Adazzling 1939 Oldsmobile Series 60 convertible dubbed “Olds Cool,” painted by Charley Hutton using PPG au- tomotive refinish products, captured the inaugural Hot
August Nights Cup at the recent namesake classic car competition in Reno, Nevada. The cup, equivalent to a best-in-show
award, is the ultimate prize in the Hot August Nights event – a
mix of music, entertainment and classic car show with more
than 6,000 vehicles on display.
Olds Cool is owned by Billy and Debbie Thomas of Robstown,
Texas. It was built by Harold Chapman and his crew at Customs
& Hot Rods of Andice in Georgetown, Texas. Charley Hutton
then gave the car its winning finish. Hutton uses PPG products exclusively at his shop, Charley Hutton’s Color Studio, in
Nampa, Idaho. He is known for choosing just the right color for
a car to give it a unique – and award-winning – appearance. For
Olds Cool, Hutton created Kona Brown using PPG VIBRANCE
COLLECTION VP2050 High Build Primer, ENVIROBASE High
Performance waterborne basecoat and ECS Sealer, GLOBAL
REFINISH SYSTEM D8152 Performance + Glamour Clearcoat
and a special custom mix of tints and toners to give the car its
unique finish, ensuring it would stand apart from the competition. The car has a winning resume: Earlier this year, Olds Cool
won the 2016 Ridler Award – Hutton’s fourth – and was named
the PPG-Goodguys Nationals Street Rod of the Year.
The Hot August Nights Cup competition was intense with
only 50 cars from across the country allowed to enter the contest. Each entry endured the scrutiny of three judges: Steve
Mank, co-host of Spike TV’s “MuscleCar;” Reggie Tibbets, co-owner of the SuperNationals car show in Albuquerque, New
Mexico; and Eddie Potestio, owner of Eddie’s Rods & Customs,
Pueblo West, Colorado. More than $100,000 in cash and prizes
was at stake for the top 10 cars, and PPG-finished cars took a
total of six of these top honors.
A 1969 Chevrolet Camaro owned by Alex Short of Bluffdale,
Utah, and built by Cam Miller and his team at HS Customs
in Logan, Utah, came in fourth. Painter Cort Sessions gave the
car a gleaming white finish using DELTRON DP90LV Epoxy
Primer, Vibrance Collection VP2050 High Build Primer, VP2100
Polyester Primer, Envirobase High Performance ECP15 Gray
A-Chromatic Surfacer, Deltron DBC2000 Basecoat, Global
Refinish System D8188 Glamor LV Clearcoat and custom mixes.
Fifth place was claimed by a 1959 Rambler American wagon
built by Doug Jerger and the talented crew, including painter
Moose Graczyk, at Squeeg’s Kustoms, Chandler, Arizona, for
Scottsdale-based owner Dean Osland. Graczyk gave the car its root
beer-and-titanium paint job with PPG Deltron DBC2000 Basecoat,
DCU2021 Urethane Clear and a custom mix of toners and tints.
Harold Chapman and his team at Customs & Hot Rods of
Andice also took seventh place with a 1949 Cadillac Model 62
convertible owned by Chapman’s wife, Tracy. Shop manager
Michael Kaiser had expert painter Lance Nelson give the Caddy
its lustrous white and blue satin finish with Deltron DBC2000
Basecoat, a special blend of tints and toners and Global Refinish
System D8152 Performance + Glamour Clearcoat.
A 1937 Ford Coupe won ninth place. Owned by Dan Wathor
of Rio Linda, California, and built and painted by Kenny Welch of
Kenny’s Rod Shop, Boise, Idaho, the car sported a copperish color
achieved with Envirobase High Performance waterborne basecoat,
a custom color mix and Deltron DCU2021 Urethane Clear.
Rounding out PPG’s winner’s circle, in tenth place, was a
stunning 1938 Alfa Romeo Club Coupe. The car, owned by Bart
Bartoni of Modesto, California, was built by Ron Crume of
Infinity Motorsports, Grants Pass, Oregon. Crume also painted
the Alfa, giving it a custom two-tone Tuscany Tan and Italian
Ivory finish with Deltron DBC2000 Basecoat, DC4000 Velocity
Premium Clear and a combination of toners and tints. CW
PPG-Painted Oldsmobile Wins
Hot August Nights Cup
