Hemming's comes to town…

Richard Lentinello, editor of Hemming's Classic Car magazine has been following the restoration effort for some time now and said he wanted to do a story on the car at some point. Dave LaChance, an writer/photographer for the magazine was over today to do the photo shoot portion of the story. [He shot another story of a restoration shop in Oxford, ME, the day before, the guys that restored this year's Pebble Beach Best of Show car.]

We started at 7:00 a.m. to get the early a.m. light and shot most of the pictures in a gravel pit. It turns out that their goal is to have a neutral background for photos, which they get by shooting the car from a far distance with a telephoto lens. Here's a shot of Dave at work.



Here's a shot of his wheels:



He also took some shots on a paved road, then close ups back at the house, include some pics of the two cars, coupe and cabriolet, together. It was interesting to see a pro work and they really pay attention to details at HCC. Notice that you see the full wheel in their shots, and never keys in the ignition.

Of course, I had to let Dave have a turn behind the wheel to really get a feel for the car.



The article should be out sometime next year as part of an all Pontiac issue. Stay tuned.