Hot Rod Magazine finally covers some pinstriping (About time!) they have ignored it for about 40 years

Hot rod Feb 2012 issue

Manuel Cisneros pinstriping http://www.cisnerospinstriping.com/ and my galleries of his work http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/08/great-kustom-that-belongs-to-one-of.html and

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/07/great-looking-harley-terrific.html

David Allen Garcia designs http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=D.A._Designs

Craig Fraser http://ebooksfreedownload.org/2011/04/kustom-pinstriping-techniques-with-craig-fraser.html 

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Stephan Marjoram is a remarkable artist, and a marvelous photographer... here is his Auto Art Advent series from his blog "Stefan's Sketch Blog"

http://stefanssketchblog.blogspot.com/ is the source, and you can page through and look through all the rest of the art Stefan has posted... awesome!

 or check the Flikr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefanmarjoram/6520015323/in/photostream because you'll enjoy the series, which gets released one image a day, and they are for sale too! 

"Throughout December Ill be adding a new one every day. Original pencil and watercolour on 6x4inch (postcard size) watercolour paper . £24 inc shipping worldwide" www.etsy.com/shop/StefanMarjoram

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Joe Martin Foundation's Metalworking Craftsmen of the Year award winner Louis Chenot and his 1/8th scale fully operational 1932 SJ Duesenburg

 Louis Chenot  has spent the past ten years building this incredibly detailed 1932 SJ Duesenberg LaGrande dual-cowl phaeton. Not only does it look good, but the engine runs, the lights work, the top mechanism functions and the transmission and driveline are complete. Lou started his research on this project over fifty years ago with the purchase of a book and through the following years collected many drawings and studied a number of Duesenbergs while they were being restored, taking photos and recording dimensions

Lou was presented with a special Lifetime Achievement award by the Joe Martin Foundation for Exceptional Craftsmanship in 2009. The model was nearing completion but the engine had not yet run. Now that the engine runs and the model is completed, Lou has been selected as the foundation's "Metalworking Craftsman of the Year." The award includes an engraved award medallion and a check for $2000.00. Lou is the 15th person to receive this coveted annual award. Because it is likely that this could well be the finest running model car ever built in this small a scale, Lou's award this year will be presented as the "Craftsman of the Decade." More can be seen on this car and some of Lou's other projects at www.CraftsmanshipMuseum.com/Chenot.htm


See the outstanding work of Lou and 99 other world-class craftsmen at http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/

Thanks Randall!

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dirk skreber's car crash art pieces, not wrecked in accidents, bought new and folded at a car testing facility

see a full gallery at http://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/05/dirk-skrebers-car-crash-sculptures.html

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Scamming sleezebag alert, counterfeit art being sold at car shows... help out my friends in the hot rod art scene, don't buy from anyone but the real artists.. not Joe Werner. He's selling copies from low-res bad quality images

 Joe Werner, sleeze bag at the Essen Motor Show this weekend in Germany. Deny him your support, keep your cash from someone stabbing a hot rodder in the back.

Want good art? From good artists? Hell yes you do, you want pinstriping from a pinstiper, not a roll on pizza cutter. You want lettering and race car numbers from a artist, a letterer, a sign painter. Not a decal you print at home.

Why? Pride. Proud that you are a hot rodder, an amatuer race car driver, a drag racer... a guy who is living his life with a real passion for the best you can achieve, the best speed, the best lap, the best car, the best parts.

Just like BOMONSTER, who wants just his best work getting into your garage, your bumper, your tool box... not a cheap imitation.

If I was going to ESSEN this weekend, I'd bring a bottle of tempura paint, and spalsh it all over his display. Then hold up a sign, that reads "FAKES SOLD HERE"... cause I'm that kind of guy. I got your back.

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Von Dutch stuff that just sold at the Bonhams auction at the Peterson Museum, 2 days ago

 Somewhere these mototcycles must be the stars of someones collection... but i bet at least one of the bikes Von Dutch restored is not recognized by whoever owns it now.

the auction is the annual Collectors' Motorcars, Motorcycles and Related Memorabilia at the Peterson Museum http://www.petersen.org/default.cfm?DocID=902&CalendarID=935

the online catalog with the prices things sold for is at http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/WService=wslive_pub/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=usa&screen=catalogue&iSaleNo=19466&iSaleLotNo=133 but isn't likely to be there for long

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