"Rent-a-Racer" 1968-1984 California

California

Because this edition was intended in part to celebrate Wil’s retirement as manager of the Corvette Assembly Plant

This one places a Roman Red 1962 Corvette beside a side wall of Jimmy’s Jigger and a beer advertisement for Hamm’s Beer with its famous floating bear

I created the brick wall sign behind the cars by enhancing an existing wall in Baxter Springs

” which shows three of the Special Edition Camaros that were purchased immediately by collectors

"Rent-a-Racer" 1968-1984 CaliforniaRent a Racer is a look at the famous Shelby Hertz Rental GT350H's from 1966. A friend owned an original black with gold stripes Hertz, and I took photos of his car for the painting. A little research gave me a copy of an original magazine ad for the Hertz Mustang program, and I took some artistic license to re design the ad and place it on a brick wall. These cars were often rented by enthusiasts for a weekend, taken to a local drag strip for racing,