BLANK Canvas

Beauty can be found within even the most bog standard of cars. At their core, they are creations of design intent far beyond the layman’s understanding, having been sketched into existence multiple times over before ever being produced and released into the wild. Everything has a purpose and reason, appealing more to certain sectors than others depending on what that may be. There is so much variety available in the world, and perhaps the most beautiful part of all is often not the specific styling cues that one offers, the height at which it sits, or the way it makes you feel when driven, but the raw potential every example on earth possesses — with the right vision, passion, and ability, any car can be your next blank canvas.

While we often seek out a specific canvas to work with, there are occasions when one is discovered by chance. As a budding panel beater and spray painter, Wellington’s Michael Browne brought this 1988 Ford Courier for two reasons: it was the perfect work vehicle, with ample space in the tray in which