Yeah I know;I'm not looking to start another ****storm about whether the magazine is good or bad.I just wanted to let everyone with an artist's bent know about a feature in the new issue. I don't have a subscription to it as the local newsstand carries it along with a LOT of other mags including Chrome and Flames. The article in question is a profile of a new(in the chronological sense)striper from Avon(?) Ohio named Dustin Cooper.I had the pleasure of meeting him at the Ed Roth Memorial Show in Bluffton Indiana a couple of years ago and I believe he was either 13 or 14 at the time. A really nice kid and a very talented striper even then.He showed me some of his work and it was very impressive.The job he had done on his Dad's truck was really nice. His work has progressed tremendously since then and he is getting the recognition he so richly deserves. Like I said I just wanted to give everyone a heads-up on the article.GOOD JOB DUSTIN! Ray
dang it! now i gotta go to the store and buy it. thanks for the heads up Ray!!!!! see ya at autorama.
Dustins dad and I are very old friends, Ray. They live in Avon, Indiana. Dustin is really a good kid with his head on straight and he is turning out to be one hell of a talented striper!! You can usually find him and his dad at most of the major car events during the summer. Good to see Dustin getting some ink.
Have to admit, I bought it too....for The Ace Cafe article...The picture of the gal & guy in front of the Beauty Parlor made me laugh, they are my friends Bev & Terry, the picture was from Goodwood's Revival meet the year before (2003) NOT The Ace Cafe, also the shot of the BSA Cafe racer on the other page, thats owned by a guy called Gary, that was ALSO Goodwood, not The Ace I e-mailed OSR telling them...but funnily enough, got no reply That young guys seriously talented too....Von Dust And he's got a HEMI DeSoto! Dave
Dave, I'm so gutted about the ACE Cafe...... when I was doing my OE over there in the early 1990's I lived just down the road from there, close enough to piggy back a pissed local girl from the Hanger Lane tube station (but thats another story) was sweet F/A to do round there then, looks a bit flasher these days.
We need to find the latest as well....we just started advertising with them ( via Felon/Lucky 13).......joined the forum,too.....
As much as I got amped up by the kid in Old School Rodz and picked up the issue,I find it odd that all of the stripers that are featured in most of the mags are more or less these new wave rat rod type beginners. Why is it that Ive never opened a magazine and seen a nice feature on Safariknut,Larry Hook,alex in Wonderland,Peter Pan,Rotten Ron,Marc Fenyo,Calico,Harpo or a hundred or so others who are seasoned pros with any where between 15 and 40 years of paying hard dues. Its amazing how the general public and even the magazine people who think they are in the know have no idea what they are looking at. Most people have no ability to tell the difference between a knife grade world cl*** pro and a beginner. If the beginner has a greaser costume on and a good nic name,chances are hell get the ink.
Thanks Andy I meant to say Indiana but you know how us old farts are with our memories and such! One of the things I liked about Dustin is he is very polite and has a great at***ude;he will go a long way I believe.Hopefully we'll see you again this year if I can ever shake this vertigo thing. Ray
I couldn't have said it better myself, and I'm glad that it was mentioned. Coming from Anthony I think the comment carries extra weight.
I guess thats fine but they take it to the extreme. Ive seen these magazines call guys masters pros and "one of the best around" when it looks like they used a grease pencil for a center line,used a grease pencil to sketch out a design and the work ends up looking amateurish at best any way!It is good that these cats are doing this kind of work but there are alot of more deserving cats who have spent years mastering STRAIGHT LINES,sign painting, and world cl*** custom design work. These are professionals who eat as a result of the art work and they deserve the exposure. Let me just say however that I think any decent striping done by a 15 year old is something every one thinks is cool amd wants to see including me.
Thanks to all on this thread for the kind words about Dustin. Our good friend Tom Culbertson, is the one responsible for giving Dustin his first brush and can of One Shot about 3 and 1/2 years ago. Since then it has been practice, practice, practice. I would also like to thank all of you on the HAMB who have had the confidence in Dustin to let him do striping for you. He is getting his next big break tomorrow, a local bike shop here in town is building a bike to put in a commercial display for Bike Week in Daytona. They have called him and asked him to stripe, letter and silver leaf it for them. Thanks again, Dustin's Dad
Tom Culburtson cant stop talking abuot this kid every time he comes east.Its cool to see his work after hearing about him for the past few years.
Sounds like a plan to me Jim;Cute was my 155 lb. Rottweiler with fur hanging out of his drooling mouth! Seriously though there are all too many instances in this wonderful looney bin we call life where the people who work behind the scenes rarely get the credit they deserve. Look at all the famous body shops over the years as an example;How many people ever knew who Junior Conway or **** Dean even were? How about NASCAR? Every one knows who Dale Earnhardt was but I would be willing to wager not more than a couple fans out of a hundred knew his pit crew chief's name(I wouldn't but then again I'm not a NASCAR fan). I've worked with a bunch of youngsters over the years who were absolutely sure that they wanted to become stripers when they graduated from school and I can count on the fingers of one hand the number who have actually followed through or even attempted to. Not that weren't sincere but the majority realized after awhile that it is something you can't learn over a couple weeks and you have to actually PRACTICE every day. My drafting teacher in high school fondly referred to that awakening as,"The baseball bat between the eyes" syndrome called,"REALITY". Old fart actually knew what he was talking about all along! Anyway my original intent in starting this thread was to merely give some praise to a kid who does practice every chance he gets and realizes that you have to do that in order to even have a chance of succeeding in this world and there are damn few of them out there today.I think they deserve all the recognition they can get. Rant over;you can return to your regularly scheduled insanity. Ray Oh yes I almost forgot:my "puppy"minus the mouth fur!
We'd like to see pics of his work. Are you guys coming to Autorama next week? Have him bring his brushes.
I didn't realize who you were MercDeuceMan. Cool. Dustin is a good kid. You should have seen the crowd of 13 year old girls surround him when Kulturepimp told them he was the NEXT Jesse James after the World of Wheels last year. He signed like 15 autographs and the girls were all giggly. It was hilarious.
Thanks kindly,Stace.....it's called "paying my bills".....plus,any excuse to take pics of the wifey is enough reason for me...... Do you still plan to ****-Box us like a Speed Bag? Do you want to see the "OUT-TAKES"...? Johnny
I can see where you may have had a problem with the article. I started striping when I was 13 and it was my only job till when i was around 17. I allready knew that I would not know 'everything' about striping before hand. I decided a long time ago not to do it for my 'career'. Years have came and gone and now I'm 20 years old, be 21 in January. I have been in alot more magazines not only with the pin striping, but with cars/hot rods that I have done the paint and bodywork on, both my cars ('64 Cadillac & '55 Desoto) at different car shows, having won three ISCA Rising Star awards in one year at the indoor shows, being part of the Road Rockets car club here in Indy, and a few other things. I wasn't dressed up in any "greaser outfit", I really don't like greasers to begin with and their 'bad ***' image. I've been working full time at Elite Body Shop for two and a half years now. I do anything from painting, welding and fabricating, wiring, mechanicle work, suspension, sand and buffing, pin striping and anything else that needs to be challenged. At nights, I work for Tom Culbertson at his shop doing paint and bodywork as well. He and I are really close, like my second dad. We do alot of custom projects and I've learned alot from him and my dad included. The copper El Tiki car that Tom built, I did the paint and boby when I was still in High School. My dad owns the car now. And I really hate rat rods, always have. i like traditional hot rods that are painted and nice traditional customs as well. I still pin stripe on the side everynow and then for people I know, but I don't advertise it like I used to. I'm always learning from many, many people and I don't ever consider myself knowing it all. I do my best at what I do and I work for everything I've got, no handouts here. Understand where I'm going with this? I'm not your typical kid that's a 'weekend warrior' when it comes to this lifestyle of fifties styled hot rods and customs. Thanks Oh, Safariknut, thanks for everything. I will never forget that day we spent together srtiping at the show in Bluffton.
god damn it. I hope my old lday dont see this. She already threatens me with leaving me for you......... actually Ill trade ya for some of your teenage groupies..........18 and up of course......?
It'll be alright, just let me know what groupies of interst you have and I'll hook you up. You don't think we can share? Thank BillBrown
Congrats to Dustin. I have had to pleasure to meet him and his dad. Great people, great cars they have built, a real ***et to any show they attend. I have to admit Ol' Skool Rods is trying real hard to take it up a notch, and it is showing with articals like this.
On page 68 of this months OSRs is two more hamb cars. Kinda neat that Von Dust worked for me one summer and painted the Krylon ( Black dodge) and striped it as well. He picked the color combo and its been a hit ever since. The tail lights for the project came from Dustin as well , i guess i can sya he has got "bubba vision"
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