I need help trying to find any info on this coupe. Guessing early sixties, atleast that was when the picture was taken.
Are you talking about the painting? It's a artist interpretation,,impressionistic,kinda resembles the coupe on the Beach Boys album cover. HRP
Sorry to be misleading, and yes it is an interpretation but I am sure there was a photograph used in this painting. Did the beach boys car have the quad headlights? Sent from my DROID device using the TJJ mobile app
Oh brother - its not even a good interpretation of a hot rod The beach boys album cover is all over Google to compare . Those headlight brackets in the painting were commercially available a few years later than the Chilli's coupe as seen on the album cover.
I was questioning if there was a resemblance, not saying it is the beach boys album cover car. Soo, we can agree we are still looking for the inspiration for this picture... Sent from my DROID device using the TJJ mobile app
Sooo-You got a frog in your pocket ? It would seem to be in the mind of the artist. It looks like everything and nothing at the same time
to quote your original inquiry: "...at least that's when the PICTURE was taken". Now....is there a PHOTOGRAPH of a coupe of some kind, or are you just bent on upping everyone's post count? Researching a painting like that is a major waste of time. Just because you're SURE it was done from a photograph does not ensure that as a fact. Looks quite like the "Beach Boys" coupe, but looking at the background, I'd guess it was from that little-known album of ski music done by the "Snow Boys".
I really doubt that the painting was done from a photograph,,if it was the artist must have glaucoma or simply his talents don't include realism. the painting could have been done by a youngster. HRP
Yes, the painting lacks some realism. My father painted this when he was a teenager. I do know he didn't have the artistic vision to paint what he didn't see. My point in all this is he was looking at a picture. Where is the car in the picture? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Jeff Sent from my DROID device using the TJJ mobile app
Is this a test ? No one told me we were going to have a test today ! We need advance warning of stuff like this, you know ! Don
Thank you for your positive input and increasing your thread count Sent from my DROID device using the TJJ mobile app
Yes it does kinda look like a paint by numbers, but there is a picture out there that was copied..I think it would be cool to find this car. Sent from my DROID device using the TJJ mobile app
If the inspiration is from the Beach Boys cover car - Clarence 'Chili' Catallo (I thought it was Castillo) built the '32 coupe on the cover . I think his son owns it now.
Well,I take your father is not with us anymore ,If so I would think he may be a heck of a lot more informed on this subject than us,,,,so you may never know where the inspiration came from,,it may be a car he himself took a photo or a photo in a magazine. HRP
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