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Kim Ross

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I'm a begrizzled semi-old pinstriper in Phoenix. I've been slingin' paint for about 24 yrs. & I'm still having fun. I got interested in striping back in high school--I had a 52' panhead that I took to Von Dutch to paint. At that time (1971) Dutch was working out of a bike shop (Ed's County Cycle on Cave Creek Rd.) He painted,flamed,striped & lettered my bike for $80.00! I hung around his shop when I could -watching & listening to his stories. Later on Ed "Big Daddy" Roth invited me up to Kim Deddicks' sign shop in Fullerton,Ca. where I got to know him as a friend and started to really appreciate hand lettering.Unfortunately I never pursued lettering because I never felt like I had the knack for it. So now I'm going back to give it the "old college try".I appreciate all the old timers & craftsmen (and craftswomen) who take the time to share their knowledge. I stripe under the name "Slow" , and would be glad to share my knowledge with any one interested.
 
THATgirl

THATgirl

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Hi Kim.....do you know Bob Burns? He knew Von Dutch very well and you may have met him. He now lives in Prescott. He is one of my good friends. Welcome to signs101 !
 
SignosaurusRex

SignosaurusRex

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Welcome Aboard!...Again. Looks like you had some good mentoring goin on when Ed and Ken were around! I never knew Ken personally, however I did know Ed and got to work on a couple collaborated efforts with him. I've never been a good striper so I don't do much of it. I always stayed mostly to the lettering end.....Anyway...Hi!:Welcome: 2 :signs101:
 
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Kim Ross

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THATgirl said:
Hi Kim.....do you know Bob Burns? He knew Von Dutch very well and you may have met him. He now lives in Prescott. He is one of my good friends. Welcome to signs101 !
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Howdy THATgirl; yes I do know Bob Burns ! He made a replica wooden flying eyeball for me about 10 or 15 yrs. ago. He also gave me a metal flying eyeball pin that he made up for all the people that knew Dutch personally. He knows me by my nickname "Slow". Last time I saw Bob was in Prescott -He was working on a plaque to deliver to Dutch -signed by a great many pin stripers -thanking him for making our jobs possible.Thanks for the nice welcome !
 
imaSIGNr

imaSIGNr

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Hello from Maine.....I always admired "Big Daddy" as a youngster when I was into the model car thing......Rat Fink etc.
 
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