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Īt PPG (NYSE: PPG), we work every day to develop and deliver the paints, coatings and materials that our customers have trusted for more than 130 years. The owner of the winning car receives a cash award and a special embroidered jacket along with the greater prize of the coveted Ridler Award trophy representing the ultimate in custom design brilliance. The winner is selected from this elite group. From the initial field of competitors, eight cars-known as the “Great Eight”-are chosen as finalists. Entries are judged on creativity, engineering and workmanship. To qualify for the award, a car must debut at the Detroit Autorama. It was established in 1964, named after the man who made the Detroit Autorama the nation’s premier custom car show. The Ridler Award is officially known as the Don Ridler Memorial Award. His 2016 Ridler Award gives him a significant credential to add to his already remarkable resume that includes the Barrett-Jackson Cup along with several Street Rod of the Year, Custom Rod of the Year and America’s Most Beautiful Roadster awards and many other top prizes. Hutton gained a national reputation with featured appearances on Hot Rod TV, TLC’s Overhaulin’ and the Discovery Channel’s American Hot Rod. When mixing a custom color, Envirobase High Performance paint always exceeds my expectations the colors that we’re able to achieve are so clean and brilliant.” Using Envirobase High Performance products made it possible to create the exact finish we wanted. The Olds is beautiful, and the key to our success has been working with PPG’s Envirobase High Performance waterborne basecoat.
God blesses everyone with different talents, and the best part is working together to help build someone’s dream. “I always appreciate the opportunity to work with highly skilled craftsmen that have such passion and drive. “Winning the Ridler is a special honor,” said Hutton. He used PPG Envirobase High Performance waterborne products and the GLOBAL REFINISH SYSTEM ™ brand D8152 Performance + Glamour Clearcoat to give Olds Cool its unique finish, ensuring that this car would stand apart from the competition. In this case, the car’s custom color, Kona Brown, was personally created by Hutton. Hutton is well-known for his uncanny ability to select and mix just the right colors to match a car’s style and character, giving it a distinctive look worthy of award-winning recognition. He painted Olds Cool at his shop, Charley Hutton’s Color Studio, in Nampa, Idaho. Hutton, regarded as one of the most accomplished and gifted painters in the custom car world, uses PPG Automotive Refinish products exclusively. The car was meticulously constructed over four years by Harold Chapman and his team of talented craftsmen at Customs & Hot Rods of Andice, also of Georgetown. It was also the fourth time in nine years that an entry painted with PPG Automotive Refinish products took the prize.Īppropriately nicknamed “Olds Cool,” the gleaming custom build is owned by Bill and Debbie Thomas of Georgetown, Texas. The highly revered Ridler Award is presented to the most outstanding custom car or truck making its debut appearance at the Autorama, an event-now in its 64th year-held every winter in the Motor City. PPG’s Charley Hutton Delivers Another Ridler Award-Winning FinishĪn immaculate 1939 Oldsmobile convertible sporting a custom-mixed metallic PPG ENVIROBASE ® High Performance finish by renowned painter Charley Hutton won the 53rd annual Ridler Award at the recent 2016 Detroit Autorama held at Cobo Hall on the city’s waterfront.
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