Featured Art & Inspiration FRIDAY ART MARCH 21, 2025

Hello,

The old race cars at the drags always gave me inspiration for the new art work. Chopped coupes, modified sedans and a bevy of roadsters, as well as FED race cars of all styles. It was like living in a history book. Spending time allows me to create something that months and perhaps years, it would take to build them from scratch or partially completed builds. Art is less expensive, but a creative way to enjoy hot rods and custom cars from the comfort of your chair/desk.

This blue 32 sedan could be in the Altered Class, despite having a full, street legal baffled exhaust piped header system. In those early days, if a street legal build Gas Coupe/Sedan had one item not street legal, then it was reclassified as an Altered Coupe or Sedan. Now, the 10% legal set back was helpful, but the full Altereds were allowed a 25 % set back to separate the two drag race classes.

One of the most fun cars and one that made the most noise was the white Reath Automotive Model A Sedan. If one was standing close to the starting line, covering your ears was a standard move as the motor made a tremendous display of horsepower upon starting its runs down the quarter mile. It was all power at the accelerator.

Jnaki
January 25, 1958 with a McCulloch supercharger
One of the earliest photos of the famed Long Beach, CA Model A Altered Sedan was named Koening/Pick/Reath Automotive. Joe Koenig, Steve Pick and of course, Reath Automotive, all local So Cal racers and popular speed shop. As most knew, Reath Automotive usually was associated with the top racers in this region. They offered sponsorships from little to big time, or helped build a bunch of race cars and teams. This version was one of the very first ones in this same chopped Model A sedan in So Cal.

An updraft carburetor motor from Reath Automotive was used for experimental tests along with sharing it with other Long Beach Reath Automotive race cars and teams. (Bruce Woodcock/Rakers Altered and the 32 Vicky of the Vulcans.)

1958-59 Lions Dragstrip: white sedan with yellow highlights and wheels. The color combination provided everyone to identify with it immediately, while the motor created an instant recognition in the pits and staging area.

Our favorite chopped Model A sedan, for which all others from 1958 followed in form, similar style and function, came from the Reath Automotive stable of hot rods. In 1958, a white Model A chopped sedan rolled into the pits with the name Koenig/Pick and Reath Automotive on the side. Then, over a period of time, the names changed on the door panel. (Sundin/Koenig or just Reath Automotive) with Dosser Automotive, a local Long Beach Jeep dealer, one of the last known names on the side.

Reath Automotive Model A Sedan

 

A couple of my older pieces, of pen and ink drawing's. Happy (FAS) to everyone.

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Cousin Ted’s GMC flatbed.

 

Happy FAS folks.
Some more stuff from back when my joints didn't make creaking noises.

From Junkyard News.



T-shirt design.


Cartoon from Street Rodder Magazine.

 

oops, miss'd this one

 

I count 10 aliens. Great job of hiding them @rusty1

 

{ A story } Celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary this weekend. It's this Sunday the 23rd. I'll posted some old photos from our honeymoon to Daytona Beach on the Off topic Rod and Custom forum. { 53 to now Corvette thread } So here's an old Beach doddle lol

 

Airbrushed t-shirt from a few years ago...

 

Another airbrushed tee. Apologies to Stanley Mouse and Sesame Street.

 

Congratulations on your 50th anniversary! Joe

 

Congrats Ron on 50 years...and hoping for many more.
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I got 10 also

 

Sorry guys, you’re counting the three between the coupe and sedan twice. Prove me wrong,
but I’m pretty sure I’m right. Great star to the FAS as usual. DoUg

 

I’m working to get some new stuff up soon but these re-pops will have to do for now.

 

Still going with 10 aliens.

 

Yep. They're tough little buggers to find, I was stuck on 8 for a while.

 

Hey @buford_59
Confidence is high, that the count is accurate at 10 aliens. It really helps to have an I-pad that is linked to my computer, that way I can really zoom into the picture a lot closer than with just the standard feature of the computer screen. As seen so far, others are finding 10 Aliens as well !
You asked for proof that you are wrong, well here is the proof as per the official Alien counter! (Cheshire smart ass grin)
Thanks from Dennis.

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So what say you?
I'm not able to focus now ( lost a lot of blood last night. ( Got fixed okay today )
I can always depend on @41 GMC K-18 for the correct info on anything.

 

Happy anniversary Ron
@Ron Funkhouser

 

Happy Anniversary!

 

Congratulations on your big number Sunday. Ours is tomorrow but only 28 years. Today is back out Eve. The one day a year you can opt out without hard feelings. If we are both here in the morning, we have re upped for another trip around the sun.

I don’t have any art to share, but I have this…
What is the shortest sentence in the English language? I am.
What is the longest sentence? I do.

Celebrate responsibly.

 

Very funny indeed ^^^^^^^^^

 

That is the most.