My grandfather's profession was restoring turn of the century steam automobiles. (He was born in 1900 and the cars ranged from 1898 to 1908.) In addition to the metal and wood fabricating (tasks not unlike dealing with single shots of that era), he was a one man shop and did his own painting/detailing of the finished projects which included pin striping. But, he did it with custom trimmed brushes and a very steady hand, with little flourishes and fleur de lis in the corners and ends of the stripes.

As an adolescent in the early 60's I learned to drive on the 1898 Locomobile -  tiller steering, hand brake, hand throttle and all. No wonder I gravitated toward 19th century single shot rifles!

He decried the molestation of 30's vintage cars in the creation of hot rods. He was a preservationist through and through.