A fascinating part of the history of Athens, Ohio, make that the history of automobiles. Evidently, Athens has been funky for a long time. Athens’ residents Claud Dry and Dale Orcutt, airplane pilots turned car designers, developed the King Midget as part of their Midget Motors Supply operations in Athens, OH from roughly 1946 and 1970.
Some links:
1. Check out this funky, Athens-related history yourself.
2. Join the International King Midget Car Club!
3. See other posts here on this illustroblog tagged Athens, OH.

Free-hand iPad painting in the Sketch Club app (click on image to enlarge)

About the iPad painting: Freehand digital iPad painting in Sketch Club using an Apple Pencil and a final tweak in iColorama. Here are the Sketch Club stats:

About the depicted King Midget:

The car depicted above, Lot 55, sold for $10,450, including buyer’s premium, at Barrett-Jackson’s Las Vegas auction in Las Vegas, NV, on October 14, 2016. https://www.sportscarmarket.com/profile/1962-king-midget-model-3

Midget Motors Corp.. Athens, Ohio