Heather Thaxton's Birthday Bash

The weekend brought Shawn to the 16th birthday party for the Fabulous and the Famous Heather Thaxton. We had a blast!

Shawn Ealy with Heather Thaxton.




"I had a chance to see my brothers and many
lifelong friends."


The band Love It Or Leave It performed
throughout the evening.







Brothers For Life!







Can't wait to see you all again soon!

Shawn Ealy attends 2009 Meet at the Pass

Shawn Ealy arrived in Las Vegas and attended the 2009
Meet at the Pass Car Show, held at Railroad Pass.

"There I got a chance to see many old friends from the car
show scene from back in the day still cruisin' the street of the
Henderson and Las Vegas area."

Trucks, cars, hot rods and rat rods came out to the show.






Even Fat Daddys Ice Cream Truck was in attendance.
Check him out at FatDaddysIceCream.com.





Shawn Ealy got a chance to hang out with Bob Crellin and Dennis Best.

After getting a chance to hang out with Bob and get some
ideas, Shawn Ealy spent the days following the show
detailing hot rod flames Ealy style.

And Shawn topped it off with lettering and this incredible
Old School pinstriped centerpiece on the hood. The car
features murals by Shawn Ealy, honoring the life and time of
Jungle Jim and Jungle Pam.

Owner, Bob Crellin has a long history of racing, himself. He began
racing at the age of 15. Bob stopped racing at the age of 26
after 2 serious wrecks. For many years, racing was set aside in Bob's life.

Dennis Best is a fabricator builder, who worked with Bob
on this project.

We hope to see this and the story behind the car in a future
"Hot Rod Magazine" feature.

Shawn Ealy attends the Principals Professional Conference Educational Exhibition

Peoria, IL held this years Principals Professional Conference Educational Exhibition, which Shawn Ealy attended and set up a display booth.

Every high school principal attended this conference, which provided Shawn a great opportunity to display his mural work. His focus is to spark attention for more art projects here in the Midwest.

As always, Shawn made many friends.
"I had a great time getting to know everyone and seeing what they all had to offer."

"These are my friends from Educationcity.com."

"And these are my friends from Walsworth Yearbooks."

Shawn Ealy at the Principals Professional Conference Educational Exhibition in Peoria, IL.

Charles Magos Vietnam Memorial Mural

This is Charles Magos, aka Chuck.

Chuck is a Vietnam Vet who served in the late 60s and early 1970.

Chuck had Shawn Ealy design his tailgate with scenes from the war through photos he brought back.
Chuck was proud to serve with the people in these photos.

After getting to know Chuck, and speaking with him, it was
easy to see how much pride he had, serving for our country
and with the people in the photos he referred to as family.
Many memorials are for fallen soldiers, but this one is for
people that Chuck mentioned and many are still alive today
and never forgotten.

This one is for Charles "Chuck" Magos and fellow soldiers from 1st Marine division 2nd Batallion. The "Ground Pounders" 0311.

Rick Moss' Mobile Margaritaville

Rick Moss, a Jimmy Buffet fan, had Shawn create a Margaritaville themed truck.

"My favorite part is the parrot on the hood. It is created completely with pinstripe brush strokes."


The palm trees and striping on the side adds a nice feature to the overall design on the truck.

The tailgate features a warm beach year round.

Shawn Ealy with Rick Moss, owner of Bee Graphics in Arcola, IL.

Mini Truckers

Shawn Ealy ran into fellow Mini Truckers, Matt Sirbas, Jeff Rottier, John Ortiz, and Max Tromp on their way to RA Allstars Event in Millington, TN.

They knew Shawn's work and even had common friends out West. Shawn even had an opportunity to do some pinstriping on their truck right there in the parking lot of the gas station. It was fun meeting them and hope to see them at next year's show.

Shawn Ealy attends the 100 year Newport, IN Hill Climb

Friday, October 2 brings us to Newport, IN, for the Newport Hill Climbs 100th Anniversary. It was an amazing event, where people brought out their classics to run the Newport Hill in the same way and the same place where automobile companies did to test their vehicles 100 years ago.

Thousands of classics and hot rods attended the show, and it was impossible to see it all in a weekend.


Shawn Ealy attended and sold T-shirts to automobile enthusiasts and patrons of this show.


Samantha Tincher has been attending the show for 16 years.

Samantha's shirt with her fathers 1928 Model A Ford.

Brenda Moore had a shirt made for her granddaughter. "In Loving Memory of Marliee Jai" is also the name of her myspace page in memory of her granddaughter.

Here we have 4 best friends; Bubble Gum, Laffy Taffy, Jolly Rancher, and Milky Way. They stopped by to meet Shawn Ealy and say hi.

Andrea McCaughey showed off her 1959 Rambler Wagon.

This young lady had her and her man custom shirts made.


Lil J is a local who came out at the end of the weekend to have her shirt made.

Shawn Ealy is a big fan of Big Daddy Roth. It's cool to see real hot-rodders, like Steve Miller, with an old school rat fink tattooed on his arm, and a Shawn Ealy T-shirt to match.


The black and white photos are diplayed in the town center. They feature members of the Ford family and the Chevrolet family, among other legendary builders and designers attending the Newport Hill Climb in the early 1900's.


Frank the Plumber hung out with Shawn Ealy all weekend. Frank has a long history of drag racing and showing off hot rods.

This guitar is hand made and the entire family had shirts made in support of their dad who designed and built C L Collins Guitars.

Here is a photo of Craig Collins, owner, designer, and builder of C L Collins Guitars.

Steve Rudzinski's wife bought him this shirt, with his 1949 Studebaker. Hopefully, we didn't ruin the surprise by posting it too soon.