According to George Barris in volume four of his Barris Kustom Techniques of the 50's series (Thaxton Press, 1997), one other Northern Californian who was also experimenting with candy paints was Mel ...

There was a time when a flat-finished hot rod would've been regarded as either a work in progress or the victim of an oxidated paintjob. Showing up at a show with a non-glossy ride was the car show ...