Art & Inspiration My daddy the flamer (pics added)

Been spending some time now scanning a bunch of my dads old cars and paint jobs he did, he loves him flames! The cars your about to see may not be "traditional" to this site so lets look past the cars and at the paint. Most of these were done in the mid 60's to early 80's. Have lots more I will post later. enjoy







he built this for my older sister, note the frenched lights and plate

 

you Dad was seriously talented!

 

Me likey!

 

Pops likes those curly flames,dont he! He does good work!

 

cool stuff,,,,i LOVE old pics,,,your dad was/is talented..

 

some mo'

 

sorry should of been specific. He's still kickin and when I'm on a proj he still has to jump in and get dirty.

 

Anything and everything was a potential canvas back when, definantly a varried selection of vehicles and flames, he does have talent, thanks for sharing the pics.

 

I think that was the look at the time (70's ish). he did normal flames also.

 

Your dads work is very impressive.Flames are one of those things IMO that you can either lay out or you cant ,i am one of those that know how i want them to look in my head ,but cant seem to get my hands to get it to the car.Thanks for sharing the old pics ...

 

That is some nice work! Thanks for sharing.

 

I got dizzy looking at a couple of those...

 

i like flames myself, your dad has a touch that alot of people dont have. i like it !

 

gotta love the 70's and 80's . i was lucky to have grown up in that era. remember alot of late night paint jobs with my brothers, priceless.

 

Hey Faded,your dad still paint?

 

no I took over @20 yrs ago. I like to tell how he taught me everything he knew, then I had to learn the right way to do things! He got bummed when they took the laquer paints away, he also still prefers to gas weld everything. I guess he's "traditional old school"??

 

I dig that Vega.

 

Your Dad is cool ... thanks for sharing .

 

Hey Faded
It is so cool to see you bragging on your Daddy's work. The pictures bring back a lot of memories. Can you put a name to the flame for us? I know a lot of flame guys. This is good stuff. Thanks
RodP

 

Very cool old pics........Enjoy your dad all you can.............

 

really nice work

 

Jim Laverty from the Long Beach/ Bellflower area

 

That subtle job on the Datsun Fair Lady roadster is unusual for the time.
He is a talent, your Daddy!

 

i want that rigid frame and tins ...... baaadddddd !! find it for me !!!!LOL ha ha

jp

 

thanks for sharing.... have anymore????

 

Makes me smile. Thanks for posting.

 

very very cool, its great that you have all that history, do you ever find yourself using his work for ideas? seems like that style of paint and colors is making its way back around.

hopefully my older sister will let me have some of my dads pics of his work.

thanks for sharing.

george

 

Thank you. It's good to put a name to all that fine work.
RodP

 

I don't know art but i know what i like and i like your dads work!

 

Very nice!! John