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The Gallerage
A Message from Us
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 |  | When I was about 12, I discovered Prints Plus in the mall. This was the beginning of the end for me. I discovered then that I was a poster junkie and couldn’t get enough of them. By the time I was 14, I learned the art of rotation, a practice many collectors and museums adhere to whereby art is removed and replaced by new art, the old art stored away until the next rotation. So, here I was, rotating the posters in my room once in a while to keep it fresh at 14 years old. My friends are out playing baseball and whatever, and I’m rotating my art and cleaning my room. I have long been a neat freak. But the poster of the white 1957 Thunderbird sitting on a ferry in the sunset would become a dark blue Jaguar E-Type roadster on black asphalt beneath a blue sky, and that would later become a Countach which would become something else only to return back to the T-Bird. It kept friends on their toes, and those posters were on one side of the room, while another wall would receive a similar treatment with its posters. It was a constant swirl of pictures moving around. At some point, all the posters ended up rolled up and stored and only recently was I afforded the opportunity to open them up. There must have been a thousand posters, of which a good number of them have recently been sent to friends I knew would take care of them and enjoy them. So, I am only left with a few hundred, the cream of the crop, as they say, and I’m looking forward to hanging them in the garage and creating a gallery theme, something my friend Pete Aylett of CarArt, Inc. might call the Gallerage. I’ve noticed frames, even less expensive ones of basic style and quality, are fairly expensive once you buy a larger number of them. Interesting. Stay tuned.
Don Weberg
Editor-Publisher-Founder
Garage Style Magazine
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See it, Get it, Display it – Part 2 | |
Who knew Rick Rader’s piece in the last edition would spark such an interest? We featured the case of Dr. Detail in Fullerton, California some time ago in the magazine, and after seeing Rick’s feature on his latest acquisition, Dr. Detail showed us how his collection of vintage cleaning solutions has grown over the years. Take a look here on GSM Digital. | |
Office, Garage, and Shop
Text and Images by Don Weberg | |
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Interestingly, this stunning garage was never published in the pages of the printed Garage Style Magazine. Why, we have no idea – we remember shooting it and meeting the owner, and we were hugely impressed. Situated in a well modified World War II Quonset hut in Southern California, the building is hidden away among more modern light industrial structures that afford it a lovely case of anonymity. The owner operates his family construction business from the front end of the building, enjoying his collection in the back, along with a well-appointed shop, which allows him to restore, maintain, and build various cars, which are varied, but centered around racing and sports. He’s even got a retired Bob Bondurant training vehicle, which are normally destroyed by the manufacturer for liability reasons.
The floors are painted and contrast well the open-beam ceiling with skylights. The walls are a simple white affair with framed art plastered along seemingly every available spot. Parked at angles, the cars are ready to go in a moments notice. Through the rear, the shop is kept organized and exhibits a certain hospital cleanliness. During our visit, they were working on a custom boattail car that looked like something a wealthy 1930s playboy might drive. Up front is another set of doors leading to the warmly decorated, well-appointed office and sitting area. What more could anyone want? See more on GSM Digital.
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