Art & Inspiration Art challenge 11 - 1932 ford

Little Deuce Coupe / The Silver Sapphire
In my opinion, this has to be the most famous Deuce.
Touched by the hands of masters, the shape and style evolved.
I evolved it a bit more with some modifications. Can you spot them?
It's still around; more significant then ever.
Here's a little about the car.

In 1955, 15-year-old Clarence "Chili" Catallo paid $75 for a 1932 Ford coupe that became the Little Deuce Coupe -- his *ticket to the hot rodding scene he so loved.

S****ing together pennies by working in his parents' market in Taylor, Michigan, Chili had Bill Wanderer build and install a 344-cid Olds V-8. Chili rounded out the driveline with Olds parts, including a Hydra-Matic transmission and a chromed 1955 rear end.

Local customizers Mike and Larry Alexander did the bodywork. The "A Brothers" sectioned and channeled the body, added a quad-headlight fibergl*** nose, made a special rolled rear pan, altered the frame, and covered the cobbled frame rails with polished-aluminum fins. Topped with a blue-lacquer paint job, Chili dubbed the hot rod Silver Sapphire.

Chili drag raced the coupe, turning 12.9 seconds at 112 mph in the quarter-mile, then hauled it out west when he turned 18. He *landed a job sweeping floors at George Barris' shop in Lynwood, California, and traded his labor to have the crew there tear down the hot rod, chop the top, and repaint it.

By 1961, the car was an all-out show rod. It now featured a 6-71 blower, three Stromberg 97s carbs, chrome-reversed wheels, a padded and tufted Naugahyde roof insert, and scads of chrome plating.

By campaigning the coupe on the West Coast show circuit, Chili caught the attention of Hot Rod magazine, and the car appeared on the July 1961 cover. Its greatest fame, however, came in 1963, when it appeared on the cover of The Beach Boys' album Little Deuce Coupe.

Chili sold the hot rod, now known as the Little Deuce Coupe at the height of its popularity. It went through three owners by 1963 when Ray Woloszak bought it. Ray changed the car over the years, installing a Chrysler 440-cid engine, and took it on the auto-show circuit.

When Chili's son, Curt, saw it at a Detroit custom show in 1997, he convinced Chili to buy it back. Now back in Michigan, Chili and Curt began restoring the coupe to the way it looked in the Hot Rod magazine shoot that was used for the Beach Boys album cover.

Unfortunately, Chili p***ed away before the hot rod was ready to return to the limelight. Curt forged ahead, however, enlisting the help of many of the men who originally worked on the car, as well as General Motors.

Recognizing the blown Olds engine as a significant part of the company's history, GM helped Curt with the engine and drive*train rebuild. The restored car appeared at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in 2001 and at the 50th Detroit Autorama in 2002.

After many changes, the Little Deuce Coupe
now looks like it did when The Beach Boys made it...
one of the most famous cars in the history of hot rodding.

Here's a link to the great site that supplied the above info...
http://www.hotrodsonline.com/halloffame/LilDueceCoupe/index.html

 

very nice Gary!

 

Wow, I've totally missed this one. Feels like 32's are all I've been drawing lately, but not for this contest!

I'll see if I can put something together...

 

ooooh i think im going to have to participate in this one!

 

bump…

 

I've been working on a New Theme for a Hot Rod Shop called "Blood Moon Hot Rods" Heres a screen shot of the work in progress.

More to follow...

 

Does it have to be a drawing? I wouldn't mind taking a stab at it with metal

 

Any art is fair game!

Time is running short...

 

Finally had an idea pop into my head. Hope I get time to see it through.

 

Here is my entry, did it tonight All tig welded together, mostly s**** sheet metal and some nuts and bolts and hydraulic tubing.






-Josh

 

"Blood Moon Hot Rods" ITS ALIVE!!!!!!!!

This little 32' 3 window is gonna be my parts runner and Miss Pushrod is gonna be the driver! Put your seat belts on folks!

This was vectorized in CorelDraw and Painted and shaded in Photo Paint. All with the Wacom tablet! God I love that pen!

the sign was created in CorelDraw.

 

First in flames?
Jim Lytle brought us many thrilling rods.
An example... "Big Al". A 34 sedan with an Allison
12 cylinder aircraft engine and"Quad Al";
that one had four Allisons!
Jim liked horsepower!

My subject is one of his earliest cars.
A chopped and lowered Deuce with a full-race Hemi.
Rod & Custom, in September of 2006 mentioned
that this car is likely the first car painted with flames.
The car was red in front and canary yellow in the rear.
13.2 seconds at 107 mph 50 years ago was pretty quick.

Here's the sketch and the final rendering.

 

Forty,
nice.. You a sign guy by trade?

 

Yes sir. 23 years in the business...once you get in, you can never get out!

 

Aint that the truth! 32 years old and I have been doing it for 18 years.
Hell I moved to Vegas just to get into the big leagues.

Now back onto topic / Nate - My humble offer applies to this challange too. Winner will always get to pick a shirt from my line!

N

 

great!

so for first place we have $300 from Larry (patron saint of the art challenge)

second place is a quality shirt from flatblackindustries

third place will be a vintage mechanical pencil from me.

5 days and counting!

 

...c'mon guys...

 

what do u wanna see Larry give us some ideas

 

Is it time for a Sticky? Wadda ya think Nate?

 

Have no fear Larry...the heavy hitters wait for the last minute to post! You know, the shock and awe theory!

 

Here's one I'm working on. How about a custom 32 pickm up.
Want to post it now just in case I don't have time to get the background finished up. I always liked these.
Can't wait to see the big boys toys.

 

Well here's my first art challenge. 32's are my favorite cars, especially since I own one. This one kicked my ***... I still don't know how to use ellipse guides this is pretty much all done free hand. Hope you guys like...

Endsville
Von Franco

 

wonderful stuff mr franco

 

Say "32" and "traditional" to me and Duane Spencers car pops up in my mind, but the one I'd like to have in my garage is the Neal East car, minus the "frenched" door hinges.

 

...more...







*Eastwood/Barakat sedan*

 

Damn, I started one yesterday and worked on it for about 30 minutes. I thought I would be different and do a channeled coupe....guess I am a**** the m***es. I see if I can get one up before the deadline.

 

Welcome Von Franco...Nice job on the coupe, I like your chrome treatment.

Fowler5...looking good.

cecce...nice line work.

and I agree with Larry!
...more...

 

Here's my submission..a little different angle on the front of a '32 Ford.

 

you guys had me nervous for a while.. but there is some really great stuff here..

there is still time left!

 

Is it due by the end of wednesday or by the beginning. I may need Wednesday night also and have it in at like 11:59 pm.