We actually have to go back a little bit further to find the first machine with a flame graphic painted on its side. It’s another race car: 10-time Indy 500 participant Kelly Petillo’s 19… See more

Just before WWII, flame paint jobs began to appear on hot rods that were being raced at El Mirage, in the California desert. By the late 1940s, you’d see them on yet more competitio… See more

Flame jobs on custom cars flourished through the 1960s, and by the end of the decade, counterculture choppers and custom vans with wild paint also were in vogue. In t… See more

Like everything else, the flame graphic has evolved. It went from hyper-realistic in the ’80s to a trendy, tribal style in the ’90s, and now it looks more traditional again. This is in large par… See more