I posted some photographs of myself and my body shop. June 6, 2010

Straight out of High School, I was hired by Dave Romero, and worked for the city of San Luis Obispo. I learned a lot from the older guys that I took throughout my life. I quit the city, then pursued my passion-- hot rods and high end cars.

I was also one of the youngest painters to paint for a dealership at the age of 20. I was the head painter for Briden Chevrolet and Corvette Dealership in Paso Robles, CA. I started Nunes Auto Body in the '60's. Through the '70's and '80's, the shop was Nunes and Jefferies. Late '80's to late '90's, it was Nunes Pristine Auto Body.

I started working on cars when I was 14. My Dad taught me quite a bit, I was working on a couple of cars in the yard all the time. Friends at the house, Mom's cooking, music, and hot rods. From an early age, I was hanging out around all the body shops and machine shops learning everything I could. In the '60's, I went to Cuesta College and Sikkens German Paint School in Los Angeles and earned my paint certification. I started my career using lacquers and ended using polyurethanes.

At one time, Nunes Pristine Auto Body was one of the biggest shops on the Central Coast, San Luis Obispo and Atascadero, CA. I owned the property right off Highway 101. The building was one of the oldest buildings in Atascadero, and was once the Ford Agency.

We were a major repair facility and we were a direct repair shop for all major insurance companies. All of our technicians, including myself, were I-CAR gold certified in major collision repair with laser frame equipment, everything computerized.

I did repairs on front-ends, rear-ends, and all aspects of collision repair including custom car fabrication, top chopping, and custom work using lead technique. Nunes and Jefferies specialized in sports cars, high-end collision repair, and some hot rod fabrication. I also worked for Matthew's Chrome Plating and Tombstone Engraving and learned sandblasting Deep Carving. I was involved in all aspects of the chrome plating business, and did all my own polishing and chrome plating for all my hot rods. Lucky Me!

I was the head painter at Nunes and Jefferies – Nunes Pristine Auto Body. I had people stopping by my shop in the hot rods. You never knew who was going to show up. That was part of the joy of it. "I have always been an artist, but you can't make money painting with a paintbrush, like you can with a spray gun."

My heroes WWII generation!

My – Personal cars are in more than 20 magazines, hot rod issues.

{UNDER A NEW OWNER, THE SHOP WENT OUT OF BUSINESS IN 2007}

    Enjoy the Ride Bobby Nunes

      These photos are just a few of the cars 

Bobby Nunes' LegShow T Roadster

Some detailing work of  mine	Some work for F.McLintock's
Some detailing work on a boat I did	Another view of the boat
Flames for a boat	Flames I did on a gas tank
My truck (69' Chevy) chop top and customer paint (Click to enlarge)	My truck - Picture taken in 1963 (55' Chevy)  (Click to enlarge)

Custom Truck - Chopped and all blacked out	A customer's Lamborghini The money was in sports cars.

Freshly painted frame hanging in the shop	Another freshly painted frame drying
Me doing some bodywork outside the shop	1967 "Floppy Bumb"
Me at work (My shop in San Luis Obispo)	My Best friend and shop foreman Jerry Floyd (Left) Bobby Nunes smiling (Right)

Circuit Winner	Me and good friend Jean Estrada (Click to enlarge)
Me with the Model A in front of the 1211 Pismo St.	Bobby and Tommy Nunes in front of 1211 Pismo St.
Bobby Nunes 1972	Out in front of the house (San Luis - 1211 Pismo St)