We get as many as a 100 cars some Sunday mornings at the donut shop. I've been hearing about Richard Glymph's square bird. Well it showed up today and what a nice piece! Richards stuff is always the finest! I don't know if that is the mylar tape that they used to use or if it's some kind of chrome paint, but it looks just like what they did back then. 59 Bonneville tail lights on a perforated chrome bezel. Lots of bullets. I'm sure this will be in the magazines soon. He is one of the best.
Nice find Tommy. I missed Richard at York. The guys said he just blew in and out 'cause he was thrashing to get his new squeare bird ready for Gettysburg. That car is the ***s!@%$ But then what else would you expect from a guy on the ballot for the KKOA Hall of Fame Got some detail shots? Dennis
That's all I got. I didn't notice it until it was late. It's usually the same cars. I really didn't get any time to study it. I love the tailight treatment, the mylar? tape and the front bumper bullets. The bronze color is a Prowler color and the pearl white is an Audi color. The 2 colors are separated by a beige pin stripe. Very subtle. It's a work of art as usual.
I never heard of it until NASA launched the "Echo" satelite in '64(?) They made out like it was developed especially for that satelite and charged "us" hundreds of dollars a square foot for the new material... Something different, aluminum tape maybe, was used in the 50's.
Saw the 'Bird, and Richard in Gettysburg last weekend! Fantastic! Fro those of you who don't know Richard, he is probably the finest painter on the East Coast. But more, he is a quiet, un***uming guy. Not a 'big shot' builder, just a regular, approachable guy. Loves rods, and customs. I agree, Glymph for president!
Wow, I need to make sure I check that out some Sunday at the "Church of Donuts" (burtonsville, md shopping center, NW corner of old columbia pike - old rt 29 - and Rt 198. Get there before 9am, people start leaving by then!). I just saw Richard today. He painted my car a few years ago and will be doing the paint to the repair (got rear-ended on 9/11/05). Richard truly is one of those incredibly warm, quiet un***uming types. When you meet him, you don't realize that your talking to an artisan. No hauty at***ude, no way. Just a really nice person. I met him through Doug Kauffman, who you guys probably know as well, since they all hang together. A friend knew Doug, and I was looking for someone to paint my project car. This friend explained that Richard was "the best painter on the east coast, if not better than that". Doug, Leonard Smith, Ed Harper and Richard stopped by my house to see if they'd be interested. I was nervous as hell. I now had 4 old school hot rodders looking at the beast I'd put together (my one and only project car), and I was sure that I'd be back again looking around for someone to do the paint - I was expecting a polite rejection. Imagine my surprise when they liked the car and wanted to do it!!! After all, it's just a japanese jalopy, why would old-school street rodders want to even touch it!? Talk about an ego boost for me! Off it went to Ed's garage where he and Leonard toiled away trying to get the previous body guy's work into shape for Richard to lay paint on it. Ed and Leonard are magicians, taking a pretty rough "ready to paint" car and making it flat and straight enough for Richards guns. Then Leonard pulled his back out installing my rollbar. Man, I felt bad he did that working on my junk! Richard got it into Doug's shop (he was between jobs and didn't have a place of his own to paint in). On went the final sanding coat of primer and then into the booth Richard rented down the street one Saturday. Well, it must have been the silicone in the air in Doug's shop (upholstery) that had gotten down deep into the primer. Even though Richard took extra care wiping it down, the color went on not too bad, but the clear fisheyed like mad (so I heard later). Richard tried to save it, sanded like mad and got the surface his typical SUPER-flat, smooth show car finish. But beneath the clear it just didn't look right. Wavy, just not what his beautiful work turns out like. So what does Richard do? Sands it off and paints it again. He wouldn't let it stay the way it was, even though the finish looked better than 99% of the cars you see at a show. No, he never asked for money. He was embarr***ed by the job and wanted it right. That's Richard for you. Honorable to the end. And humble. Richard Glymph for President! Well, sorry to ramble, but I just thought it coming from one of his customers (who's not in the usual street rod crowd) would be of interest. Pete http://AlteredZ.com
I remember reading in a special edition little book, it was a barris guide to custom interiors, i believe it was dated 1961, and I seem to remember a reference to chrome tape being used to customize a dash. Maybe not myler, but it was chrome tape.
Thats the first "chrome tape" I've seen in many years. Was popular 1958-59 for a short time. Was a real ***** to apply "rite". AS it only went on flat, it followed the curve of the body. And when removed it took Earl with it. (Damn there goes another $29.95) Cool pics!!!.......OLDBEET
not to hijack the thread on this beut of a bird, but here's a pic for old beet. my 60 catalina that har**** did. chrome tape and all....
Looked at your car at HR-O-R, didn"t realize that was tape? Killed job, I even touched it, couldn"t help it!!!!...........OLDBEET
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