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

Cars 3 behind the scenes cool stuff

McQueens nemesis in Cars 3, Jackson Storm, was given a gloss black finish with an iconic “S,” which is the international sign for a hurricane.

His number is (two point oh) 2.0, as in the revised/better/improved version of a race car

Richard Petty's wife, Lynda came with him to the voice recordings for Cars, and John Lasseter asked her if she’d like to record the voice for Mrs. King, the character wife to Richard's Super Bird, and when given the choice of what car her character would be, as she could be any car she wanted, Lynda said, “Station wagon—it’s what I took my kids in to see the races.”

There was an early sequence in [Cars 3] where McQueen drove out to the El Mirage dry lakebed to get his mojo back. It was cool, but the scene didn’t flow well with the story, so it got cut.

The creative director for Cars (1, 2, 3) was Jay Ward, who was the editor of Hop Up magazine from 2007 to 2009. He started at Pixar on Monsters, Inc. in 1999 as an entry-level assistant position in the art department, then worked his way up as a coordinator. When Cars came along, they asked him to manage the character team process because he understood real cars.

Jay Ward had owned a ’49 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Coupe, a ’49 Lincoln Coupe , a  1929 Model A with a Caddy 331,  a ’39 Mercury convertible., and a ’57 Pontiac Safari station wagon.

Cars did not win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Happy Feet did.

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/creative-geniuses-behind-cars/

perfect 50s family cars? A Plymouth Suburban and 57 Safari. Only had 2 doors, and when kids couldn't accidentally open the doors, they weren't able to cause problems

Don't just take my word for it, I learned it from Jay Ward, " I also have a ’57 Pontiac Safari station wagon. That’s what we take the kids to school in, and it’s a family car because there are no back doors for the kids to fall out of!"

Jay Ward has also owned a ’49 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Coupe, a ’49 Lincoln Coupe , a  1929 Model A with a Caddy 331,  a ’39 Mercury convertible., and a ’57 Pontiac Safari station wagon.

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/creative-geniuses-behind-cars/

Did you know Pixar has a car show, like most large corporations, for employees only

The story and photo fromhttp://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/07/pixar-motorama-2013/?viewall=true where you can see some photos, one of them is the Steve McQueen Jaguar XK SS from the Petersen Museum; the Mullin Museum, Jay Leno, Aston Martin, McLaren and Tesla all bring vehicles to show

Motorama is the brainchild of Pixar Animation head John Lasseter and Jay Ward, an art coordinator and character steward who has the enviable title of "Cars Legacy Guardian." He's well-suited to the gig, being a bona fide gearhead and all.

 "This is a cultural event for Pixar," Ward told us while sitting on the tire of his 1929 Model A. "We get around 80 cars. About 35 employee cars and 40 guest vehicles."

Jalopnik did a better photo gallery http://jalopnik.com/this-is-what-its-like-inside-pixars-secret-car-show-863474038

the three cars on the bottom of the above photo are from the Disney Autopia originally http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/05/bet-you-never-hard-of-disney-car.html

Art Center College of Design's annual Car Classic 2014 special guests Daniel Simon and Syd Mead!

The talented artist and designers Daniel Simon (http://danielsimon.com/) and Syd Mead (http://www.sydmead.com/v/12/) will be speaking on a panel entitled "Street to Screen", which dissects, in a likable way, the ongoing love affair between film and car culture!

Jay Ward will be speaking about the experience of bringing Pixar's terrific Cars movies to life, and the Cars Land in Disney's California Great Adventure in Irvine

10 a.m. Field opens to VIP guests, Sneak Peak ticket holders and the media
10:30 a.m. VIP Brunch with judges, patrons, sponsors and special guests
11 a.m. Field opens to the public
11:45 a.m. Welcome and opening remarks
12:30 p.m. Meet the Designers I: Bringing Pixar’s Cars Franchise to life
2 p.m. Meet the Designers II: “Street to Screen” panel discussion

 http://www2.artcenter.edu/carclassic/

advertisements in a 1960 newspaper.. when Montgomery Ward sold rebuilt engines!

thanks Jay!