I got this today via E mail.. Wouldn't it be great if it were an E!?:cool:
The owner was offered $1,000,000.00 and just said no...

I got this today via E mail.. Wouldn't it be great if it were an E!?:cool:
The owner was offered $1,000,000.00 and just said no...
More....:cool:

WOW...That's amazing..Thanks so much for sharing.

I bet you'd have to stop for gas just to go to the grocery store

I bet you'd have to stop for gas just to go to the grocery store
Apparently it has only been driven once.:| $80,000 for the paint job…..:shock:

It's awesome looking and very patriotic, but whats the point of a million dollar truck if you don't drive it. Well, i guess you could at least say that you have a million dollar truck

I recently attended and airbrush class by the guy who painted that. His name is Mickey Harris. It was unbelievable to watch him work. At the end of the class he took a plain black hood and turned it into this in about an hour and a half.

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Wow, that is beyond words.

Found some more of his work at his website.
http://www.mickeyharrisart.com/autoart.html

I saw that truck in person at the Chicago World Of Wheels Show a couple months ago and let me tell you, those pictures do not do it justice. It was awesome!!

I bet you'd have to stop for gas just to go to the grocery store

You'd have to stop for gas before you stopped for gas...

I don't have anything nice to say about the truck itself, so I won't say anything at all. The money people spend on hobbies never cease to amaze me.

I think that accepting $1 million for the truck would be the American thing to do.

You'd have to stop for gas before you stopped for gas...

I don't have anything nice to say about the truck itself, so I won't say anything at all. The money people spend on hobbies never cease to amaze me.:? nothing nice? The Patriotism itself is worth the "gas problems" and everything else.

Who cares what people spend on their hobbies. If I had the money I would love to do something like that...especially since it is meaningful.

images/smilies/icon_confused.gif nothing nice? The Patriotism itself is worth the "gas problems" and everything else.

Who cares what people spend on their hobbies. If I had the money I would love to do something like that...especially since it is meaningful.

Ahh, so I'm required to express a sense of patriotism for something regardless of how I really feel about it? I feel patriotism about people and ideas- that's meaningful to me. Trucks like the one in the picture just remind me of the redneck america I don't care much for.

And remember, it's just a personal opinion.

Ahh, so I'm required to express a sense of patriotism for something regardless of how I really feel about it? I feel patriotism about people and ideas- that's meaningful to me. Trucks like the one in the picture just remind me of the redneck america I don't care much for.

And remember, it's just a personal opinion.wow, just wow

Patriotism aside, I think it is tacky and overdone...though I can appreciate the amount of time and work that went into it.

I like the "911 Rememberance" part of the vehicle.
The other 2/3 of the vehicle's "War Frescos" I could do without. I suppose the "Soldier's Cemetery" Fresco is under the hood.
I don't quite get the "Albert Einstein" next to the hand selected bunch of generals and presidents. Unless he's giving a thumb's up to Einstein's role in the A-bomb which killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people (not Einstein's fault or glory by the way).
And why the heck would he paint a picture of Charles Grodin right smack dab in the middle of THAT bunch? Just makes no sense.

Ahh, so I'm required to express a sense of patriotism for something regardless of how I really feel about it? I feel patriotism about people and ideas- that's meaningful to me. Trucks like the one in the picture just remind me of the redneck america I don't care much for.

And remember, it's just a personal opinion.

I completely agree.
Idea: cool for a wall mural (not a truck)
truck: redneck indeed
cost: 80K?, I guesss everyone has their thing.

You say, it's been driven once. What is the point of having anytihng if you're not going to use it? And hauling it from place to place so people can oooh & ahhh over it and tell you what a great american you are is not using it.
And keep remembering, it's just a personal opinion

I like the "911 Rememberance" part of the vehicle.
The other 2/3 of the vehicle's "War Frescos" I could do without. I suppose the "Soldier's Cemetery" Fresco is under the hood....

I suppose he should have painted the 911 Rememberance part, then a picture of people sitting on their hands doing nothing and pretending everything is fine and nothing happened...again, just opinion...........

Wow, what a truck. Wonder what ya could do with an E?:)

THE PROBLEM WITH THE UNITED STATES AND ITS GAS GUZZLING TRUC-just kidding. This isn't my cup of tea for my own personal mode of transportation, but the artwork is amazing. If i could airbrush like that I think my car would be crazy decked out inside. You could do true flames on anything and make gobs of money too...

Although I think instead of the bald eagle there should be a Turkey. Ben Franklin hated the bald eagle because they arent native to America, but the Turkey is. He felt it didnt really symbolize the country.

But...a turkey on the front of that Escalade would be pretty out of place.

Ok, you can get back to arguing about "rednecks" and war murals. Seacrest Out.

I got this today via E mail.. Wouldn't it be great if it were an E!?:cool:
The owner was offered $1,000,000.00 and just said no...

Fantastic artwork, inside and out. Thanks for the post. :)

Just not my cup of tea....thematically or artistically. Love to know who offered a million bucks for it - if anyone did. Sounds like a bit of urban mythology to pump up the interest to me. If it's true he should sell it to a museum and use the profits to actually DO something - maybe college for a couple of kids who will never see their Daddy again because of war. Hmm, didn't see any cargo planes full of flag draped coffins in that mural...guess those aren't "patriotic" enough for him.
Having money to burn does not infer good taste or philanthropy - as this aptly illustrates. However, I love America and the rights we all have to express our opinions freely and this truck is a great example of that. It's very cool that anyone can create a statement in any form they want and share it with the world. If I had the money I'd create a world peace Element and park it right next to this truck. Dueling murals - Ghandi and Mother Teresa and the Dalai Lama vs tanks and guns.

Nice artwork, but way overdone. That's definitely a showcar. I can't imagine anyone driving around in that for fear of getting a ding in the paint. The NYC skyline is cool, and the fire fighter Iwo Jima thing is cool, but the rest just has too much gung ho war stuff going on. Tanks rolling in, soldiers, and fighter jets streaking across the side of the car? I was waiting to see a .50 caliber machine gun mounted on top of that thing. The owner ruined the whole thing for me when it went from "Remember 9/11" to "Let's blow s**t up". I know that may not be the message that it was trying to convey, but that's how it looks to me and I think it's in bad taste for that part of the mural to share the same vehicle as the NYC stuff.

I suppose he should have painted the 911 Rememberance part, then a picture of people sitting on their hands doing nothing and pretending everything is fine and nothing happened...again, just opinion...........

Well, it would be more true to life.

I don't know about anyone else, but I don't need an $80k paint job on a truck to remind me of 9/11...

Wow - that is inspired, to say the least. Amazing craftmanship. I would salute seeing that go down the road. That must've been cathartic.

If I had that talent, or $80k disposable, then I might have my dog airbrushed all over my E.

Gidget on every fender and in every wheel well. And the dash...

:)

I don't know about anyone else, but I don't need an $80k paint job on a truck to remind me of 9/11...

Exactly my thoughts. It just seems like a huge waste of time and money. Yeah, its patriotic but it doesn't serve a purpose. I'm not saying he shouldn't have done it, it's his time and money. If it were me though, I can think of a lot of better things to do with over $80,000.

Yep, it's "An American Truck". See ya'll in hell.

A 911 bump!....

Yeah, I bet he turned down a cool Million for that truck.


I call B.S.

It's hideous. There's nothing cool about it. Absolutely disgraceful. Yee-Haw!