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It’s hot rod builders Gene Winfield (left) and Jim “Jake” Jacobs (right) in the process of punching 114 3x3/4-inch vents into the decklid of Jake’s car, shot by Baskerville in 1973. At this point, Gene and Jake, assisted by Tweedy (wearing a flying eyeball T-shirt with the words “Von Dutch is still alive”) are about halfway through the decklid. By the time they finished the side panels, they’d punched 232 louvers.
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It’s hot rod builders Gene Winfield (left) and Jim “Jake” Jacobs (right) in the process of punching 114 3x3/4-inch vents into the decklid of Jake’s car, shot by Baskerville in 1973. At this point, Gene and Jake, assisted by Tweedy (wearing a flying eyeball T-shirt with the words “Von Dutch is still alive”) are about halfway through the decklid. By the time they finished the side panels, they’d punched 232 louvers.  View Related Article

 

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