I thought you guys might be interested to see a couple of shoots I've done recently for Custom Car Magazine here in the UK Back in September I had a call from Mike Pye at Custom Car, "How do you like 55 Chevys?". I have always liked Tri-Chevys and jumped at the chance to shoot one. "How do you like G***ers?" was his next question, I could think of a few 55 G***ers and my mind was racing as to which one it might be. "How would you like to shoot a whole group of 55 G***ers!", well that was it, what a chance for a shoot. I was straight on the phone to Tim Bowman at the G***er Cave, the only place in the UK that could orchestrate such an event and we arrange to shoot within a couple of weeks before the winter set in. Before the shoot came around I started to plan how I wanted to shoot the cars. I put together some sketches for group shots and a check list for each car. I fired these over to Mike so he could see if these ideas matched his and we were set. Before the shoot came around I had been contacted by a model called Knoxville Roxie about shooting with some old cars so it seemed an ideal opportunity to kill two birds with one stone and get her along to the shoot. 10th October rolled around and we set off into deepest Surrey for the G***er Cave. Just when I was starting to wonder if my sat nav was loosing he plot, we caught sight of Kevin Irvine's yellow 55 pulled over and checking his map. We let him pull out and followed him through the country lanes for the rest of the route. Nothing like following a G***er along the road to brighten up your day. After a cup of tea or two we decided to shoot the group shots first so people could leave as their shots were done. All went well apart from breaking my trusty old steps that had seen better days so any high shots were out of the question. Next it was time for Kevin's solo shots. This yellow 55 was raced in the 60s in the US and had been sitting for while when Kevin found it and brought it to the UK. Next we shot Lee Painter's blue 55, this car was put together by Craig Hopkins before the LA Roadster show where Lee saw it and did the deal to get it back to the UK. The final car to shoot was Tim (of the G***er Cave) Bowman's own shortened wheelbase 55. Tim put this together himself and it really is a sweet ride with a roaring 327. While we were shooting all the cars Knoxville Roxie underwent many outfit changes so we could get some different shots with each and we also shot in the G***er Cave where other Tri-Chevy's were undergoing the magic treatment. Roxie also had a few cigarette breaks. The shots were dispatched to Custom Car and the news came through that we had the cover, fantastic to see the cool 55s all lined up together. The article ran to another 7 pages inside the magazine. See all the shots that were sent to Custom Car in the flickr set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/grantgb/sets/72157623428126534/
Along with the 55 G***ers in February edition of Custom Car was the feature I shot of Steve Withers 32 Ford. This was actually shot over two shoots one before and one after the Chevys. The reason for two shoot was I shot the car straight and Steve mentioned that he would have loved to have the car shot with a model, once again Knoxville Roxie stepped up for the shoot. The first shoot was shot round at Chertsey including some shots of the Garage where Paul Hobby and Steve work their skills on various early Fords. The second part was shot down at Steve's work in Redhill, in the machine shop where he can turn a lump of billet into practically anything. These were shot with two off camera flashes fired by radio triggers. See all the shots from the shoots in the flickr set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/grantgb/sets/72157623431256500/
Wow!! Great shots of some really well done cars. Thanks for posting those and the flickr link to view the rest.
From the latest issue: 14215 River Rat Road, Athens, AL 35611 Tel: 954 369 7182 I thought all your numbers started with 555?
Great shots I love the red oxide 55 ! I used to buy this magazine 10 plus years ago havent seen it here in Canada for a long time...I was kinda pissed about that!
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