Art & Inspiration The Friday Art Show

Ghost rider.

 

Hello,

The Tom McEwen-Gene Adams “Shark Car” was an innovative FED. It was the first one to incorporate an area of the streamlined body to enclose a parachute. The tall pointed tip creating a “shark-like” look circling its prey out in the ocean.

By the time it usually won its class or set a record, the opponent only saw the tip of the tall fin going down the dragstrip. It won its class, won many races and had a non Hemi motor during competition. The big Oldsmobile motor was from the Gene Adams camp and has a history of powerful 394 Oldsmobile motor builds from the Gas Coupe Class into the Altered Coupe classes into the FED races.

Adams- McEwen Shark car with mods…

Jnaki

Yes, my version had a few mods that were starting to show up in other race cars at the time and some from the earlier years. Besides the new innovation of the parachute being hidden within the body, my version includes a streamlined nose and side panels for smoother flow going down the track. For 8 seconds, streamlining may not play the more important part like having a two mile run on the dry lakes. But, at the time, every bit helped win races. So, this version had a long, low body for any help blowing by the opposing forces…

Also, people had always wondered why the big motor had the shortest headers known to mankind.

So, included were some styling keys from the earlier 1959-60 era of longer, equal length header pipes down low and swept back, not up.

Finally, if the outstanding blue colored FED was being pushed by a matching Oldsmobile station wagon, knowing the McEwen camp would have come up with a matching blue color in the two toned Oldsmobile station wagon. Even though it may have been a 4 door factory station wagon, the custom hot rod version would have made it a two door “Nomad style” push/tow car for the “Shark Car…” YRMV

Note: The Oldsmobile version was the one winning most of the races, not the Pontiac motor version. Although they looked like twin cars at one time…

 

I always like the cool stuff that @rusty1 illustrates, he has a great eye for detail.
I thought I would post this particular old rusty truck, because I had never seen one of this vintage, that had a tailgate with the raised letters that spell KNOX.

The truck to my eye, look's to be an International.
I will leave it up to rusty1 and the rest of the FAS crew to decide what it is.
Thanks from Dennis.

 

In a 57 Chevy mood.

 

41 GMC, thanks fer the compliments, much appreciated,...Knox boxes were an option on those Binders, they were kinda like diamond plate, pretty heavy.
...here's an IH metro van and some more old trucks...

 

Here's another one of my off the wall concepts that I think could have been a big hit back in it's day.....

 

Happy FAS folks
Some more stuff from a time whenI spent more on beer than on prescriptions.

Flyer artwork.

T-shirt design.


Cartoon from Street Rodder Magazine.

 

I was going through some old hard drives and found my pictures from the Carrillo Roadster restoration. Here it is NAKED !!!

 

I can't remember if I posted this one before but what the heck, it's almost Father's day!

 

Birds of a feather flocking. Must all be grounded a lot, as hoods are usually up.

 

A vintage suitcase I painted on a while back, and recently sold to a camper collector. I do several
of these old suitcases for VW Guys!

 

Have not posted in a while. Here is my Friday contribution. Great posts everyone.

 

Another photo of artwork at The Savoy Museum .

 

Hot Rod -A

 

Thanks all for sharing your work

 

Those are very cool!

 

Late, late, late to the party. This is a re-pop of art I did for a fella of his mom and pop! So, in a round about way, it’s a Father’s Day post in honor of his parent’s first date… without it, he’d never have been able to celebrate Father’s Day’s…

 

As always, surely, worth the wait.
Thanks for the ride-along

 

I have this continuing little art project going on.
You all can see the full build over on the antiquated thread of
"FORD COE HEADLIGHT UPDATE"
I thought I would post these pictures of how its coming along.
The headlight will illuminate via a solar powered LED spotlight, and the 47 Chrysler tail lights will illuminate via solar powered LED'S as well.
Thanks from Dennis.

 

Thanks all for another fabulous FAS
Dan

 

great to have you back Ken @kenmo
where ya been hiding yourself?