hey , does anybody have a good photo or scan of the old lady luck decal the one with a real wrench ... not a pipe wrench! and it has a banner saying "Lady Luck" not the circle??? thanks a bunch
yea, how'd ya guess??? i know it's probably been done a million times but my chick really digs pin up girls and i want to keep with the theme! do ya know of any of these olddies???? thanks man
cool.....but still not what i am lookin for! i am gonna do it on the under side of my upper arm i havea skull, coop cross wrenches and flames on the outer upper arm.i want lady luck on the underside!
I use Dogpile, put in a search "Nose Art" and came up with a couple promising sites. http://www.aviationartcentral.com/ http://www.bombergirl.com/ http://www.nose-art.net/ Go here and look around...........
In one of those "The first year of Hot Rod" of "The first year of Hop Up" I seem to remember a story about some guys who were producing graphics back then and there is a lady luck in there. I know this doesn't help with the flash your looking for but it is some interesting history behind the desgin.
LOTS to choose from out there.....all based on the original Nose Art.....Rick Griffin's, Mouse,Impko Decals,Roth(Griffin,again), ......
I think the one he wants has the horse shoe in one hand, a double open end wrench in the other, the cloverleaf covering the ***** area, and a banner that says Lady Luck. I had that one back in the late 60's, but it was already old when I got it.
If I remember right, I thought it was an upside down spade (i.e. from a deck of cards) that covered her ***** area, the shape being somewhat symbolic of what was lying underneath (or maybe I am just a pervert!)... JohnnyAce...any update on the DMH piece, I am dying to see it!
Here's one of the more historically correct ones I've seen for a while. Far as I can tell, exactly like the ones sold at the Carpinteria Thunder Bowl midget races in 1951 or so. (I had an embroidered patch like this that dad brought home from the races.)
Here are some lady luck pictures that are historically significant. I always thought lady luck was a hot rod thing, but this P-38 was painted in 1944 by Fred Hayner, a part of the 434th fighter squadron. He recreated it for me 6-7 years ago. The original artwork came from a matchbook cover from a bar in New Orleans. This is right from the horse's mouth. Interesting, ain't it?
Looked and looked for the pics i had of her as nose art, but couldn't find her anywhere....but here's my version...nothing better than a red head...
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