Classic Antique Cars

This reverse painting on glass of classic antique cars is of a "71 Chevelle S.S.


Reverse painting on glass of classic and antique cars is almost inbred in me. My father was not only an antique dealer, but also an avid admirerer of antique cars. Being the seventh of eight children, I'm sure that there wasn't a lot of money to spare before I came along, but I was at least as excited when Dad bought the 1922 Stake Rack R.E.O. truck as I was when we got the new Chevy station wagon. The original sign on the truck read "Milvo's Tent and Awning" from Rome, New York. It was green and black, the wheels made of wood. IT WAS GREAT!

After a lot of work on the R.E.O., he finally got to show it in Norwitch, New York. This was in the '60's, and there weren't even a dozen entries at that time. It was time for the judges to hand out the awards and trophies at the reverse painting on glass of Classic Antique Cars Show.


When William Nemyier of Rome, New York was announced, Dad stood there applauding with the rest of us, until my mother, my sister and I pushed him, physically to go get his trophy.

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This reverse glass painting of classic antique cars is an old Studebaker.


The next old car he bought was a 1955 Chrysler Imperial Limo. This one was midnight blue and black, with fold out seats between the back and front, there was a sliding glass window between the drivers seat and the mid section-back. Built in flower vase holders... We took off all of the old paint with Stryp-ezze paint remover before it went to the body shop to get painted. Another beautiful thing.

This glass painting reverse is a Buick Roadmaster.


Dad has since passed away, but I think he was a little insulted when the Floyd Fire department asked him to drive the R.E.O. instead of the Chrysler in the Field Day parade that one year long ago. In fact, he didn't drive it. My sister Alice did, but Dad rode shotgun. The rest of my five sisters, two brothers, and myself, were on the back of the truck, sitting in a set of six hitchcock chairs, and a few side chairs, at a round oak claw foot table, playing a game of pitch.

Some time after he bought the Chrysler, Dad was on his way into Rome one day, and noticed a garage door open, that usually wasn't. There was a car inside, and it was old. And big. Dad wanted it, but Mom wasn't too excited, so I went with him to investigate. He asked a lot of questions, but we still didn't know what it was. I think I walked around it at least three times before I asked Dad what R.R. was. He called me a little axtxyyy hkrjrtn, and he made the call to California to buy it. That was a 1928 Rolls Royce Phantom. Mid-night blue and Black.

Anyway, the point I was trying to get to is that reverse paintings on glass of classic antique cars is a thing that I can work with. Do you have a favorite old car that you would like a painting on glass of? Let me know. Click Here to Contact me


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