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John Wessels lives in South Africa and has been building model cars for decades. In 2004 it was his automotive passion that lead him to start designing and creating automotive sculptures. He founded AutCourture after showing his retro-deco designs at Techno Classics Essen in 2005. John established relations with two contacts, one in Holland and the other in England where his metal and painted metal sculptures are represented and sold to discerning collectors from around the world.
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SUCCESS QUOTES
“Life is always under construction and the road to success is always under construction.”
“One has to maximize one’s UTR. Useful. Time. Remaining.”
CAREER CHALLENGES
Not being able to attend Art Center College of Design like he hoped.
AH-HA MOMENTS
After years of building models the mass of Chinese made models that were such high quality forced John to think about model building in a different way.
FIRST SPECIAL CAR
A Porsche 356 B
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
Sell it don’t fix it.
GREAT AUTOMOTIVE RESOURCES
Maroun’s Auto Paint Center in Durban South Africa
FAVORITE BOOK
I Am Pilgrim – Terry Hayes
PARTING ADVICE
Whatever you do, do it to the best of your ability and remember that every second that disappears will never come back.
HOW TO FIND JOHN
Aut Couture – www.autcouture.com
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I i spent a delightful morning yesterday with Cars Yeah. Listened to three episodes. All great interviews, especially the one with Mark Greene, by his son. Quite revealing. I also enjoyed John Wessels, the model builder.
Keep up the good work – you’ve become my “on the road” go-to resource! Makes the miles fly by.
Thank you Gordon! I greatly appreciate your listenership and kind words.