J.Ukrop submitted a new blog post: Paul Hatton's "Wild Wagon" Continue reading the Original Blog Post
Man, that is wicked. It gives me some righteous ideas for modifying the upcoming Revell '57 Del Rio wagon kit. Project #137...
I sold Paul my 34 sedan delivery in 1969 and he put one of his wild paint jobs on it. I still keep track of the car and his paintwork still shows.
Boy, does this bring back memories.... LOL. My first 'purpose built' fast car was a '58 Ford 2Dr wagon. Built 352 (427 valve train including cam, dual point distributor, aluminum 428 PI intake), heavy-duty toploader 3 speed (couldn't afford a 4-speed on my high-school budget), and 3.56 open rear gears (again, cheap... LOL). Not much off the line, but give me a 20 mph roll-on start and it was a terror..... I broke so many rear axles/third members that the local boneyard didn't even ask me what I wanted, just 'you know where they are' in the stacks when I came in...
Brings back memories of a lot of my favorite painters and pinstripes like Fenyo,who did several pieces for me and the Wolfman in Phoenix.I could watch those guys work for hours.Check this out:
Wailer+One845 1 (2) by Blind Elwood posted Dec 22, 2010 at 10:32 PM Here's some of Paul's work from the early 60's. This was my late father's first new car, with 74 outright wins while he owned it. Blind Elwood
Paul striped every new car my dad bought all the way back to the mid sixties, this was dads 61 ford that Paul striped. a true artist.
Thanks for sharing Pauls story... Old car/racing history is so cool and even coooler when it's a wagon! Sent from my LGMS210 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Can you imagine swapping out a 427 side oiler for a SOHC engine?! One iconic, rare engine for another. I mean just the idea of that is crazy to think about these days.
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