Post #176375 by Sam Gambino on Mon, Aug 1, 2005 7:33 PM

Thanks a bunch for all of the kind words, Marcus. For the record, here's the story behind the gearshift knob painting:

We fled to Birmingham, Alabama to get away from Hurricane Dennis earlier this month - I have a great uncle there who owns a speed shop which he and his brothers started in the '50s. There is quite a bit of old stock there from way back when, and when I went to the shop, I asked him if he had any old skull shift knobs around. He went behind the counter and just handed it to me. When I got home, I dug out a 1960 Car Craft magazine with an old ad in it showing a drawing of the very same knob with that same wording: "Voodoo Head Gearshift Knob" - so I added my own layout, letter styles and colors, and did the painting. The whole irritating hurricane ordeal turned out to be quite inspirational!