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DuPont Automotive Finishes Names Top Gun Winners

WILMINGTON, Del. -- The DuPont Automotive Finishes Top Gun winners for 2001 include something very old (a 1911 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost), something brand new (a 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser), as well as a couple of Willys and two motorcycles.

Chosen from hundreds of entries, the 12 winners will be featured on the 2002 DuPont Automotive Finishes calendar and on the DuPont Website, beginning in January.

This marks the ninth year of the competition, which spotlights motorized passenger vehicles that exemplify the best use of DuPont Automotive Finishes.

Below is a list of winners, including vehicle owners, painters and designers:

• 1947 CHEVROLET PICK-UP -- OWNER, PAINTER, DESIGNER OF PAINT SCHEME: ROLLAND O. KINNEER, BURLINGTON, IOWA. STRIPING: MATHEW KINNEER, BURLINGTON.
• 2000 KENWORTH T-2000 "DRAGON MASTER" -- OWNERS: DALE AND CONNIE ISON, HILLSBORO, OHIO. PAINT SCHEME: DALE ISON AND MICKEY HARRIS, COSBY, TENN. PAINTERS: MICKEY HARRIS PREP WORK, CLEARCOATING: JACOB EADES AND JOHN WATTS, HILLSBORO, OHIO.
• 1967 COBRA 427 -- OWNER AND DESIGNER OF PAINT SCHEME: WILLIS BOWMAN, EGANVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA. PAINTER: RON LACROIX, HOFFMAN'S AUTOBODY, PEMBROKE, ONTARIO.
• 1999 SOFT TAIL CUSTOM MOTORCYCLE -- OWNER: JASON WALESHECK, WHITE BEAR LAKE, MINN. BUILDER: HUGO CUSTOM HAWGS, HUGO, MINN. PAINTER, PAINT SCHEME DESIGNER: AARON WACHHOLZ, OWNER OF X-TREME PAINT & AUTO BODY, FOREST LAKE, MINN.
• 1911 ROLLS ROYCE SILVER GHOST -- OWNER: ROGER LOECY, CHARDON, OHIO. PAINT: SCOTT BURKHAMMER, LOECY'S COACH & MOTOR CO., CHARDON; BODYWORK: STEVEN LITTIN, LOECY'S COACH & MOTOR CO.
• 1999 CHEVROLET S-10 -- OWNER, PAINTER, DESINGER OF PAINT SCHEME: JOEL STEVENSON, OWNER OF TEN TEN CUSTOM PAINT, INC., LAS VEGAS, NEV. SUSPENSION: JEFF GOSS, TOTAL PERFORMANCE AND CUSTOMS, LAS VEGAS.
• 2001 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER -- OWNERS: JIM AND CINDY BISHOP, MERENGO, ILL. PAINTER: JOE FILEK, GETZ'S AUTO BODY, HAMPSHIRE, ILL. DESIGNER: LEE "BOPS" GETZELMAN, GETZ'S AUTO BODY
• 1973 KAWASAKI KZ-900 -- OWNERS: BUCK AND DENISE WISE, OF LOUISVILLE, KY. PAINT AND AIRBRUSHING: GARY SMITH, LOUISVILLE.
• 1941 FORD SEDAN DELIVERY -- OWNER: BURT FRALEY, AUBURN, WASH. PAINT SCHEME DESIGNER: CLYDE MOSLANDER, MOSLANDER'S ROD AND CUSTOM, INC., MONROE, WASH. PAINTER: RAY GOODWIN, MOSLANDER'S ROD AND CUSTOM. FABRICATORS, BODYWORK: KEVIN C, MONTE SHERLOCK, KURT KIDO, CLYDE BULLO, MOSLANDER'S ROD AND CUSTOM.
• 1985 CHEVROLET CORVETTE -- OWNER: TROY NOREN, LYNWOOD, ILL. PAINTER: KEVIN CAMPBELL, OWNER OF COUNTRY COLLISION, INC., LYNWOOD, IL. SURFACE PREPARATION: DERRICK PISZRO, COUNTRY COLLISION.
• 1941 WILLYS 2-DOOR COUPE -- OWNER: BILL DYE, COLUMBUS, OHIO. PAINT AND BODYWORK: LOU GEORGE, BILLY WESTFALL AND DENNY FOYT, AT LOWE'S BODY SHOP, SUNBURY, OHIO.
• 1940 WILLYS PICK-UP -- OWNER: RONALD E. ERNSBERGER, NAPOLEON, OHIO. PAINTERS: DAN YOUNG AND BEN REYES, CORVETTE PAINT SPECIALISTS, NAPOLEON.

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