Alot of thought and work went in to that car.it IS nice, I can't figger out which piece but I would tone the trim down a bit..But Man!..is that a chopped 60 Buick wagon in the background?!....
Amazingly overdone, but not unfixable. I hate the headlight treatment and the flames. The overall profile is cool, though. I'd clean off the gook, fix the headlights, and paint it shiny black.
I love the taillight treatment. Did you get a better look at what he used? The headlights are tunneled way to deep. They look lonely way out there. Here is an example of great lines spoiled by flames.
It is amazing how much that photo has been circulated over the Internet that past 4 years. I orginally took that one and about 100 others of the Olds belonging to Larry Grobe at the Ducktail Run. This was about the third or fourth incarnation of the car. The next was even more extreme with a grill treatment. The car was different every single year at the Ducktail Run for about a seven period run. It was sold at the Ducktail Run a couple of years ago and I believe financed the VooDoo Kreeper Project. My favorite version of the car is the unchopped version light peach primer and watson style scallops. Very sweet! Larry style is out there and very cartoonish, but thats what I love about it. He does great work, very detailed, and a great guy. Here is a video of an earlier version of this Olds: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7478399085769529607&q=larry+grobe&hl=en
don't customs require a finished/shiney paint job? Cars like this should be called unfinished. Never seen a custom back in the day that didn't have a shiney paint job. That's why they were considered customs. Hotrodders spent the money to go fast, custom guys spent the money to look good. Sure there were exceptions, but not the norm.
I would like to see it with Larry Watson style seaweed green flames instead of those ***** *** pink ones
ditch the flames and put some shinny paint on it. no need for any other paint then some good pin striping.
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