Art & Inspiration Vintage emblems & script showing their age

Thanks Dean for the kind words. Greg was quite an artist and a great person to boot. A quadreplegic since the 1970's he never let that detract him from his art. One of the things he did was to hold an art show and auction every year with all the proceeds going to buy art supplies for kids that couldn't afford them in his hometown of Metamora Illinois.
We met at a car show many years ago and my buddy Shane Syx and I striped his wheelchair for him. From time to time he would send me these crazy resin cast cars he designed and built to be detailed and I would always have fun doing them. I think I posted some pictures of his cars on here(I know I did on Facebook) but if nobody minds I'll post a couple of them.
He also had a great street rod that his brother and a couple others built for him. A 37 Ford flatback sedan that had a Taurus SHO motor and trans installed so they could build a flat floor to allow him to drive his wheelchair into the car. Don't know how much he drove it as he was pretty much confined to the house for quite awhile prior to his passing.
Anyway here are a few pics of some of his creations.These were all one off creations.

 

Yeah, I know, the front sail is missing. But after 83 years, my front sail would probably be gone as well.

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It would be really neat to do a calendar out of a group of these....

 

REAL PATINA...

Hey HRP,
The emblem and total front end is a little tarnished from use and misuse over the years. But, for historic purposes, it is still intact. It used to go on the front end of this famous, historic, Willys that most of us will know and identify.

Jnaki
One of the centerpiece displays at the Price Transfer Lions Dragstrip Museum.

 

Yesterday....

 

A couple from today!

 

Here's one I cut off the side of a 1957 GMC 860 cabover semi a few years back . It has a 1/4 " of lead under it . The cab was in bad shape . It depicts the truck driver in a cowboy hat shocking the station attendant with a electric cattle prod. A lot of cattle trucks went through that area and still do hauling cattle to Dodge City feed lots.

 

here's a few of mine...

 

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A few more oddballs

 

Brockway Husky semi-truck hood ornament......showing some age.....if it could only talk. Gary

 

Check these out in my back yard

 

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An old cap I display in my shop. Got to be one of the best logos/icons ever designed
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3806062033 76c50c3bb7 by UNSHINED 2 posted Feb 17, 2010 at 8:51 PM

 

a few I bought for the project.

 

Made in Australia ,,Ford Australia 1934,,

 

Cadillac hubcap medallion. I bought two at a barn sale (an actual barn) about 40 years ago for $1 each. Sold one to a Cadillac guy for $35 shortly thereafter. This remaining one hangs over my bench. Yes, it's for sale but the price has gone up in the years since then.

 

My 35 Chebby, all original ID tags. Only 647 x RHD phaetons were produced by GM Holden's (Australia). Fisher (USA) outsourced phaetons and roadsters to Hercules Campbell (?) and only produced 210 x phaetons, LHD & RHD. Closed cars and the Cabriolet body styles were produced by Fisher Body.
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H-5 August 35

 

Saw this one today....Dart GT....

 

My truck, '53 Dodge