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BuSonic at Watsons

BUSONIC AT WATSONS In 1959 Roy Abendroth started planning his dream custom based on his 1955 Buick Century. In 1963 the car was finished, Roy named it the BuSonic. oy Abendrot...

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Jim Doss 58 Chevy

JIM DOSS 58 CHEVY Larry Watson painted a lot of cars with his signature “outline” or “panel paint” jobs. The outline paint he did on Jim Doss 58 Chevy is one of the ...

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Watson George Teixeira T-Bird

GEORGE TEIXEIRA T-BIRD Larry Watson painted several Squarebirds with a panel – outline design. George Teixeira’s T-Bird was done in gold, white and hue’s of green. arry W...

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Calvin Wiekamp 55 Mercury

CALVIN WIEKAMP 55 MERCURY Painted by Larry Watson in late 1957, early 1958 is this mild customized 1955 Mercury with wild scallops in silver and dark purple. The ‘Snake Wagon”. ...

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Parking at Watsons part 2

PARKING AT WATSONS PART 2 Second and last part, for now, on Larry Watson painted cars parked in and around the Watson shop. This second article shows another nice selection of photos from L...

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Parking at Watsons

PARKING AT WATSONS Ever since Larry Watson started pin-striping cars and later paint whole car, his work space was surrounded with parked wonderful Custom Cars. It started in 1956 when Larr...

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Larry Watson Econoline Pick Up

WATSON ECONOLINE PICK UP Larry Watson created a few Ford Econoline’s for himself. This wild Metalflake 1961 “Wine-O” was his favorite. Larry Watson created this 1961 Ford ...

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Watson painted Lime Gold Model A

LIME GOLD MODEL A Good friends, Larry Watson and Bill DeCarr worked together on many projects. David C. Martin’s model A Roadster is one of those projects. In 1959 Bill DeCarr takes o...

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Larry Watson Rainbows

LARRY WATSON RAINBOWS Larry Watson was a very skilled painter his technique to make long smooth movements show exceptionally well in his rainbow painted cars. Larry Watson had developed a t...

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Watson ’58 GMC

WATSON ’58 GMC CLASSY PICK-UP Metallic blue with black outlines striped in contrasting silver give this Larry Watson painted GMC pick-up the perfect look. Larry had three photos of th...

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Larry Watson’s ’59 Cadillac

LARRY’S ’59 LAND YACHT One of Larry Watson’s personal cars was this trend setting 1959 Cadillac Series 62 Special. Candy Burgundy with outlines and scallops in Pearl white...

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BuSonic at Watsons

Jim Doss 58 Chevy

Watson George Teixeira T-Bird

Calvin Wiekamp 55 Mercury

Parking at Watsons part 2

Parking at Watsons

Larry Watson Econoline Pick Up

Watson painted Lime Gold Model A

Larry Watson Rainbows

Watson ’58 GMC

Larry Watson’s ’59 Cadillac

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