A friend of mine called to let me know that he had a pinstriper coming in one day last week, saying that he thought I might enjoy watching the guy work. I jumped at the chance and took a few picture while I was there. The 'striper was Bob Bond, and he said that he had moved from SOCAL to Independence, MO several years ago, when he was doing a lot of traveling - said he got tired of flying from the coast, looked at a map and picked KC as about the most central point in the lower 48, and that was that! Asked who he had worked with in California he started telling stories about several movie stars and entertainment celebrities, but then dropped the bombshell, "...yeah, my place was just down the street from the Barris shop, and I did all of their striping work..." The guy's not Von Dutch, but he's done a ton of striping on high dollar rides, and the stories just rolled on and on as he talked while he striped. Amazing to watch a true pro at his craft!

Bob Bond, 'Striper
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Working on a freshly painted '28 A Pickup
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Tailgate Logo
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A little "bling" for a golf cart!
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