story, “My closest friend, Lowell Kaye, has a Callaway and that’s how we met. He pulled up at a show in a white pearl Callaway and I pulled up in a white pearl Stalker. He flipped over my car and I loved his car and we became good friends.”
     What’s even more surprising is the fact that Mel and Kaye chose the same custom wheels, Budnik. Mel already had his wheels chromed, which is unusual for polished aluminum, and his friend liked the look so well he also sent his Budniks to CICC in Pomona, California for plating.
     The late Larry Shinoda, a former Chevrolet designer who helped design the original Sting Ray, also raved about Mel’s ‘89 convertible. Larry had his own body mod package for the C4 and wondered exactly how Mel had achieved this look. We also wondered about the