This is the second sprint roadster I am now restoring

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Fontana TWO

Fontana ONE

Sprint Car

 My drawing of the Don Thomas sprint roadster. 

 Don Thomas, owner, builder and driver of his Buick powered CRA sprint roadster at El Centro, 1962

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 Hillborn injected 364 Nailhead Buick powered. Note, the engine sits in the car at a diagonal and to the left of the car.

 Loading up car in Wisconsin in June of 2002.

 Stopped by a fairly well known race track on the way home.

 Don Thomas built a very unique frame.

 Car at home. Note, someone over the life of the car had added a "Watson" type nose, not original to when Don built the car.

 Don Thomas sitting in the chassis of his roadster that he built 40 years ago in this same driveway. I took the car to Don's home in El Cajon in September of 2002, and discussed the history of the car, and changes made to the frame.

 Here I am standing next to the Don Thomas roadster, along side another roadster that I have been working on for it's owner, Carl Severin.

 Working on the car, paint has been stripped. The original paint was found underneath 4 layers of paint. From that chip of paint, I was able to reproduce the original color.

 The car was put together in May of 2003, for it's first car show.

 December of 2003 the car is apart again and I have painted the frame Purple Mist, re

-chromed the roll-bar, and assembling the front end hopefully for the last time.

 Don Thomas visiting, late '03

 After 2 1/2 years of work, the following 7 photos are how the sprint car looks in 2004

	"If it doesn't have motion, what's the point?" says automotive glass artist Stephen Bonesteel. From his early days of driving stock cars and later off road racers he combined his passions, motorsports and fine arts,into a unique art form: stained glass racing windows.
After graduating in 1972 from California State University (Fresno, CA) Steve and his wife Jan ventured to Australia to teach high school art. During this time he studied the stained glass at Melbourne University.When he returned to the U.S. in 1975, Steve became a full time studio stained glass artist specializing in both residential and commercial projects. In addition he has created over 40 specialty racing windows.
	Steve's art work has been featured in many magazines including Road and Track, Open Wheel, and Automobile. Galleries in New York, Los Angeles, and Monterey have shown and sold his art work. His art has been purchased by well known automotive personalities: Betty and Johnny Rutherford commissioned one for Jim Hall, Kyle Petty purchased one for his father's 50th birthday. Tom Wheatcroft of Donnington Race Circuit in England has a window depicting Fangio in his 1956 F1 Ferrari.