In its new calendar, Team spirit 2016, Spies Hecker has drawn on the theme of the 2016 European Football Championships to be held in France. The calendar presents people and bodyshops whose hard work turns vehicles into real collectors’ items. It showcases these works of art, strikingly photographed at 11 customer sites in six European countries.

Some of the highlights include; a Ferrari 330 GT 2+2, built in 1967, photographed in France,  a flame red 1950 Healey Silverstone shot in Italy and an elegant 1971 VW Polo P 1800 ES captured in Poland. Photographer Ramon Wink, who has been involved with the Spies Hecker calendar for many years, showcased the vehicles to their best advantage in their respective bodyshops.

With the football theme in mind Wink features a BMW M235i Racing  set against the backdrop of the Wankdorf Stadium Switzerland, for March and even features a Spies Hecker finished CH-7 helicopter in flight for February.

Anthony Cashel, Marketing Manager for Axalta Coating Systems commented, “In collaboration with the Škoda museum in the Czech city of Mladá Boleslav, where Škoda today produces the Fabia, Rapid and Octavia models, we were able to shoot a 966 Supersport racing car for our calendar together with Milan Plucar and his team, from Škoda Auto Kosmonosy Bodyshop. The car, from 1950, is known in the racing world as the first-ever East European Formula 1 car. And this particular 966 Supersport is the one remaining model in the world from this production series, as Škoda only ever produced three.” Anthony adds, “As varied as the vehicles may be, they were restored with immense attention to detail and they demonstrate the passion with which refinishers around the world work with Spies Hecker products.”

Applications are now open for the 2017 calendar. Images should be emailed, by 15 February 2016, to joachim.hinz@axaltacs.com. All 12 calendar images can be found on www.spieshecker.com/calendar2016 or on www.facebook.com/spieshecker.

The calendar can be ordered from the Spies Hecker web shop, www.spiesheckerwebshop.co.uk, in the literature/poster section. Colour Club Advance members will automatically receive their free calendar as part of their colour programme update.