Art & Inspiration ///Friday Art Show 06-29-2018 Dedicated to Bob K.\\\

Back in action! Let’s roll...!!!

“Surfin’ U.S.A”


Prints will be available of this very soon as, after many years, I finally had an opportunity to finish it...
“Max Wedge vs Ponch 421SD”

 

Found this on the net......

 

Very nice. The car ain’t bad either.[emoji6]


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Thank you sir!......

 

The Classics today!

 

I posted this memorial graphic I created in the late Bob K's Journey thread and one of his very close friends thread and since this weeks Art Show is in dedication to him I share this here as it reflects a new journey beyond.

I am always moved by the loss here of those around us...whom we have come to know even if many times it is virtual. If anything the loss highlights reason to get out and enjoy our short time here.

Dedicated to Bob K

Regards,
Stogy

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/bob-ks-new-project.1044710/

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ness-bob-klessig.1112155/page-7#post-12626253

Credit to the Photographer's
of imagery used within the composition

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Stogy, your graphic gives me a real tears,
Beautifully done,
Thanks.

 

Beautiful start, some T's.

 

Ratican, Jackson, Stearns 1959
Hello,

We grew up in Long Beach, CA from the early 40s up to 1998. Our cruising hot rod area was within its borders, near the Lions Dragstrip to the Northwest, Bixby Knolls to the East and Belmont Shore to the South and of course, the beach/ocean to the West.


Our hot rod days revolved around Lions Dragstrip and Bixby Knolls. There were different generations of hot rodders that had the same idea, since the very early 50s, cruising around that part of Long Beach.

One of the early racers build a red Altered: The Rasner, Reath, McEwen Fiat A/Altered.

Rasner, Reath, McEwen 1959
We always thought they would be a great match up against the early version of the Ratican, Jackson, Stearns, blue Fiat A/Altered that we always saw racing at Lions Dragstrip in 59-60.

Ratican, Jackson, Stearns, blue Fiat 1959-60

In March 1960, I filmed a race between two Altereds at the Bakersfield Smokers March Meet. There were a lot of different Altereds running in different classes that day. I happen to see the red vs blue Fiat Altereds racing and thought it was the two local Lions race cars in action. It was only the Ratican, Jackson, Stearns blue Fiat against another red Fiat Coupe.
This was not the actual race between the two, top competitors, but the photo shows what it would have looked like back then in early March, 1960.

The Ratican, Jackson, Stearns Fiat A/Altered went through some changes before their winning ways at the 1960 U.S.Nationals in Detroit.

The final shortened wheelbase, changed to 96”, was the right combination for ruling the Altered Coupe class.

1960 Ratican, Jackson, Stearns: National Champion

 

RIP BOB-K

 

Ill ask Walt if he has any pictures of that day he put those guys on the trailer...

 

@Bandit Billy just got an old T-Bird...with a Hemi of all things...this will perhaps inspire him. I still have to check his thread out.

Beautiful Artwork @themoose...

 

R.I.P. Bob K...

 

Image by edcodesign posted Mar 10, 2018 at 2:53 PM

Another T.

 

From a few years back...

 

In Memory of Bob K.

 

real class - Thanks

 

Most Ford guys would think it's blasphemy to modify an early T-Bird but if it's already got a
Hemi then what the heck I think it would make a great looking custom/race car.
Go for it @Bandit Billy !!!!!

 

Great stuff

Great tribute.

 

Nice job 480,but you forgot the BIGSBY logo on the tail piece and the Chet Atkins on the pick guard!

 

Image by edcodesign posted Jun 22, 2017 at 8:36 AM

Another brick in the wall .

 

A beautiful tribute to a great ambassador of the Hamb. HRP

 

Can't wait to see it come together...Bandit I'm sure will deliver a jawdropper with room for the clubs...

 

Thanks everyone for the support and kind words regarding the memorial tribute to Bob. I am passionate about all the artistic endeavors I partake in. The Memorials are definately on another level. May He Rest in Peace.