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Can't recall the source

Von Dutch car I just learned of, the Bungatti

Story about it here: http://www.rumpsville.com/2010/01/-in-1997-i-was.html

but the basics are that the photographer was at Universal studios in Orlando and found this miniture roadster owned by Jim Brucker in a storefront window

Photos of racing, pre 1970's from 5 Window Tumbler

photos from http://5window.tumbler.com/

A photo of Von Dutch, 1961

via: http://fuckyeahcarculture.tumblr.com

Ever hear about how Von Dutch pissed off the Mercedes and sports car people? Did a flame job on a 300 SL gullwing Benz and put it in a car show?

Image via: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=1836

For incredible color video from a 1956 or 57 car show where this gullwing, Barris' Kopper Kart, Norm's Kookie T, and lots of other kustoms were filmed: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=1836 this gullwing is at the one minute mark, and 3 minutes 30 seconds for both exterior and interior coverage.

For a write up about it: http://books.google.com/books?id=10di738DvjoC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=gullwing+von+dutch&source=bl&ots=LkYIpr5Lye&sig=mNkL9bZeJo8hhkVsDdMVuJmkJWw&hl=en&ei=ENB6S73JJIq-sgOVuM2yCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CA4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false
It was Earl Bruce's Gullwing, and according to a thread on the HAMB http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-243779.html it might have been the first flame job Von Dutch did

Found a cool blog, unfortunately it never posted much, but it's all about T Buckets

Above: the Geraghty-Crawford grasshopper that Von Dutch striped and lettered

Above: what the dumbasses that bought Grabowski's Kookie T did to it, two better images of it at the end of my gallery http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/replica-of-norms-kookie-t-i-doubt.html

And a couple images of Roth's Excalibur and Tweedy Pie

all of these are from http://t-bucketworld.blogspot.com/ but the guy who put it on the web only had about 2 dozen posts total.

The Triple Nickel roadster was at the grand National roadster show, and it looks to me like Von Dutch striped it

There's a bit of info about it here: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14550&page=2

I may be on to something, or I may be off base... ever notice that Von Dutch's eyeball looks like the Moto Meter symbol?

Von Dutch's 1956 Grundig Majestic hifi

Images via: http://www.symboliccollection.com/home.asp?target=itemlist&tblbg=&categorycode=060106&sessionid=&search=&page=3 where they have it for sale. I say buy one for a couple hundred, recreate the paintings, and save 49 thousand dollars

The Brucker collection (Von Dutch's coolest stuff) the Beepelfleetzer, Luft system #2, Toad, Dipstick Eater and Krankenstein

Above is the tailgate from his Kenford truck, it sold for $149,000

By the way, someone set up a facebook page for Von Dutch http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=89449&id=54731416170#!/pages/the-REAL-Von-Dutch/54731416170?v=wall

Created expressly for Von Dutch in appreciation of his lifetime dedicated to pin striping achievement and his effect on creating and popularizing an industry thereby creating a demand he alone could not fulfill, allowing others to create their own pinstriping jobs.

Awarded to Dutch at a Rat Fink Reunion, the plaque features an engine turned metal plate which has been striped and signed by the greatest artisans of the day including Ed Big Daddy Roth, Jimmy C, Franco Van Grow, the Butcher and many others to thank him for starting the movement of pinstriping art that keeps them independantly employed and not working a square job punching a damn time clock for a paycheck.

Has anyone ever had a more appropriate tribute made for them by thier peers? I doubt it http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/1991717

Von Dutch's hats and scrapbook... man, I'd love to see what is in that scrapbook

This is "The Dipstick Eater" half truck and half tractor was a Multi-Purpose Vehicles long before the latest were conceived by today’s auto manufacturers.

Astericx helped us out, and told me this was a BMW 600, that was enough to look around on the web and find out this was named "The Toad" and was a 1970. It sold for $90,000.

Von Dutch's "The Square Rainbow"

Conceptually genius.

Notice the round object suggests Von Dutch's signature eyeball, the dollar sign - his disgust of money.

Sold at a price of $34,500 at auction May 2006 by RM.

24 x 30" From the plaid emerges a ghosted image of an eyeball along with a small conical shape, which occupies the lower left hand corner of the painting. Painted in the left side of the eye is a dollar sign, best described by Dutch himself in a conversation with Temma Kramer, the painting meant, “Money is a square person’s idea of what is at the end of the rainbow.”

It is widely thought that Von Dutch placed a piece of cardboard or wood on the wall and whenever he was using the last of the paint in his spray gun he would “tape off” parts of the painting and spray the piece with another color.

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/12/von-dutch-great-artist.html#links is where I went into detail, and will explain what it is, but get this... it was auctioned off for 34 thou in 2006 by RM auctions, and now that person took a loss of 6 thou becuase they got greedy and wanted it just for the profit potential, they only got $28,750 on Jan 19, 2007 Barrett Jackson auction. The irony is that Von Dutch painted this (by one account) as an example of how rich people are foolish.

Beepelfleetzer; The 110 Volt Ball Bearing Rotary Anti Clock Air Whistling and Fingernipping Machine, originally used as part of the FunTube at MovieWorld where it set off noises as one traveled through the giant slide.

In the lower corner it has: Design Consultants .. Patrick Pending, Reginald Design, Regis Patoffski, K Wright and a host of others ( I think this is his humorous way of poking fun at all the stuff Pat Pend, Original design, Registry Office)

In the far right corner is: Built in the Laboritory of Count Brucker's castle by the last mad scientist Von Dutch

His pinstriping kit sold for $310,000

Luft System #2

Oh, I love this, the Krankenstein

These two signs were painted by Roth, not Von Dutch

All of these images are copywrite Dave Lindsey, http://socalcarculture.com/ view the full gallery at: http://public.fotki.com/wackydave/car_shows/car_shows_2006/the_brucker_collect/

For an incredibly good bio, auction coverage, and commentary about the art Kulture of Von Dutch and Roth read Sherry Washingtons PDF: http://sherrywashington.com/vondutch06.pdf

For a complete itemized list of the tools, paintings, gizmos and gadgets: http://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/9500/page3