Category Archives: Automotive

Dean Jeffries passes away at 80

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Vintage Advertising Posters of Cars and Trucks

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Original Batmobile for Sale

Your chance to own the original 1966 Batmobile. This Batmobile is personally owned by George Barris is going up for sale at the Barrett-Jackson auction on January 13-20, 2012 in Scottsdale. As the description says, it the first time the … Continue reading

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World’s Largest Diesel Engine

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Chevy Hand-drawn Billboard

Artistically this would be a challenge for any artist. When I saw this video I started thinking of having to deal with proportion while being so close to the drawing surface. I think this is a cool marketing idea. Not … Continue reading

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Motorcycle Hearse

I was going through some of the video I took at the Old Settler’s Parade this year and came across this motorcycle hearse. I haven’t seen this one before and after a little research I found out it was from … Continue reading

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True Stories Behind Car Logos

I just came across an article titled “True Stories Behind Car Company Logos” by Nick Kurczewski. Having designed logos, I find it interesting on stories about their inspiration and symbolism. In the article Nick writes how certain car companies created … Continue reading

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Larry Watson 1939-2010

Larry Watson was a legendary custom painter and pinstriper. Larry passed away today (July 20) and will be missed by many of us. See the great article Kustomrama has on his career plus the article on Hemmings.

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Illuminati Motor Works Concept Car – Taking Shape

The guys over at Illuminati Motor Works have uploaded a new video showing how the concept car “Seven” is taking shape. The way they describe the building process it reminds me of the way Ed “Big Daddy” Roth use to … Continue reading

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Do you see Daffy’s face?

Hey, did you know that when you flip a Dodge Viper logo upside down the viper looks like Daffy Duck’s face? Interesting! [Via Bits & Pieces]

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