As beautiful as the bare metal looks, the car did need some kind of decoration.  The original plan was to adorn the trunk lid with an

airbrushed pin-up girl.  However, Ian “Von Knobb” Kroeker came in with a more minimalist plan that worked with the overall theme of the vehicle.  Simple green and black pinstriping was laid down around the headlights and tail lamps, and hundreds of hand-painted rivets were

placed along the exposed metal seams.  The crowning touch was a banner across the back reading “Bare It All.”   In total, the local

pinstriper put in roughly 20 hours of work.  Not bad for a vehicle

that technically isn't painted.

In total, over 400 hours and twenty pounds of mig wire were invested into the car, over a span of four months.  “I was a car widow,” claimed Esther.

So how does the paintless wonder stand up in a hot rodding scene that measures a car by it's colours?  According to Brent, “people are more blown away by the rivets, just the way Ian striped (them) on there.

Someone said 'What kind of an idiot rivets his car together?' He felt like the idiot after saying it.”

Everywhere it goes, “Bare It All” has turned heads and put smiles on people's faces-including the face of its first critic, Esther.  “I

love driving it, I love riding in it, I love going to car shows in it,

I love the attention we get in it, and I'm so proud of him for what

he's done... It's different, and Brent doesn't do things like

everybody else does.  And that's a good thing.”

Spec sheet:

Engine:  Stock 350 c.i. Chevy small-block engine, salvaged from a late

'70s full-size van

Trans:  Turbo 350 3-speed automatic

Rearend:  Stock Camaro (gear ratio unknown)

Suspension:  Stock 1950 Chevrolet, w/self-built air lift system front and rear

Interior:  Recovered seat with material from Mitchell's Fabrics

Pinstriping & trunklid mural by:  Ian “Von Knobb” Kroeker