When we were at our first car show, someone recognized the car and another person asked about the pinstriping. The gentleman looked at the front and then went to the rear and said "Jim Hetlzer out of Muscatine". (Update - that "gentleman" turned out to be Frosty Harrington!)
Here is a link to his website. He is very accomplished in this field.
JC Hetz Studio is owned and operated by Jim and Chris Hetzler. We are a full service custom paint, graphics and pinstriping shop. Jim has been pinstriping and custom painting for over 40 years and takes every opportunity he gets ...
Jim has been freehand pinstriping and lettering for over 40 years. Although he specializes in street rods and motorcycles he also pinstripes many other items such as motorcycle horn covers for Chrome Dome MC, antique motorcycle restorations for the National Motorcycle Museum ...
UPDATE MAY 27, 2026, we met a guy with a 1947 International truck at Bennigan's. Jim did his painting. This guy said Jim was the only person to reply to him and did same day. This guy texted Jim pictures of our car and Jim replied he pinstriped our '55 in 2008 at The Good Guys.
