Bob Gerdes - Circus Custom Paint R.I.P. (1 Viewer)

[Notch1320]

I'm said to have to post this but my long time friend Bob Gerdes passed away early Monday morning. Gerdes was one of the best painters in the business and did cars for Jungle and hundreds of other drag cars that passed through his shop. I had a lot of good times with the dude and we talked on the phone weekly until his passing.

See ya in the movies....

 

[none]

Sorry for your loss buddy. He was no doubt one of the best. Godspeed Bob

 

[Pete]

Sorry for the loss Bob. Circus was the best in the business for a reason

 

[swervin]

Hey Bob, I missed stopping at the shop in Farmingdale after Bob went up north. One of a kind for sure!! Rolling Rock and paint... RIP Bob Gerdes!

 

[Gone Dead Train]

Yes, I know some of you on this site hate when the older folks say "Good Old Days"
They were the "Good Old Days" They were the Days of our Lives!
Thanks Phil for another fantastic article.

All the world was a colorful Circus when Bob Gerdes painted race cars

When it came to painting race cars, Bob Gerdes was the East Coast's Rembrandt, especially in the 1970s heyday of Funny Car. We lost Gerdes Jan. 2, but offer a fond look back at his history and the magic captured at his shop, Circus Custom Paints.

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[mike]

Yes, I know some of you on this site hate when the older folks say "Good Old Days"
They were the "Good Old Days" They were the Days of our Lives!
Thanks Phil for another fantastic article.

All the world was a colorful Circus when Bob Gerdes painted race cars

When it came to painting race cars, Bob Gerdes was the East Coast's Rembrandt, especially in the 1970s heyday of Funny Car. We lost Gerdes Jan. 2, but offer a fond look back at his history and the magic captured at his shop, Circus Custom Paints.

www.nhra.com

QAlong with Glen, doing the lettering

 

[Gone Dead Train]

QAlong with Glen, doing the lettering

Not to change the subject. Mike, I think I've ask you this before, can't remember.
(It happens when you get older...LOL well it's not that funny) Do you still have
train sets and do you have "American Flyer" on the dragster.

Power to the people

It's not as if I didn't know this would happen, but I was besieged with e-mails following Friday's Patriotic Power column, in which I foolishly made what

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[Cliff]

This was such a great article. I learned a lot reading it. Thank you Phil Burgess and get better quick!

 

[mike]

Not to change the subject. Mike, I think I've ask you this before, can't remember.
(It happens when you get older...LOL well it's not that funny) Do you still have
train sets and do you have "American Flyer" on the dragster.

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Power to the people

It's not as if I didn't know this would happen, but I was besieged with e-mails following Friday's Patriotic Power column, in which I foolishly made what

www.nhra.com

Yes we have a few left-not like before.Yes the race car still has American Flyer on it.

 

[Gone Dead Train]

Yes we have a few left-not like before.Yes the race car still has American Flyer on it.

Very cool Mike! Thanks for responding!

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming

Top Alcohol Dragster... Mike Kosky in the seat

 

[M Jones]

QAlong with Glen, doing the lettering

First time I met Glen was when he came to Carters to letter the first Indy car with ground effects, out of this world talent, he could also play the drums on a very high professional level

 

[stitcherbob]

First time I met Glen was when he came to Carters to letter the first Indy car with ground effects, out of this world talent, he could also play the drums on a very high professional level

Glen Weisgerber?

 

[M Jones]

Glen Weisgerber?

I’m sorry I don’t remember his last name, I know at the time I was told he did work at circus paint, he did some amazing murals around the shop on the walls and on the spray both door

 

[Notch1320]

Yes Weisgerber is Glenn's last name, sorry to say that he's not doing too good right now and he's currently in an extended care facility. He is a gifted drummer and search "The Love Pirates" to hear some of his band's music.

 

[M Jones]

Asks Yes Weisgerber is Glenn's last name, sorry to say that he's not doing too good right now and he's currently in an extended care facility. He is a gifted drummer and search "The Love Pirates" to hear some of his band's music.

He turned my vw bug into a drum set by tapping around the car for different sounds, it was amazing what he was able to do, he told me he had done some studio work with Gordon Lightfoot, he airbrushed a polished sharp 75 spray gun on the paint booth door at Carters, from five foot away you could not tell it was not a real gun, won a few bets on that one, thanks for the info on his band, I will send my prayers for him and his family