Restoration Update: Video: HotRod Jen recreates the hand-painted #26 racing numbers and bullets for the Holman Moody Challenger III
Rob "Hurricane" Ida reports that artist HotRod Jen worked on the Challenger III in his Morganville, New Jersey shop
Rob Ida: "Thanks to HotRod Jen for carefully recreating the hand painted racing numbers on the Holman Moody Challenger III for Howard Kroplick."
Update: September 5, 2021: HotRod Jennifer Thomas has posted an amazing 3-minute video of the hand painting race car numbers for the 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III.
Wonderful work Jen! It looks great!
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
The 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III is being restored to the colors and the #26 racing number when it competed in the 1962 Bahamas Speed Week on December 7 and 8, 1962.
This is the best known color image of the Challenger III, Note: The red outline surrounding the bullet.
HoRod Jen at work on Challenger III
Bahamas Speed Week- December 2-10, 1962
Promoting the 1963 Sebring 12-Hour Road Race
Comments
Comments
Glen Skidmore: HotRod Jen does it again! Awesome!
William Keith Skidmore: That’s my girl
Kevin Sponagle: A true Artist
Tom May: Awesome job!!
Steve Van Blarcom: Good work Jen.
Tim Bennett: She’s so talented
Brian Applegate: She does such nice work.
Paul Fry: Dead on
John Peters: Awesome job!
Al Liebmann: She nailed it
Michael Urbanski: Hotrod Jen is fabulous
MR Rivera: Beautiful history coming back to life! Great job, HRJen!
Philip Quinto: She is the best!
Chris Nelson: I’m always amazed by her work!
Michael Lempert: This looks amazing!
Wanda Blanchet: She’s awesome
John McCartney: Very cool another great job
Bob Macdonald: Crazy cool.
Tom Fitzsimmons: Quality
Fernando Jumeau: 100 % ART !!
Jukebox Jimmy: Nice
Joseph L. Smith: She does great work!
Dale Striewski: Awesome job as always HotRod Jen
John R Tucker Jr.: Such a great artist!
Charles Pivirotto: nice
Rob Ida: Jen’s a super talent! Always happy to have her on our team
jerrykeefer: So awesome!
lude2lust: Amazing skills
mikestringer1969: Looks nice. Hell of a lot better than just putting decals on it.
bbqlips: Perfect!!
lesterbaldwin: That’s just perfect
thescrutineer: The best
jburke79x:Nice touch
pinstripedelight: She’s the real deal…
cf_cc_: Fantastic work
notstockphoto: Rad she’s awesome
HotRod Jen:
Thanks Howard for bringing another cool piece of history back into the view of many. Can’t wait to see the final assembly, and happy to have been a part of it.
Closely comparing the two painted numerals’ size and location, Jen is right on without a doubt. I don’t know why black numerals were decided instead of body color. Help!
Frank, great eye, I spoke to the previous owner Ted Thomas concerning the color of the numbers. When the Challenger III arrived in the Bahamas, the numbers were body colored. Prior to the race, the #26s were painted black and that’s how it was seen during the race and later when it promoted the 1963 Sebring 12-Hour Road Race. Another piece of Challenger III trivia revealed. Howard
Great work on the graphics Jen. It helps bring it all back to life as it was.
From what I’d seen from the photos I didn’t notice any brush marks, I’m amaze how smooth and gloss the area that Hotrod Jen did? Super Smooth Brush??
I have to agree with you on that one Mark! Great work she did there!
And nice seeing you at the New Hyde Park drag races yesterday!