The coolest things I found at the 2012 Grand National Roadster Show, #1 - Erik Salin's "California Color" Kustom Kulture and electric guitar fusion

http://eriksalin-art.com/guitares/guitars.html

Jason Lane scrap steel sculptures, these are gas tank birds... great ideas are frequently found in spare parts and scrap pieces art sculptures

I looked on his website, but didn't find anything else this cool, but it's a shame he didn't work out more ideas like this http://www.jasonlane.org.uk/

Andy Gregg's bike furniture

http://hdshovelhead.blogspot.com/ had all but the first photo, that and more are at http://www.bikefurniture.com/

Cool pinstriper "3 Sheets" pulled a rabbit out of a hat, so to speak... he came up with a new take on pinstriped pistons and conrods, very damn cool

see more of his work at his website http://www.3sheetsart.com/ and in my gallery of the work he did on Paul's ( Mad Bomberz CC) custom http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/09/this-has-to-be-doug-dorrs-truck-its-in.html 

Hot Rod Magazine finally covers some pinstriping (About time!) they have ignored it for about 40 years

Hot rod Feb 2012 issue

Manuel Cisneros pinstriping http://www.cisnerospinstriping.com/ and my galleries of his work http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/08/great-kustom-that-belongs-to-one-of.html and

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/07/great-looking-harley-terrific.html

David Allen Garcia designs http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=D.A._Designs

Craig Fraser http://ebooksfreedownload.org/2011/04/kustom-pinstriping-techniques-with-craig-fraser.html 

Stephan Marjoram is a remarkable artist, and a marvelous photographer... here is his Auto Art Advent series from his blog "Stefan's Sketch Blog"

http://stefanssketchblog.blogspot.com/ is the source, and you can page through and look through all the rest of the art Stefan has posted... awesome!

 or check the Flikr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefanmarjoram/6520015323/in/photostream because you'll enjoy the series, which gets released one image a day, and they are for sale too! 

"Throughout December Ill be adding a new one every day. Original pencil and watercolour on 6x4inch (postcard size) watercolour paper . £24 inc shipping worldwide" www.etsy.com/shop/StefanMarjoram

Joe Martin Foundation's Metalworking Craftsmen of the Year award winner Louis Chenot and his 1/8th scale fully operational 1932 SJ Duesenburg

 Louis Chenot  has spent the past ten years building this incredibly detailed 1932 SJ Duesenberg LaGrande dual-cowl phaeton. Not only does it look good, but the engine runs, the lights work, the top mechanism functions and the transmission and driveline are complete. Lou started his research on this project over fifty years ago with the purchase of a book and through the following years collected many drawings and studied a number of Duesenbergs while they were being restored, taking photos and recording dimensions

Lou was presented with a special Lifetime Achievement award by the Joe Martin Foundation for Exceptional Craftsmanship in 2009. The model was nearing completion but the engine had not yet run. Now that the engine runs and the model is completed, Lou has been selected as the foundation's "Metalworking Craftsman of the Year." The award includes an engraved award medallion and a check for $2000.00. Lou is the 15th person to receive this coveted annual award. Because it is likely that this could well be the finest running model car ever built in this small a scale, Lou's award this year will be presented as the "Craftsman of the Decade." More can be seen on this car and some of Lou's other projects at www.CraftsmanshipMuseum.com/Chenot.htm


See the outstanding work of Lou and 99 other world-class craftsmen at http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/

Thanks Randall!