Topic: Art and cars #34 - Charlie Ryan and his Hot Rod Lincoln

[Ray B.]

Who is he, and what car can he be associated with?

It's been sometimes since the last  Art and Cars puzzle, right? Although there are still a few hard nuts to crack around.

Art and cars. Painters, writers, musicians, actors, movie makers: in a nutshell, artists. Cars of special importance in their work, or in their life.
Rule is: you identify the artist, you have one week to find the car. After that, the hunt is opened and anyone can rob you of your point.
Thanks!

[Ray B.]

Special pro clearance!

[guido66]

Isn't he that tall guy from "Hill street Blues"?

[Ray B.]

I think I'll eat my hat if he is.

[streamliner]

Could it possibly be Townes (Pancho and Lefty) van Zandt in happier times?

...and his 1989 GMC truck, the only car he owned when he died.

[Ray B.]

I reckon that there is a physical likeness, but this guy was born about 30 years earlier than Townes Van Zandt.

[Ray B.]

I reckon that there is a physical likeness, but this guy was born about 30 years earlier than Townes Van Zandt.

Still - I forgot to add - streamliner was on to something because he was in the same line of business.

[pnegyesi]

Isn't he Charlie Ryan who sang Hot Rod Lincoln?

[streamliner]

Well done!   

[Ray B.]

That song has been quoted in other puzzles so often, I was wondering why no one solved this one.