I’ve shown you scads of painted cars of Eugene, but they’re always typical Eugene-mobiles: cheap old cars. But in tony Mill Valley, CA, which started out as something of an artist’s enclave, folks have their expensive new cars painted. And why not?
This is quite a sight that Nicky D found and posted at the Cohort; no less than a 911 and Model S. Who painted them? I need to get them to paint my van.
I cropped the shot of the 911 and saw this name on the back: Zio Ziegler. A pretty well known muralist from San Francisco. And there’s other shots and articles about this 911 on the web.
Here’s Zio with his handiwork.
Here’s a Mclaren he did. I’m guessing he’s not Eugene-cheap.
Here’s another shot of the 911 from the front.
And I found the Tesla too, which he did more recently. So both these cars ended up in the same driveway; a patron of sorts.
If I can’t afford Zio to do my van, I can afford a pair of Vans by him. The next best thing.
Somewhere, Janis Joplin is smiling.
The colors on the 911 and shoes remind me of the Calder’s Braniff DC-8 and BMW 3.0CSL. I thought they were the genesis of “art cars” (or “art planes”) but clearly the Joplin 356 pre-dates Calder’s work. Maybe Calder’s was the first commercial application after inspiration from the personal, private works of the ’60s?
Far out! But a little surprising that the free spirit with these personalized cars would stick with the stock Cali license plates.
Query. Might these be “Wraps”?
No they’re not. I thought that was pretty clear.
That’s a nice C4S with GT3 wheels on it. I do like the “professional” art car look on this and the Tesla. Nice to add a little (ok, a lot) individuality to Mill Valley. No SUV’s in that driveway, I wonder what Zio could do with a large canvas such as an Escalade or whatever…
Or a Promaster?
Ooh, there you go! That would be fun to see!
Wow, when I saw these in the Cohort I just figured they were wraps. The fact that they’re not makes them, like, 2000% cooler.
Also, this reminds me that I haven’t seen our local painted PT Cruiser (which Paul was kind enough to feature here last year) in the neighborhood in a bit. Hope it’s still chugging along.
Not a paint job, but this photo originally posted on r/vancouver shows another approach to the ‘art car’.