After 30 years, the more things change.................

[LUKE'57]

.........the more they stay the same. An old friend of mine from the dirt track days decided he really didn't like cut vinyl lettering as good as the old fashioned OneShot and quill brush style lettering so he asked me if I still did that sort of work.

My son, who had helped letter a car with me for him almost thirty years before, had bought us some new lettering brushes and paint to do some cars a while back so I said yes when he asked if we could do his new ride.

As luck would have it, after we finished up late Thursday night and were gonna shoot some pics on Friday, he didn't get it finished in time. my son had to help judge the car show today and I wound up going by and taking the pics before I went to the track today.

My son is now the track photographer at our local track like I was thiry years ago and I'm gonna give announcing a whirl this year but, due to the circumstances, we lettered the car and I wound up shooting the pictures exactly like we had done almost thirty years ago when my son was ten or eleven for the same car owner who now builds the cars for his son.

I love the way racing is a family sport now and I get the biggest kick out of seeing my grown son follow in my footsteps, red mud and all, at the races. Life is good!

PS This really is a full size car. LOL

[RodneyBad]

Car looks really Great.

It is a real car, Right?

[ricky12]

glade you you can still enjoy this with your son . both your passion for racing and your art of lettering.

[Custom Hearse]

PS This really is a full size car. LOL

Ya forgot to paint Model Cars Magazine on it!

Nice work you both did on it. You have taught your son well!

[Bernard Kron]

Very cool paint job. You guys are sure livin' the life. I went to Speedwayphoto.net. It is WAY COOL!!!

[Guest Gramps-xrds]

That brings back a lot of memories Luke. Yrs ago I used to letter 12 to 15 of those things every spring. I spent a lot of hrs w/ a sandwich in one hand and a paint brush in the other. If you want some real fun try doin some pullin trucks. You can go really crazy on them. Looks like you did a great job on the car.