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Rhonda Madden started her company, Creative Automotive Consultants, in 1977. She is a trained appraiser and works for estates, individuals, and she is a licensed California DMV agent working as a vehicle verifier. After college, Rhonda moved to Los Angeles and worked as a fashion model, an actress, and a dancer and appeared in many movies and television shows. She often purchased collector cars filling warehouses with her acquisitions and she supplied vehicles to the entertainment industry to be used in movies and television and she still provides vehicles to the visual arts industry today. Rhonda collects model cars and trucks and an occasional collector car or two.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • Ironclad Performance Wear • Christopher Kimball Financial Services • Classic Auto Show
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
Life is an adventure. Enjoy it!
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
Rhonda shares about making a purchase that changed the way she did business.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
1937 Chrysler Airflow
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
Take a trusted person with you to check over the car you want to purchase.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
Read old and new books and magazines about the cars you enjoy.
RECOMMENDED BOOK
Old Cars Original Books (a series now out of print)
PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE
Enjoy every minute of life.
SHARE THE INSPIRATION
Your opinion matters and I will greatly appreciate your support.
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Rhonda was the licensed / official appraiser of my 1964 Porsche 356C (Coupe); she wrote the appraisals for many years (through her company – Creative Automotive Consultants). With her encouragement, my wife and I showed the Porsche at the 2013 Palo Alto Concours d’Elegance, and won “Third in Class.” A few years later, we sold the “Show Car” for 80+ Thousand Dollars (right at what she appraised it to be). Without Rhonda’s influence and encouragement, we would probably not have shown the Porsche along with the “Totally Restored” automobiles; we merely maintained ours (in show condition). Borrowing her thrift concept led us to a healthy sale – Thank You Rhonda
Thank you Victor for the great note. Rhonda is a gem in the automotive world.