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I always liked asking people who were wearing Von Dutch clothing such as hats if they knew his real name? I told them I will give you five bucks...
Back in the early thirties, there were also a number of ladies who pinstriped cars for the major brands of cars and they could go around the...
They had good painting equipment but the problem was they used cheap paint! If you knew someone who worked for one of the inexpensive companies...
I agree with Pat I used to do this trick all the time on my 1951 Chevrolet Coupe rear shackles. I also put metal spacers in between the coil...
He was also a very talented craftsman when it came to making custom knives. Jimbo
I also had a starter motor connected with a belt on a hand truck to start my McCulloch engine back in the 60's and early 70's Jimbo
I thought it was used for checking the depth of the piston in a cylinder. Jimbo
Wow seeing the old Money Ward ad for rebuilt engines sure brings back the old memories! Jimbo
I appreciate your post because it is drag racing history and a very important part of it. Not sure if the HAMB is the right place to post it...
Pinstriping has always been a very interesting business and I have met pinstripers who believe it or not had unlisted phone numbers and when I...
I think some of the people who put on large shows are overcharging the vendors and have been for many years. I always thought someday they will...
Gearhead Graphics: I understand just what you are saying. Pinstripers were treated just like any other vendor setting up their easy-up canopies...
Thanks again for sharing this story. Jimbo
Thanks for sharing this great story right before Christmas. What was the artist's name just in case others might want to use his service? Jimbo
These are the kind of stories I love to hear about where someone just passing through and happens to have his brushes and One Shot paint with him...
The enemy of all kinds of metal is the air and what's in it! I think a good oil might work and I have even used wheel bearing grease on engine...
The thing I hate most about getting old is how fast things are changing in our world today. Drag racing to a certain extent seems to be going away...
I remember watching Bob Bond pinstripe a car in Orlando years ago and when he was done he signed his work in lettering that was so small I could...
I do remember the days when Jake Hudson was following the N.S.R.A. shows all over the country and he would set up hin Easy Up canopy and have one...
I have a feeling it just might not be profitable anymore to travel and follow the N.S.R.A. around the country. The costs for vendors to display...
Well, it looks like the answer to my question might be not many based on the responses to my question. I guess this is another business that just...
There were always a few Pinstripers who would travel to many of the National Street Rod Shows and I was just wondering if they are still doing it...
I want to Thank You for putting all of those old photos together showing us the progression of change over the many years. That had to take you...
You raise an interesting question. I recreate old racing decals and that is also the way I sell them as reproductions! I received a phone call one...
Wow you learn something new each day of your life! Learning the proper way to change a battery without having to reprogram the computer or radio...
Wow, the old Army and Navy stores were located in many towns and cities all over the country years ago. Jimbo
I miss the old Howard Johnsons and I stopped and ate in many of them over the years and even stayed in their motels over the years. Are their any...
McCulloch was a great company back in the '60s and if you raced and were using their engines they took could care of you in the form of Free...
Part of the problem is the era in which I grew up because we never had much money and the only way our family car ever got fixed was if we fixed...
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