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Post by Chris K. Hale on Jun 20, 2019 8:19:57 GMT -8
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Post by Chris K. Hale on Jun 20, 2019 15:54:47 GMT -8
Ps. You will see a motorcycle in the background that is I believe a BSA, but with a twist...A VW 1200 CC Engine in it Yup...Chris is a very unique guy that does things his way! Chris
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Post by clowncar on Jun 20, 2019 16:20:09 GMT -8
WHOA.
That’s a startling, inutterably gorgeous thing to see. I hope Mr. Bernard Kron sees this thread. (Because his natural metal ‘32 Ford.)
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Post by Chris K. Hale on Jun 20, 2019 17:28:17 GMT -8
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Post by Bernard Kron on Jun 22, 2019 8:43:33 GMT -8
WHOA. That’s a startling, inutterably gorgeous thing to see. I hope Mr. Bernard Kron sees this thread. (Because his natural metal ‘32 Ford.) LOL!
If I ever can imitate the spectacular beauty of bare polished aluminum like that I'll let you know! John Teresi has done it using his masterful control of airbrushed AlClad2.
Chris Runge is part of a long line of custom body builders who show off their craftsmanship by displaying their bodies unpainted. Of course what makes Runge especially notable, particularly in this age of multi-million dollar hypercars, is that he crafts entire turn key custom cars based on his vision of the late pre-war and early post war German and Austrian streamline specials, primarily Porsche inspired. Truly modern automotive jewelry.
This look was made popular during the the early post-war sportscar craze intially by the British "garagiste" race car builders who would first show their cars in freshly rolled bare aluminum before painting them. Here's a Lotus 9 being raced at Goodwood in bare aluminum:
Here's a Lola Mk. 1 in the beautiful metal:
And a full streamline Lotus Eleven in bare aluminum was as much an icon then as it is now:
In the USA we had our own transplanted British Master of the English Wheel, Jack Sutton:
Working out of his Hollywood shop he authored many of the great aluminum bodies of 50's sports car specials, but these have been rarely shown in bare metal. Here's a HRM cover showing the Kurtis 500X before it received it's white with blue stripes livery and was entered in the 1957 Mille Miglia (note Jack Sutton at The Wheel, upper left).:
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