The Conklin Family Blog

I was raised to be an artist, but in the end I went into business instead. No worries, there are plenty of other people making art! These photos represent a fairly random sample of pieces in our collection.

Each year we carve pumpkins in our back yard. Even before we had kids, it was an annual event. If undistracted can do a dozen or more in a sitting. Some of my friends are also talented. Others, not so much. Here are some of the more interesting ones through the years.

The Ghia 450SS is a small production grand tourer produced through a collaberation between Chrysler and Ghia. The car was designed for and rejected by Fiat but received a second life when Hollywood producer Burt Sugarman signed on to build it (with modifications) for the glitterati community. It is estimated that 52 cars were produced in total and about 30 are known to still exist.I purchased this one in 1999.