Pics of YOUR Larry Watson inspired paint job

Here's my truck that I layed out and painted and my friend Steve's Merc that I helped lay out and sprayed Watson stlye freeway scallops...

 

Here's my first-ever attempt at Scallops. Just got started this past weekend.
The inspiration for the design comes from Ed Roth's "Little Jewel".
The inspiration to get off my ass and actually do it came from hearing about Larry Watson's passing.
I will always remember watching Watson stripe at the Rat Fink Reunion way back when Roth was alive and in attendence. It was in the parking lot at the Mooneyes shop (I will post those pictures as soon as I can find them).
In the meantime, here are the pics of my Hot Rod...

-Jeremy

 

Tribute to Larry.

 

R.I.P. Larry

I was just diagnosed with Cancer back in March and i've met many people in that short of time that are battling for their lives! Please be pro-active about your health! Check your balls...or find a hot chick to do it for you!

 

Great! I saw it in London one time and at the last Hot Rod Hayride and it's impressive!!

Sorry but... are you the "Rough Diamonds" lead guitar? somebody told me at the Hayride... I still have the "Machine Gun" SG!!

 

Thanks for the well wishes and compliments Swedesled66! I certainly will!

 

hell yeah!!
J-bird is the man!!
went over to meet him all the way from europe last summer,,
had a great time learning and observing from the most uprising artist in kustom kulture as of today!!!

 

John Denich's Chevy is a great example,IMO...Also Bud's brothers Chevy.

 

Heres my old DeSoto now in Italy

 

R.I.P. Larry. You know you were a big inspiration on this one.

 

Wow,guilty as charged!way back when I was known as Paul O.My son Danny O now plays for the Caezars.Man,your Chevy looks sweet!
Paul

 

Agree with you Paul. Splendid

 

all of my paintjobs are more or less inspired by the great larry watson....

 

more!!!

 

In high school in the 50's, I flamed and scalloped cars in my parents' driveway with spraycans and newspaper masking ala' Larry.

Much later, I attended the '64 Mickey Thompson show at the Great Western in LA. By then Watson had on moved beyond panel painting and seaweed flames. That show was filled with pearl/flake-top late models, mostly large GM models, that he had done. Two years later when I attended the same show, he had introduced lace painting. So I beat it back to Kansas City and lowered, shaved and painted these brand new cars from '65-69. Same set of Skylark wires on all three cars.

Larry was the creator of this style which eventually took on a life of its own. Years later, a bowdlerized version of the look became known as "lowriders" but they weren't weren't called that in the mid-60's nor were they as garish as they later became.

 

ok, car is very,very O/T ( ...sorry `bout this ) but watson inspired me again. its a candy panel/flame job over silver/gold base, with ivory outline...

 

El P's

 

A little Larry Watson...a little Gene Winfield....

 

that thing would be killer on suprems

 

How about this 51 cheby.

 

buick I did for mike shea, and my galaxie

 

Did you buy this from Bud's brother?

 

That was a few years ago. Looks good with chrome steelies.




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This was my first attempt at flames and it was heavily inspired by the Watson style.

 

Yes, bought it from Buzz about a year ago