One-of-a-kind Custom Painted Shop Truck Doors
Hot Rod Art: Hand Painted and Lettered Old Truck Doors
As soon as we stepped into the swap meet at the 2013 LA Roadster Show, we found Gary Crisp and his custom painted doors.
In a time where patina is IN and faking patina is about a common as the real stuff, Gary’s work is tough to beat! Who knows what condition the doors were in when he got them, let’s figure they were rough… but the end product is outstanding! The lettering and art, even up close, look to be good’n old.
Gary’s a custom painter by trade. Mostly hot rods and bikes from what he told me, but now he’s just having fun painting doors. As you can see, he’s fairly successful at it with a few of the doors already marked as “sold” and I heard an order for one happening as I waited to say hi.
Get your own custom doors by reaching Gary by email. He’s a little old school when it comes to computers, so give him a few days to respond. Thanks Gary!
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Hey guys,
If you do a little resurch on Gary you will find that he has won the worlds best painter for a 1923 ford roadster, done bikes for easyriders, nascar, very high end customs in his shop in Arizona. You were talking to the Barris of custom paint and did not even know it.
Have fun doing your resurch!!
Allen
Thanks for the insight Allen. Gary was so laid back, you’d never know.
Are these officially licensed by the brand names on the doors?
The guy is talented, but if he’s not paying a licensing fee he’s riding the coat tails of the companies that worked hard to make their names.
Hi Greg, I would guess that no, they aren’t license. Do you think Mooneyes would be opposed to having their brand driven around and photographed at car shows? He’s not selling a “Moon door” he’s painted their logo on a door as a piece of art. Do you have a different take on the law? -pikesan
Actually, if he sold the Moon eyes door, yes Moon Eyes would have a problem with that.
Let me give you a super simple example. If I make a sign with this painter’s shop name and logo on it and sell it, without his permission, do you think he’d be upset?
Or we can just ask this site, My Ride is Me, the same question. Would they be upset if I made “art” with their name brand on it and sold it for my personal gain and they get NOTHING from their hard work of building their name?
You make a good point Greg. If they didn’t ask me to use the MyRideisMe.com name and logo, and they planned to sell a hundred prints (as opposed to just one, but it probably doesn’t matter legally) then I’d be upset. Since the door was marked “sold” I guess there’s no need to speculate on that? Thanks for your input. I never thought of that. -pikesan
I need 2 doors painted with lee mills construction co. I have a 49 pickup that has great patina and needs this work. let me know how I can get this? Tks Lee
I found someone on craigslist looking for “old school” Lettering for his muscle car business. I have since found out that he wants some lettering on his El Camino doors. Can you be of some assistance to me as a first timer. I am not necessarily a gear head or a hod rod fan, but I do appreciate older vehicles (I once owned a 66 chevy impala super sport.) At this point, I am just someone who has painted many signs, a few windows and practiced caligraphy for fun as a teenager. I sometimes thing that I may have been a scribe in a previous life ( I am sure you know what I mean by this )
I truly appreciate your work, and I am inspired to attempt some custom lettering. Can you offer any suggestions. I have been sent an image of some painted text that he has a liking for, but I have not been able to find these fonts when googling or searching through yahoo image searches.
I can send an image to you, if you would take a look and let me know what you think the style name could be.
Did Gary use to be from Eugene Oregon?I new a Gary Crisp here that did custom paint?
Good morning Gary,
I will be leading project paining a food truck for the refugee organization.
Participants will be the refugees themselves from different countries. I am an artist and had students paint the indoor mural.
My questions since I never painted on trucks, what would be the process and what kind of paint, besides enamel we can use? Is there a way to paint it indoor and than assembly it in the truck?
Thank you so much ‘Radmila Abram
I know this is just shy of 4 years too late, but in regards to Greg Valencia’s comments: This is extremely common practice in the hot rod and chopper community- in Kustom Kulture and Lowbrow art in general. Hell, even in pop art… I’ll give you a ‘super simple’ example: did Campbell’s soup make a nickel off the millions of dollars Warhol made off his soup can series? Besides all that, I’m sure Moon Eyes would be honoured to have such a legendary painter do their logo on one of his doors. Well, I should say, about as sure as you are that they’re mad about it…
I went to school with Gary. He was an amazing pinstriper and artist then, (Early 60’s), and was my inspiration to become a pinstriper. If memory serves me correctly he was airbrushing t-shirts and sweatshirts for
Ed Roth right out of high school, and later doing a lot of custom work on hot rods featured at the Portland Roadster Show.
Gary painted and pinstriped my ’34 Plymouth. He did a awesome job. The car has won well over 100 awards. I know it is mainly due to the paint job.
About a year and a half ago I hired Gary to paint some logos on the doors of my 42 Chevy Flatbed. Great Great guy, very laid back, worked hard and did a fantastic job for me. I get all kinds of comments about his work. He aged his logo work to match the existing patina on my truck. His commitment to detail was second to none.
average price on doors?