Black and Silver Flame Paint Job Harley
Circa 1956 Von Dutch gave Earl Bruce's Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing a radical and unusual flame paint job. Later in his career, Von Dutch told Terry Cook that the hardest thing to paint was a long straight line, "which is of course true. When I asked him if it was factual that he was the first to paint flames on a car he said he first did it on motorcycles, but "Hell, the Lafayette Escadrille painted flames on their airplanes in WWI." One time he did a full flame job on a Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing coupe and he said: "I thought they were going to lynch me for desecrating a shrine."
In 1956 Von Dutch pinstriped and airbrushed Bill Daniels' 1950 Oldsmobile. Bill was 18 years old when he stopped by to get the car Dutched. It featured louvers in any area available. 200 in the hood, 100 on the deck lid, and on all interior garnish moldings, and Von Dutch told him that anyone crazy enough to have louvers on the trunk deserves flames which he airbrushed. "He also individually striped each louver, and there were hundreds. He didn't want anyone watching, said to go home, come back in 8 hours and guaranteed, you will be happy," Bill told Sondre Kvipt of Kustomrama in 2020. "When I first made the appointment, he said to be sure and bring a half-gallon of red wine along with the car." Photo courtesy of Bill Daniels.
Best Masking Tape for Flames
According to Rod Powell, custom painter and author of the book Rod Powell's Flame Painting Techniques, there is no substitute for quality masking tape. "Do not make the mistake of going to a cheaper grade of tape just to save a few dollars," he advises in his book. Rod has tried many different brands and 3M has always worked best for him.[2]
When it comes to outlining, Rod likes to use regular 3M crepe masking tape in the 1/8-inch and 1/4-inch sizes. "This size and type of tape is easy to reposition. I try to keep a slight amount of tension as the line is being applied to the surface, and have found that the regular masking tape doesn't stretch or go out of shape like so many other vinyl tapes."[2]
Hot Rods and Custom Cars Featuring Flame Paint Jobs
George Barris' Track Roadster
Norm Grabowski's 1922 Ford Model T Bucket - The Lightning Bug / The Kookie T
John Rasmussen's 1929 Ford Model A Roadster
Tommy O'Connor's 1929 Ford Model A Roadster
George Wiegand's 1930 Ford Model A Roadster Pick Up - The Barracuda
Göran Silfors' 1936 Ford Sedan
Hasse Broberg and Kjelle Gustad's 1938 Chevrolet Convertible
Bob McCoy's 1940 Ford Tudor Sedan
Manuel Gonzalez's 1940 Ford Coupe
Virgil Shuck's 1940 Mercury Coupe
Buzzy's 1950 Ford
Bill Daniels' 1950 Oldsmobile
Bill Collins' 1951 Oldsmobile
Ken Foress' 1952 Mercury Convertible
Jack Fields' 1954 Chevrolet
Roger Miret's 1954 Chevrolet - "Morphine"
Ronnie Fossen's 1954 Studebaker Starlight Coupe
Earl Bruce's Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing
Ed Roth's 1956 Ford F-100
Howard Gribble's 1956 Ford F-100
Chuck Burkart's 1958 Chevrolet Impala
Henrik Forss' 1966 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88
References
- ↑ Rik Hoving Custom Car Photo Archive
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rod Powell's Flame Painting Techniques
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Black and Silver Flame Paint Job Harley
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