Tag: avant garde motorsports

There is nothing like a modern take on a legendary design. If your a fan of Mercedes vehicles then your more then likely to know about the 300SL, a powerful grand touring car that was known for it’s iconic gull wing doors. After ceasing production, Mercedes never really created a spiritual successor to the 300SL until recently, lucky me I was in the right spot at the right time. Pictures after the jump.

I’ve seen this car’s journey from start to finish while working at Garage Works of an on for 5 years and now it’s time for this car to find it’s new owner. It originally started as a champagne coloured car, but slowly it was modified with a Hamann lip and dropped on 22″ rims. This car had always been one of our focal pieces at the shop, it had most of our products installed on it and it was an eye catcher. The biggest change is when we wrapped it in flat black vinyl, the changes were jaw dropping. Instead of a tame luxury coupe with big wheels, it transformed into a menacing angel eyed coupe with big wheels. This car definitely put Garage Works on the map, but unfortunately it was time to let go – the owner has put it up for sale on Avant Garde Motorsports. Luckily I was commissioned to take the photos used on Avant Garde.

I shot this car earlier in September, I went out to do another photo shoot with the LP640 roadster after we mounted these massive Klassen wheels on. This car was an absolute pleasure to shoot, the lighting was just right – casting a nice horizon. It was very difficult to shoot the car since the wheels were black and had so much dish, most of the wheel highlights were done in post production. Pictures after the jump.

Avant Garde Motorsports took delivery of this Lamborghini LP640 Roadster last week and after trying to figure out how to put together the ridiculous soft top, we quickly dismantled it and headed out for a quick photo shoot for the website. Having already shot the hard top version already, I wasn’t sure what to expect with the roadster version of the LP640. The difference: aural pleasure, the engine noise was intensified with no roof.

Here’s another car I shot last week for Avant Garde Motorsports. Exotic cars are hard to come by in the city so it’s always a treat to have an opportunity to shoot cars like these. I liked this particular Gallardo because it had two things that I rarely see: manual transmission and center locking IMSA wheels. Yes, center locking – one lug nut bolts the wheels to the car, how unique is that? I can’t wait to share some more pictures with everyone, more of this car after the jump.