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rat finks and cars and kits

by Art Chantry: back in the mid 1960′s, ‘monsters-driving-hotrods” became a huge fad. originally starting life as WW2 nosecone art, it drifted into the racing world throught he displaced WW2 vets and (particularly) through the person of ‘von dutch’, who … Continue reading

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t-shirts : keep on ironin’

The t-shirt phenomenon…… Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com ) The unfortunate origins of the t-shirt in America begins with slavery. The tshirt was cheap easy field work clothing (light, breathable cotton, two shaped panels sewn together). In fact, the earliest recorded image … Continue reading

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