My name is Kurt Smith and I grew up on a 1,600 acre farm. In 1981, when I was 4 years old my Dad bought a new delivery truck and hired Gary Wills from "Pioneer Sign" in Monroe Michigan to come out to the farm to letter and stripe it. I watched him from start to finish. From that day on I was trying to figure out how to learn how to pinstripe... Long story short, when I graduated high school, I stopped by Pioneer about 5 or 6 times before I finally caught Gary in the shop. I went to work for him the next day.
Gary was so much more than a boss to me. He was a mentor, encourager, and most of all a friend. I learned so much from him. I could never have repaid him. This picture was taken of Gary, my son Eli and I about one month before he passed away. I had never had him stripe anything of mine, until this last trip. I am so honored to have known him. I miss our funny conversations... He was always joking and giving me a hard time. :)
Here are the beautiful results of his work...
Lettering and pinstriping has taken me all over Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. It is so much fun to be part of some ones vision for a hot rod, motor cycle, semi truck or business. I get to meet and work with the nicest people. I get to work on the coolest machines, and I even get paid to do it. I love what I do for a living.
Please take a look through this blog, when you get to the bottom of the page, click on the "Older Posts" link to see more.
I can provide old school hand-painted pinstriping and lettering, also the latest digitally printed vinyl. If you have any questions, please call me at 734-368-3273.
Thanks again for visiting,
Kurt Smith
All of the vehicles in this post are hand painted. Yup... old school paint. :)
This is one of my all time favorite projects...
Here is a link to my other business... I build 1/2 scale tractors and have shipped them all over the country. So far I've built 44 tractors. The only one I still have is the first one.
Kurt
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