Some Old Favorites

Just thought I'd throw some pictures together of some of my favorites from last year. Really had a  lot of fun with these. Hope you enjoy!

A Less Likely Candidate for a Taildragger Kustom

For this drawing I wanted to do a taildragger, but something a little less common. I chose a 37 Chevy. I have seen a few done up as a full on custom and they looked great. Here's my dream version, the way I'd build it....if money grew on trees, of course!

I took a lot of influence for this car from the Barris brothers, and anotherof my favorite builers, Oz Kustoms.

I wanted to achieve a very well proportioned chop. I figured around 6 inches out of the rear and 4and a half out of the front. I leaned the back window forward and laid the windshield back a few degrees. Rather than do full fadeaway front fenders, I chose to take the agled body line and carry it all the way back to the rear fender.

I kept the bumpers fairly simple....Caddy style Dagmars up front connected by a small bumper that echoes the V shape of the grille. The rear bumper is two piece, and  follows the contour of the rear fenders and lowe pan. I used Dagmars again, but connected them with a narrowed 59 Impala overrider bar which frames a recessed license plate. 

For the car's paint, I wanted to try and pull off a deep candy red hue, which required a lot of layering of marker colors, various shades of browns, tans and even some blues. I was really happy with the results! Hope you enjoy the car as much as I enjoyed creating it! Feel free to comment if you'd like.

Todd

Coolest Merc?

I've been really diving into kustoms in a bad way of late...kind of parallels my fascianation with early drag cars...sort of polar opposites, but hey, both are cool. Just wondering if others are in agreement in that I feel Nick Matranga's Merc is THE coolest kustome Mercury built. I honestly favor the 49-51 Mercs by a long shot, but my thoughts always lead me back to this car. Clean, simple, well proportioned from every angle. Inside, and out. And that killer stance. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of 49 thru 51 Mercs that get my blood pumping, but somehow, the Matranga Merc always grabs more of my attention. Feel free to comment and let me know your thoughts!

Me and My Li'l Sidekick

Just thought I'd share a cool pic of my son Nathan and I checkin' out my buddy jeremy's kick- ass kustom 49 Ford "The Witch Doctor". God, I miss that car!

Welcome to my Nightmare!

Welcome to my Blog, folks! Just kind of testing the place out. Added a bunch of links to a bunch of my cool friends' websites...don't fret...if you're site ain't showing, it soon will be.  Here's a recent cartoon I did of my pal Jeff Norwell's Diamond Deuce pickup...hope ya dig!