Porsche built a tribute to Sally Carrera. We built the real one.
Shortly after parting ways with the car magazines, I got a call from Eddie to come back to work for him. He was still in El Segundo but I was astonished by what Customs by Eddie Paul had evolved into. It was E.P. Industries now, a thriving manufacturing business with full CNC machining and R&D capabilities. Eddie was busy inventing things like pumps and tools and engines and mechanical sharks; he needed somebody to handle the automotive end.
A few months back, Eddie worked a deal with Boss Hoss Motorcycles to build two custom V8 bikes. Part of that deal included getting a big-block Chevy-powered Boss Hoss into Jay Leno’s ever-growing car and motorcycle collection. It turned out to be the best promo ever for the V8 motorcycle company as Jay rode the bike to the studio and let Tom Cruise take it for a spin on the Tonight Show. In a roundabout way, gifting that custom-painted motorcycle to Jay is likely what led to the job with Pixar.
Here, Jay Ward, Bob Pauley and Jerome Ranft make sure that I get the smile on Sally’s mouth just right.Eight hours after Howard’s meeting with Jay Leno and that first phone conversation with Eddie Paul, the soon-to-be Sally Carrera 911 was on a transporter, headed straight for El Segundo. The next day, Howard called Pixar and informed them that he had found the guy to build Sally.
Building a car from the ground up was nothing new to Eddie or me. But taking a two-dimensional animated character and build a life-size car to the exact scale was something we’d never done before. We worked closely with Pixar throughout the six-week build. Pixar’s Production Designer Bob Pauley, Creative Director Jay Ward, and Character Sculptor Jerome Ranft were with us during the critical shaping of the body, making sure that every line and curve was perfect.
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