular order:
Alan Johnson
Dave Hightower
Glen Weisgerber
Clay White

 

Whodaky
Safariknut
Gv Gordon

 

tommy taylor (not thom) from waukegan il.
he passed away in april 1999.

 

In alphabetical order

Dan "I don't stripe any more" Barnett

Tommy Morgenthaler (this man is one of my heros and highly under appreciated, legally blind and still kickin butt!)

Aaron Nunns

And of course, I am a fan of Von Franco and Shea

 

Franco, Skratch, Crash, Hot Rod, Palmer, Kenny Howard..and to second the perpetuation of the art form all who stripe well.

 

Gasser 57
Von Dutch
Ed Roth

 

#1 Von Dutch
#2 Von Dutch
#3 Kenneth Howard.................My Picks...........OLDBEET

 

Neil Averill
Von Franco
Skratch

 

Hot Dog [pete finlan]

 

I only know 2 dudes that get it done. Both Nor Cal.

Eric Reyes (stick)
Kevin Vornhagen

 

Anthony White
Anthony White
Anthony White

 

Donn Treth

 

Art Himsl
Butchr'
Jack Honse
Dave Bell
Kenny John
Sam Foose
Not in any particular order as we know, ALL stripers have their own style!

 

I agree with a LOT of the above and would like to add Jerry Campbell of Newark, DE. Good man, old school striper and 1st class hot rodder.

 

Another missing from the list........"UNKL IAN!!!" This guy does more to promote pinstriping than anyone I have met. He attends pinstriping Jams all over the US & Canada and spends most of his time teaching and assisting newbies. He LOVES to slap a brush into the hand of someone that has the desire but has never had the opportunity. Thanks "Unk".............

 

Tom Kelly ( A lefty too)
Hot Dog
Lil' Louie
Walt Prey

 

Whodaky
UnklIan
and the guys that arent trying to be superstars

 

My FAVORITE Deadbeat, Barnett! I pay BIG money for his work. =]
Frank Palmer is a freakin RULER!!
Whodaky is a complete god with a saber brush!!

My 3 top favorite stripers of ALL time!! Altho, I do enjoy Steel Ph., Leadsledolds, Brewsir and MITCH!

 

top five:
Dean Jefferies
Von dutch
Roth
vance
chad bowling

 

Tommy the greek
Tom Otis
Neil Meliard ( I bet you ain't heard of him )

 

Peter Pan (of chicago)
Von Franco
Brando ( I think he calls himself something else now) Great striper
Non active Roth and Von Dutch because they pushed the limits (all Limits)

 

Hard to choose.......I think the best way is to just add to the list. I did not see Rollie.

There are so many very good stripers that only have local fame. Just take a look on pinstripers lounge to see that there are many very goood brothers of the brush.

 

Thanks for the kind words guys! Heres mine at the moment
Alex in Wonderland
Don Ives
Mitch Kim
The Llewellyn Bros.
Shakey Jake
Alan Johnson
HARPO
Hotlines Joey Madden
Nelson Medina
Vic Kessler
Nicky Rorro

 

i'll throw my favs to the list....mostly locals....but still known elsewhere.....

dauber (fine line master ....and gold leaf par none..)

bill reoll .... (short round ...one of the reasons i got into this gig...and candy painter from hell....)

herb martinez (sp) ... saw him at super chevy about 88 or so....

and a guy that was at a small local show when i was just getting out of high school....and actually talked to me about striping.... think his name was lance...from la designs out of indiana....

brandon

 

forgot a couple others....

not sure if you'd call him a striper ...but i'm sure he does stripe.... scott sullivan

another dayton area guy that was influencial... john minigue (sp) MDI his drag car lettering and striping was impressionable to me then and still is now...

steve lainhart ....

joe bianche .... the guy has some of the nicest script lettering and fine line stuff out there....usually seen on big trucks

which would also bring up .....tramp.... another master

brandon

 

Ron Myers (Myers)

Mike Sexton (Sex)

Greg Tuter (Lil Toot)

What's crazy, is they are all here in Tulsa. It's probably a bias because of that reason. I have looked at and watched others, but these fellas still take the cake.

Reverend Jake

 

...there will be about 200 in Detroit in March !!!

pretty hard to narrow it down, I won't make a list 'cause I'd always think of another I should have added....the Pinhead Lounge has quite a few....And there is no "best" and never will be because it's like handwriting...everybody's is different, and everybody has a "style "they like.
If I couldn't stripe, and I wanted some done, there's about 6 guys here within an hour's drive that all do just as good a job as anyone I've ever seen ! And, there's some damn good young "up & comers"

 

Frank Palmer ..........who else?

 

well lets not just think of it as a "favorites" list anymore, lets just throw names out there of who you like that way people can head over to the lounge and look them up