the Serpent Kombi made by Ken's Art Kustom Garage

https://www.facebook.com/KxAxKxG

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1452807279176561&set=pcb.1452807489176540

vintage how the flames get painted photo

 before the less sticky tapes were created is my guess... ever use drafting tape or chart tape? Or the blue stuff that is all over home DIY projects now? All of those are so much more pleasant to work with than the typical masking tape. That stuff left a lot of residue behind, WHEN it would peel off simple and easy, and that didn't happen very often

https://mecanicien.tumblr.com/image/614497806913290240

cool paint job, though not as awesome as the "Real Fire" that Mike Lavallee was putting on cars... but the hood scoop is remarkable

Loving this

https://www.facebook.com/groups/hotrodsofthe60s

cool flame job Larry Watson put in the cove

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/corvette-hot-rods-picture-thread.545759/page-331

That is a really sweet flamejob

so very 70s

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2501779069996087&set=gm.6834521166593877&idorvanity=456235534422504

might be the most realistic flamejob I've seen

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=250081027341951&set=a.240429528307101

labor intense flamejob

Eric Claptons Willys was at GNRS, and that's kinda interesting. Why does a celeb show their car at a car show, when it's not to win a trophy? Heck if I know. Aren't celebs dodging publicity and the masses unless there is something to gain?

one of the things that delights me about this automotive hobby I'm enthusiastic about, is the sense of humor and variety of things that are included, like the 70s vans

 

This is mighty 70s, bowling, Evel Knievel, chopper bicycles, vans, Cragar SS rims, Spirit of 76 stars and stripes, and Thrush side pipes

that's all the time I have tonight, I'll post most of, or all of the rest of my GNRS coverage tomorrow

hell of a cool way to flame a gas tank

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5782126698515696&set=a.133776016684154

Jay Ward wrote an article on the history of the flame job, he missed a few things though

but this example was a mistake, as this was the Gilmore lion's mane, not flames. 

https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/flame-job-the-hottest-cars-were-an-entirely-american-invention/

And he didn't show the crabclaw flame lick, or Ed Roth's famous flames. 

And he didn't mention "True Fire" the revolutionary style that changed the flamejob about 20 years ago of Mike Lavallee

or the use of Chromostereopsis for 3d flames, in 2d paint. 

no mention of ghost flames, inverse flames, and reversed flames. 

I really do wish experts would ask me about car guy stuff, I could fill them in on the things they don't know

because I already posted about it, a couple years ago http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2020/07/who-invented-flame-job-sondre-kvipt.html

If you haven't seen my previous post about Jay Ward, he's a creative director at Pixar, focused on the Cars franchise since 1998, and also runs the campus classic car show, the "Pixar Motorama"

Before Pixar, he was the editor of Hop Up magazine from 2007 to 2009. He started at Pixar as an entry-level assistant position in the art department around 1996 because a college classmate got a job there and let him in on the secret that it was going to be the next big thing, then worked his way up in quick time from production assistant to coordinator

Before that, he was managing the parts department at an Oakland Harley-Davidson dealership.

Before that, he worked at an auto parts store and then attended California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, now called California College of the Arts.

He joined the Navy Reserves out of high school

Lately he's been an honorary judge at Pebble Beach and the Quail

https://fuelcurve.com/jay-ward/

https://www.cycleworld.com/talking-motorcycles-animation-and-cars-with-pixars-jay-ward/

https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?q=jay+ward

nice, and innovative

 https://www.facebook.com/thegasolinesoul/

It's been a while since I've seen a crabclaw flame job, but I don't recall ever seeing one THIS close to an actual crab's claw in design

 
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-1331#post-14157673

wow, sweet little hot rod

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-275#post-13331361

some of Larry Watson's customs (thanks Steve!)

I think this is a car I've posted before, it's the Floyd DeBore 1958 Pontiac

https://www.vintag.es/2021/03/larry-watson-custom-cars.html

nice... matching the race car to the towing truck

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-139#post-13204155

Bonneville, 1955

https://kustomrama.com/wiki/The_Fred_Larsen_Photo_Collection

Von Dutch flame job on Bob Arner's Streamliner at El Mirage

https://kustomrama.com/wiki/File:Bob-arner-streamliner34.jpg

back in the day...

 https://kustomrama.com/wiki/File:George-wiegand-1930-ford2.jpg