My father was a body man who also painted cars and did a lot of pinstriping and sign painting. I grew up around a lot of bodyshops, dealerships and some junk yards where he would take me and my brother, who would slide around on the creapers or goof around on the jacks while he worked. He taught me how to hold a brush and how to stripe a car but I was terrible and could never pull a straight line like he could. But in a lot of ways, Im living the same life he did.5x8