AkzoNobel Sikkens Chosen for Custom Cadillac Sport Rod
AkzoNobel Sikkens was selected as the paint supplier for the VSR Cadillac V-series Powered Sport Rod. This custom-designed car was unveiled in the Helios Coatings booth at the 2008 SEMA show in Las Vegas. Designed by WK Cherry LLC and constructed by Race Car Replicas, the car’s engine is a V-8 cylinder, 400-HP model from
AkzoNobel Sikkens Selected by GM Canada for Top Tuner Car
For the third consecutive year, General Motors of Canada selected AkzoNobel Sikkens for its “Top Tuner Car” that was displayed in the General Motors booth at the 2008 SEMA show in Las Vegas. The car, a Cadillac CTS, is a tribute to the tuner culture, which encompasses groups of automotive enthusiasts who enjoy mechanically and/or
BASF Launches Foose Signature Colors in R-M Diamont
BASF launched its new Foose Signature Line of automotive refinish colors during the SEMA show in Las Vegas last week. The 12 Foose-inspired paint colors combine BASF’s coating technology with colors formulated personally by the car designer. Chip Foose was on hand to introduce his new BASF color collection during a press conference at BASF’s
Get Ready to Tune Up
By the time you read this, we’ll be smack-dab in the middle of Industry Week in Las Vegas. The NACE, SEMA and AAPEX shows are certainly the spectacles of our industry, and Vegas provides an excellent destination for grand-scale gatherings such as these. The great thing is that there’s something for everyone at these events,
The Joke’s On You at Smiley’s
Jeff Smiley usually has a fake grin on his face as he walks around his shop in New Castle, Ind. But it’s not the typical fake grin worn by someone who’s trying to look happy when he’s really pissed. Rather, it’s a “smile-on-a-stick” prop, one of several hundred gag gifts he has collected over the
’56 Chevy Wagon Wins PPG Paint Your Ride Contest
The winner of the 2008 PPG Hot Wheels Spectraflame Paint Your Ride contest was announced at the 11th Annual Goodguys PPG Nationals in Columbus, Ohio, this past weekend. Jim Cooper of Laguna Hills, Calif., won the contest with his 1956 Chevrolet Handyman two-door wagon, which was painted in PPG’s Hot Wheels Spectraflame Medium Sapphire with
Laying it on Thick
Sprayed-on bedliners, once the realm of only a few manufacturers, are now available from many different sources as very basic systems to incredibly elaborate ones.
Finalists Named in PPG Hot Wheels Spectraflame Paint Your Ride Contest
PPG has announced the 12 finalists in the 2008 PPG Hot Wheels Spectraflame Paint Your Ride Contest. Contestants included custom painters, car builders and hot rod enthusiasts who created original paint schemes for their vehicles using any of the 12 colors from the PPG Vibrance Collection Hot Wheels Spectraflame paint. The co-branded line features colors
Chip Foose to Promote BASF Products
BASF Automotive Refinish Solutions today announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Chip Foose, well-known automotive and product designer, to promote its waterborne automotive refinishes and to develop a new line of automotive refinish colors under the Foose name. No stranger to BASF automotive refinish paint, Chip Foose grew up watching his dad