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This 1926 Daimler Model 45 HP Salon Cabriolet was special-ordered by Gulab Singh, the Maharajah of Rewa of India. (You can view photos of the car and mascots on my profile.)The car followed the grand tradition established by the British Royal Family, which had been a Daimler customer for years.The car was built by Barker & Co. of London."{It} used panels of German silver (a nickel-brass alloy) hand-formed over an ...
I thought I’d throw down a quick, step-by-step peek into the process I use to start a rendering, tackling the basics from the sketch through marker shading. That said, let’s get right to it, and bust out some paper, pencils (2B and 4B, as well as some non-photo blue, should you be so inclined) and the trusty Copics (cool and warm grays, as well as a blending marker), and have at it!
From humble ...
Since childhood, I’ve been fascinated with cars, photography, and motion pictures. Cars were something I had no control over being into. I was simply born with that gene. On my build sheet, someone checked the RPO for Car Nut, and the deal was sealed. But photography… capturing a moment in time… man, that sparked something in me. And motion pictures? Well, damn. Telling a story with a photo ...
Being a physics aficionado, the theory of multiple dimensions holds a special place in my brain. Couple that with a love for all things science fiction, and my synapses light up with boundless ideas and tales of the bizarre.
This in mind, I had been imagining for some time a ‘what-if’ scenario, pondering what may have happened if AC Cars had not lost their engine supplier, and if NASCAR wasn’t a ...
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Flake and Flames - The Kustom Kulture Documentary World Wide Hot Rods and Custom Cars Documentary
Dirk Behlau, noted "Kool Lifestyle" photographer and long time friend of MyRideisMe.com (he let us use a picture when we had about 20 visitors a day...) and custom pinstriper and artist Jesper Bram are workin on a worldwide panoramic of hot rods and custom cars along with the people who make the Kustom Kulture.
In their words, "Dirk and Jesper will spend a year going ...
Grease Girl Gets In Trouble Homebuilt Hot Rods
Car shows, car club, breakdowns, wrench nights, possible near death experiences, getting things fixed, and as always adventuring in the hot rod world - these things and more are what've been goin' on for the past month as I've neglected my writing.
The month started with a car club meeting (I haven't told ya'll too much about them yet...I'll have to remedy that soon!) The following day was Bedlam ...
Hot Rod and Custom Builder Tim Strange - It's in the Blood. Hot Rods and Customs With a Twist of Strange
I took the opportunity to sit down for a while with Tim Strange of Strange Motion Rod & Custom Construction, and threw the book at him, question-wise. I've been a fan of his for years and have enjoyed the good fortune of not only creating design work for him at Problem Child Kustoms Studio, but also becoming fast friends.
Tim's created some of the most memorable cars ...
"Hot Rod Ramblings" StanceWorks = Low is a Lifestyle If you wanna know what "My Ride is Me" is all about, this car shows the spirit perfectly. This is like the 3rd look for this car in the last year or two from what I understand.
This ride is super low, clear coated metal, and a cool tigershark paintjob.
The owner of this 5 series BMW, Mike Burroughs, runs StanceWorks website and forum. I recently picked up some stickers from the site that say "StanceWorks-Low is a ...
Dean Jeffries: 50 Fabulous Years in Hot Rods, Racing and Film Dean Jeffries
50 Fabulous Years in Hot Rods, Racing and Film
By Tom Cotter
This new book on Dean Jeffries, written by Tom Cotter (and forwarded by Bruce Meyer) is a fun look at the career of one of the most under-rated builders of all-time. As stated right from the beginning, Jeffries was never one to "toot his own horn", and this may be a large part of the reason that many folks don't know that much about this ...
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