About Best of Show Coachworks

Our craftsmen, with over 100 years of combined experience, our passion for classic iron can turn your automotive vision into reality.

Our Shop

Our professional staff, with over 100 combined years of experience is equipped to meet a variety of your
Hot Rod, Custom and Classic Car needs...
from innovative design, one-off fabrication, original restoration, to complete modification. We do it all.

Meet the Best of Show Team.......

Dick Kvamme: Co-owner, Manager, Journeyman Body Man, Metal Fabricator

Born and raised on a family farm in North Dakota, I learned the importance of commitment to successful completion of a task regardless of challenging obstacles.

I entered the automotive industry in 1971, learning paint and body repair in a Chevy Dealership. A major career opportunity opened in 1975 in Denver with a European car restoration shop which eventually developed into owning my own shop in 1979.

I moved to California in 1986, where I continued to hone my skills in automotive fabrication and body work and was honored to have completed the restoration of a 1937 Mercedes Benz which won "Best Restoration" at the Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance.

Following fifteen additional years of experience in all types of restoration of European and American cars, I opened Best Of Show Coach Works with my long-time friend and fellow craftsman, Jon Lindstrom

Jon Lindstrom: Co-owner, Painter, Fiberglass Repair & Fabrication

Most of my life I've been a "car guy". I was always fascinated by hot rods, cars and trucks of one kind or another. This fascination turned into passion when I first saw a '62 Chevy Bubble-top "409" on the line against a '62 "406" Ford Galaxie.

I was born in Riverside, California in 1945, and lived all over the U.S. and many parts of the world by the time I reached adulthood.

Upon my return from VietNam, where I served in Military Intelligence, I moved to Denver in 1972 and began learning my craft as a Journeyman Body man, Painter and Fiberglass Fabricator in an auto restoration shop. By 1982 I owned my first restoration shop focusing on high performance and muscle cars.

Eventually I moved to California where I reunited with long-time friend Dick Kvamme and together we opened Best Of Show Coach Works In 2005.