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Category Archives: Vintage drag racing & old cars

Gerald’s Rover

29 Tuesday Jan 2013

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1952 Land Rover, Hemingway, Land Rover painting

My husband Eric inherited his father’s 1952 Land Rover. 80″ of spunk and character, purchased in Africa by Gerald’s wife Ellen.

And the family myth claims that Hemingway may have touched it.

 

A painting of a 1952 Land Rover Hemmingway

Gerald’s Rover 30″ x 40″ 

 

Another painting, with a favorite bicycle:

Painting of a blue vintage bicycle with an old Land Rover

Mixte and Rover 36″ x 36″

 

 

 

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Vintage drag racing

17 Monday Oct 2011

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California racing, Harley springer, Motor Monarchs, San Luis Cyclery, trailer wreck, vintage drag racing, Vintage hot rod art

These paintings are done from a set of slides my Dad, Don Cudworth, took back in the late ’50’s and early ’60’s. He and his friends traveled out to the Regional Drags in Inyo Kern, California. Except for a little cropping here and there, the images are all as Dad shot them.

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A painting of a car crash in the desert in the 1950's

Trailer Wreck 48″x24″

A painting of old cars at the drag races

Waiting For The Next Race, Inyo Kern 48″x30″

A painting of a vintage race car Inyo Kern

Open Fuel Drags, Inyo Kern 60″x48″

A painting of vintage hot rods in the desert California

Weber Cams, Inyo Kern 60″x48″

A painting of vintage drag racing at the Santa Maria airport California

Motor Monarchs, Santa Maria 60″x48″   To read more about this painting, click here.

A painting of vintage motorcycle racing California

Harley Springer, Santa Maria Airport 60″x48″

 

 

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Motor Monarchs, Santa Maria Airport

15 Saturday Oct 2011

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Hot rod painting, Motor Monarchs, santa maria racing, Unibody roadster, Vintage car club, vintage drag racing

Santa Maria vintage unibody dragster

Motor Monarchs 60″x48″

This is a painting of Dave Marquez of Santa Paula and fellow members of the Motor Monarchs of Ventura. In this photo, they were at the races at Santa Maria Airport. I really loved the faces on these fellows, and the classic California Eucalyptus trees in the background.

Magazine article Dave Marquez roadster Ventura California

I was amazed when my husband Eric found a copy of Hot Rod Magazine that featured this car! So great to see more detail and read the story. Regarding the color: The car was listed as having a paint job of Fluorescent Orange and Refrigerator White, so the painting and Dad’s photo are correct. Hot Rod Magazine always tweaked their covers to be red blue and yellow.

The article (July 1956) may be from later than Dad’s photo, because the car shows some new numbers. It was special for it’s time because the body could be removed in one piece, and it had won “America’s Most Beautiful Competition Roadster” at the Oakland Roadster Show. So now we know Dad had good taste, even back then.

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Vintage California unibody hot rod articleVintage California drag racing unibody hot rod

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