After looking at the 65 Mustang shots & old comments re Franks "Best of Show" photo set I have decided to post some taken of cars I've done over the last few years (for customers, doing it their way as per their dreams). Unfortunately these are the finished product photos from the insurance appraisal set so they aren't artistic or staged to make the car look special or have a unique background or foreground. This is my day job, and has been for the last 23 years, and I have been a judge at some shows including the Canadian Camaro Nationals so do have a good idea of what a show car gets judged on. First up is an ultra rare 68 Pontiac Bonneville convertible, which is one of 16 built with only 3 known to exist today. It's rare because it was built with a 428 Super Duty engine & 4 speed trans, a long tailshaft Muncie 4 speed and the only 1 I have ever seen in a car or at flea markets including the big one at Carlisle Pennsylvania. It was only done as an on frame restoration because the owner just wanted a nice looking driver.
This one was the worst car I had run into up to that day, and I did a magazine article on what it took to salvage it. All of the steel "birdcage" that the body is built around had major structural rust, so the body had to be broken away from it & a birdcage from a wreck was used to replace it.
