In the small town of Festus, MO, there's a guy who runs a small, nondescript pinstriping/signpainting business. The guy doesn't advertise, and his shop shows no outward signs of the coolness that lurks inside.
The guy goes by the name of Mr. C (Greg Clark). Every year, he holds a "Panel Jam", with pinstripers, signpainters, and traditional hotrodders attending from all over the country. All kinds of painting was going on all day long. Many of the artists set up inside his shop, striping everything from trash cans to ceiling fans, skateboards, human flesh, etc. This past Saturday, he held the 2013 Jam.
I gimped my Rampage across town for the event, hoping to convince one of the stripers to do some work on my little green truck. I had to take a set of ramps with me to get up on the curb of Mr. C's shop, but the ride was uneventful, otherwise.
Anyway, after hanging out and talking cars/trucks/land speed racing for a while, a guy named Ron Myers took a liking to my Rampage, and agreed to so some work on it. The results are nothing short of fantastic. Here are some pics of the panel jam, some of the results on my Rampage, and a few more of the overall event.
Steve.
Ron Myers at work. He's been pinstriping since 1958.
Partially finished work on the hood.
Mr. C's pickup. He's a RatFink kind of guy.
Ron Myers doing some more work on the nose of the Rampage.
Tailgate of the Rampage
Inside Mr. C's shop.
I could not be happier with the pinstriping work. Really looking forward to the next opportunity to have my SCTA number painted on the doors by another one of the artists (a guy who goes by Van Gogh will be doing the numbering).
Steve.