cool documentary on Art Himsl (legend, and winner of the 1969 AMBR) and van painting from 1970 to 73! (skip to 3:25 for the vans)

I came across a couple examples of the cool creations of Kustom Maniacs

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1645776670153786&set=pcb.1645776743487112

https://www.instagram.com/kustom_maniacs/#@kustom_maniacs

Marty Friend at Gerring, making the King of Spades

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/vannerinc/posts/king-of-spadesby-marty-friend/3977088279186920/

that's a nice custom Mustang... they even did the tail lights

https://nisseboxx.tumblr.com/

very cool design!

 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10161972737304363&set=gm.7318955394817116&idorvanity=456235534422504

candy, candy, candy

A 1961 Kellison J5 on a 61 Corvette chassis, with a 60 over 348 topped with 3 dueces, a t10 and 3:55 gears. 1 of 3 known to have a full till front end. 

https://silodrome.com/kellison-j-5-car/

on ebay, https://www.ebay.com/itm/185898643454 and currently bid to 50k. 

that's one cool groovy paint design on the tailgate

 https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=120752&page=3

something new out there in the car world, changing the color of the exterior, by having the car clad in very thin panels that can be 32 colors, at the same time, or any pattern of those. BMW showed off this tech at CES, the new version of panel paint job

VW had something similar on display, but it's not even worth looking at compared to this. 

https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/we-get-it-bmw-you-think-your-history-is-uncool

Seen better days, parked in 1979, this factory 4 speed just sold on Ebay for 31k

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/1966-chevrolet-corvette-parked-decades-ago-is-a-mysterious-classic-with-an-impala-secret-206549.html#

70s candy paint job Road Runner

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5506382609374555&set=pcb.4921931654595457

Same guy, same car. He survived getting hit by a train in this car in 1973

 

https://www.facebook.com/MichiganClassicsShows/posts/10159035926100733

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

Why people photograph cars to get the background buildings in the photo, I just don't know. Get closer to the cars paint job! That's the REASON for the photo

see what I mean?

http://www.overdrive.fi/forum/threads/vanhoja-valokuvia-ameriikan-raitilta.267070/page-1179#post-3332671

very 70s

https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5156036-Vintage-photos-Awesome!/page183

I never see great paint jobs anymore... is it the high cost? Is it the scarcity of people doing cool customs? The only place I know I can count on seeing incredible paint jobs is at SEMA, GNRS, and Ventura's Primer Nats

George surfs a lot of sites for cool choppers, and sometimes he finds cool stuff that isn't a motorcycle

http://www.dwrenched.com/2020/03/hot-hot-hot_29.html

2017 Cleveland Autorama thunder row AMX

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/Blown69/videos/2313525745625050/UzpfSTEyOTAyMDI5NjQ6Vks6MjYwNTc4ODIyOTQ1NTQ2Nw/