vintage how the flames get painted photo

 before the less sticky tapes were created is my guess... ever use drafting tape or chart tape? Or the blue stuff that is all over home DIY projects now? All of those are so much more pleasant to work with than the typical masking tape. That stuff left a lot of residue behind, WHEN it would peel off simple and easy, and that didn't happen very often

https://mecanicien.tumblr.com/image/614497806913290240

cool flame job Larry Watson put in the cove

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/corvette-hot-rods-picture-thread.545759/page-331

That is a really sweet flamejob

a hot rod before and after Larry Watson worked some magic on it

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-733#post-13778998

some of Larry Watson's customs (thanks Steve!)

I think this is a car I've posted before, it's the Floyd DeBore 1958 Pontiac

https://www.vintag.es/2021/03/larry-watson-custom-cars.html

there are a couple dozen examples of Watson's custom paint jobs over on this website

http://www.overdrive.fi/forum/threads/vanhoja-valokuvia-ameriikan-raitilta.267070/page-1128

https://www.customcarchronicle.com/cc-builders/larry-watson-c-painter/mercurys-by-larry-watson/#.X_DFIdhKiUk

A Watson Studebaker

https://www.facebook.com/groups/stiffspeed/permalink/2078480368965235/

if you dig the classics, and can afford to pay a fortune, here's your chance to buy a 1951 Merc custom built by Hines, painted by Watson. It don't get much more incredibly pedigreed than that

https://worldwide-auctioneers.com/auctions/car-details/index.php?id=69&rid=76

Annette had a 57 T-Bird, and it was painted by Watson!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/stiffspeed/permalink/1679636115516331/

California plates and a cool couple of scallops, doesn't mean it's a Watson, but it's possible

http://www.overdrive.fi/forum/threads/vanhoja-valokuvia-ameriikan-raitilta.267070/page-493#post-3110953

Regardless of whose paint design, they sure did a nice job of working with the natural lines and shapes on this

far out El Camino at Larry Watson's I guess

http://www.overdrive.fi/forum/threads/vanhoja-valokuvia-ameriikan-raitilta.267070/page-191#post-3040475

Cool vintage advertising

 

http://scottygossonexposed.blogspot.com

Larry putting on some stripes

http://wasser-bumser.tumblr.com/post/156819582811

Striped by Larry Watson, leaded by Bill Hines

May 1998 issue of Custom Rodder mangazine

Floyd DeBore was 16 when he bought this Pontiac had the body worked on, then took it to Larry Watson's... it was finished and photographed and never seen again

the body work was done at Schelhaas Custom Shop, the same shop that did the body work on Watson's "Grapevine"

https://www.facebook.com/groups/stiffspeed/permalink/1020635121416437/
http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Floyd_DeBore%27s_1958_Pontiac

Follow up Mar 2021, 

Might not be accurate about never being seen again - https://customrodder.forumactif.org/t4161-1958-pontiac-floyd-debore-larry-watson

Historical photos... sure would have helped the accuracy in restoring Orbitron, they missed the pinstriping around the triple lights, and put red and green on the wrong sides

 

top image from https://www.facebook.com/groups/stiffspeed/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

A couple cool Porsche photos from Hotrodcraft.com,

I've never seen this Larry Watson paintjob before

it appears they made a 5th wheel trailer attach to this kombi

http://hotrodcraft.com/index.php?topic=401.208