So you want to win some car show awards. If you’re James Kendall, you pick up a 1970 Ford Custom Van, grab a brush and a roller, and get busy with purple paint. It was eight years ago that James purchased the then barely running Kendall Van for the bargain price of 200 dollars, American. James has been rolling it into car shows ever since. The row of awards on display in front of the van are in fact genuine, as James has found that entering a purple custom van in car shows is a winning idea when it comes to taking trophies for the custom van class. The San Francisco based Kendall Van is famous for appearances at car shows from Antioch to Woodland, and is in an almost a constant state of improvement for continued action. Future plans include a turbocharger mounted up to the straight-six mill, and a custom paint job to match the custom airbrushed t-shirt. “I get bored”, said James.
The man likes his purple.
What am I missing here? Is “crappy and shoddy” the new show standard? Is it seen as some ironic rat-rod commentary on van customization? My dad has a pretty rough ’82 Accord hatch. Should I roller-paint it green and start collecting trophies at Hot Import Nights?
I just saw this van today at the Newark pick n pull parking lot!