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Show The Pink Paisley Plymouth I ' Barracuda this side of the Atlantic! At-lantic! But the Beverly Hills High students aren't the only ones who are painting auto art looms as a national preoccu- Would you believe a paisley pais-ley Plymouth? The driving need for individual expression express-ion has resulted in a new art form auto art or painting on cars! T V v " 1 . . ' i It all started when fifteen students of the Beverly Hills ' High School general design , class were presented with the project of creating and applying ap-plying a modern design motif to a modem day industrial product. The designs were submitted submit-ted to the experienced scrutiny scru-tiny of a well-known Los Angeles Times art director, Michael Phillips, who chose the floral design of Missy Redin as the winner. Then in collective spirit, the class rolled up their sleeves and applied the design all over a 1967 Plymouth Barracuda fastback sporty car thus creating the most appealing pation with the teenage and older set . . . and the younger set, too! A group of small children chil-dren did up a neat little sports model in a colorful collage of paints and imagination. Car painting is the brainchild brain-child of Chrysler-Plymouth dealer Mel Wolff. His original orig-inal cars were done in bouncy checks and stripes by artist Tom Strobel and, says Mr. Wolff, they plan to custom paint cars for any of their customers who request it. Don't be surprised if that field of daisies you just passed turns around and passes you it may be a 60 m.p.h. canvas (or car, that is) painted to distinguish its owner! |