ON WINGS OF DESIRE: THIS ANGEL-THEMED ECLIPSE IS OUT OF THIS WORLD

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AFTER MORE THAN 10 YEARS IN THE CAR AUDIO BUSINESS, MICHIGAN INSTALLER JOHN WILLIAMS WAS TIRED. Tired of pouring months of work into cars only to see others get the glory; tired of being hemmed in by his clients' wants, needs and budgets; and, most of all, tired of standing back and watching his creations for other people take home award after award. "I was just sick of sitting in the bleachers," Williams remembers, "and I wanted to get out and show people what we can do I was building cars for everybody else and never had a car for myself." So, in the summer of 2005, he decided to do something about it, picking up a wrecked 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse at auction for USD500 He then enlisted help from his father, John Sr., and went to work in his Ionia, Ml shop, revamping the car inside and out and installing more than USD100,000 in modifications. "We did the whole thing, built the whole car in 40 days from start to finish," Williams says "And we pretty much did everything on it; the paintwork, the air-brushing, I guess I just took it a little too far," he laughs.