Hot Rod Pinups II - Book Preview

April 6, 2008 by pikesan

Instead of working on my projects in the garage, MyRideisMe has me spending most of my free time on the web, working, or sometimes just surfing. I caught a (insert nifty surfing metaphor here) wave when I found David Perry’s website, DavidPerryStudio.com. I contact David when I saw this picture:

I recognized the the lovely Heidi Van Horn and I recognized that’s the cover from a book for sale in the MyRideisMe.com Amazon store. The book is: Hot Rod Pinups by, none other than, David Perry. Here’s the description of that book:

For as long as young men have been channeling, chopping, and hopping up rods and customs, women - whether loyal girlfriends or trouble-seeking “bad girls” - have been integral to their scene. In this unique portfolio evoking great 1950s pin-up artists like Vargas and Elvgren, talented photographer David Perry depicts models in and out of cherry-picked rods and customs wearing painstakingly chosen period dress and hairstyles. More than 100 photos present these modern-day pin-ups under three themes: Garage, Cruising, and Race. In addition, essays explore each topic and are also accompanied by pulp novel covers, period mags, and ads that place the photography in a historical context. Captions identify the car owners, photo location, and, where appropriate, interesting car specs and histories. (so there’s more to the book than just his fantastic photos)

David’s originally from Denver, CO, and grew up in So-Cal, but he’s out of Benicia, California now, not far from where I grew up, so I wasn’t surprised when he got back to me and gave me permission to show a SNEAK preview of his new book, Hot Rod Pinups II.

I spent a bunch of time trying to figure out what pics to include in this blog… you know, the ones I liked best, but my favorite was followed closely by my favorit-er and soon my favorit-est. Here’s a bunch of pics, you decide!

One thing’s for sure, David’s got a winner here. Several of my favorite shots are taken directly into the sun. How’s he do that?

<— Click on any of these images to see them full size —>

BUY this book now, a great price from Amazon.com (less then $25)

Pick 2 as your favorites, I dare you!

(Update 12/18/09) This just in!! There’s now a DVD available called Hot Rod Pinups. It’s available from Amazon.com. I’ll be writing a review as soon as I get my copy. Check it out:

Stroll around DavidPerryStudio.com and you’ll see that he’s done a few books, has prints available of most of his pics and you can even send an E-Card including one of his pictures. I’m gonna use that to tell my Mommy what I want for Christmas… but I’m not gonna do that as a Happy Birthday to my ex-wife for her 30th birthday. That’s another story though. Here’s the print I’ll be ordering for my office.

Heck, he even makes music. (Hey Dave, save some creativity for the rest of us, would ya?)

Hot Rod Pinups II is available now. Cruise over to Amazon and get it for less then $25! By the time you get back, you might have your 2 favorites picked!

(all pictures used with permission from David Perry)

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