Saturday, February 12, 2011

Just Add Paint

Larry Watson redefined the custom car when he loaded up the spray gun to paint his then new 1958 Ford Thunderbird. Intricate paint schemes became the new hammer and torch as custom cars gleamed under the latest metalflakes, candies and pearls.

3 comments:

  1. Amazing paintjob! He really needs a matching shirt.

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  2. I have seen this car, it's very cool.

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  3. The 56 was so perfect! Why did they start to bloat that car up? I'm not saying I don't like it, I'm just saying I wish one of those cars from that era might have stayed small so we could see where it would have gone. The 58 is well on the way to becoming the boats that we saw in 72.

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