|  In the '72 Dodge Tradesman Junkyard Find earlier this week, I referred to the iconic custom-van airbrush mural with "jousting knights battling Aztec kings in a zebra herd at the Mars Base." All of those elements were seen on the flanks of plenty of Chevy Vans and Econolines back in the 1970s (though you didn't often see more than one per mural), and— now that we've got the benefit of nearly 40 years of hindsight— we can think about what could be done today with the art form of the custom van.
 Unfortunately, my custom-van project is a window-equipped Dodge Sportsman, so I can't get any serious airbrush work done to it (I will get plenty of pinstriping, of course). If I ever get a windowless "molester van," however, I think I'd go for a mural combining science-fiction and low-rider-style Aztec motifs, complete with gold leaf on the helmets of the astronauts/Aztec warriors, all done in super-pneumatic pinball-machine-backglass style. How about you?
from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com |
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