RECOGNITION Related Metalwork by DWIGHT H. BENNETT

The Road & Track Trophy

THE ROAD & TRACK MAGAZINE’S ENGINE-TURNED TROPHY: As seen in the interview with Jay Leno on 2/19/14, this is the

latest version of R&T’s “The Car We Would Most Like To Drive” trophy that will be awarded at the Pebble Beach Concours

d’Elegance in August 2014. It features R&T’s latest logo on the horn button and on the venue plaque since Hearst

Corporation recently obtained R&T Magazine.

Dashboard Trophy/Sculpture

DASHBOARD TROPHY/SCULPTURE:

Debuted in the interview with Jay Leno on 2/19/14. It is 16” long horizontally, and is

made of copper, red bronze and sterling silver. The screws are brass and stainless steel. The steering wheel rotates, the

mirror is adjustable vertically, and the two keys on the key ring dangle from the inserted brass ignition key. This is the first of

three images of this piece.

Dashboard Trophy/Sculpture

DASHBOARD TROPHY/SCULPTURE:

Debuted in the interview with Jay Leno on 2/19/14. It is 16” long horizontally, and is

made of copper, red bronze and sterling silver. The screws are brass and stainless steel. The steering wheel rotates, the

mirror is adjustable vertically, and the two keys on the key ring dangle from the inserted brass ignition key. This is the second

of three images of this piece.

Dashboard Trophy/Sculpture

DASHBOARD TROPHY/SCULPTURE DETAIL:

Debuted in the interview with Jay Leno on 2/19/14. It is 16” long horizontally,

and is made of copper, red bronze and sterling silver. The screws are brass and stainless steel. The steering wheel rotates,

the mirror is adjustable vertically, and the two keys on the key ring dangle from the inserted brass ignition key. This is the third

of three images of this piece.

R&T's 'World's Best Cars'

R&T MAGAZINE: My ‘World’s Best Cars’ solid brass plaque that was used on the cover, contents page and throughout the

article on/in R&T, July 1989 (see the next image).

Plaque on R&T Cover

R&T MAGAZINE: My ‘World’s Best Cars’ brass plaque on cover of R&T, July 1989. Additionally this plaque appeared on the

contents page and every page of this feature article.

Original plans called for this plaque to be an airbrush illustration, but that fell through. At the last minute, I produced this 3-D

brass photo prop for them to photograph (see the previous image).

Hazard Xing 60 Drawing

HAZARD XING 60 CUP DRAWING: This is a cross-section, cut-away ink over graphite rendering of the cup on coquille paper.

The actual sterling cup was produced (see the next image) from this ‘working plan’ that was drawn in advance.

Sterling Hazard Cup

HAZARD XING 60 CUP: Color oxidized sterling silver with a bezel-set ruby. The truck, hidden under the base, spins around

its ‘roadway’ when the cup is tilted.

A gentleman, whose last name was Hazard, owned a large construction company that built a number of freeways and bridges

in San Diego. He was given a huge sixtieth birthday bash by a number of close friends, one of whom was my client who

wanted this special celebratory sterling silver cup made especially for the event.

When viewed right-side-up, there is nothing particularly unusual about the cup. But when the cup is tilted for drinking, one will

find (concealed under the base) a truck that spins around a ‘roadway’ that has the words ‘Hazard Xing 60’ written in advance

of the limit line.

See the previous image for the 'working plan' drawing of this cup.

R&T Photo of 1st Trophy

R&T’s STUDIO PHOTO: Of the first all-metal ‘The Car We Would Most Like To Drive’ steering wheel trophy I made, Feb 1996.

See this trophy just prior to presentation in the next image.

Bill Warner & Stirling Moss

BILL WARNER & STIRLING MOSS: Holding my first trophy at Amelia Island Concours, photo c/o R&T’s Richard M. Baron,

April 7, 1996.

See the previous image for an R&T studio photo of this trophy.

Automobile Mag Trophy

MY PLAQUES: As used on Richard Pietruska’s ‘Automobile of the Year’ trophy by Automobile Magazine, Feb. 1998, p 54.

See a detail of one of my two plaques used on this trophy in the previous image.

Priscilla Barnes

ORANGE COAST MAGAZINE: Priscilla Barnes (from the TV series Three's Company) with my key ring, on the cover of the

Orange Coast Magazine's 1983 Automotive Guide, Jan. 1983, p 147, left; and the Rolls-Royce Sterling Ignition Key Ring that

she held in the photo shoot, right.

2nd City Council's Logo

2nd CITY COUNCIL’S LOGO: As originally conceived in metal, left; and for print in black and white, right.

The 2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space (2cc) wanted a sophisticated logo design to fit three parameters: To

be made in metal, interpreted to black and white on stationary, and eventually be made into a neon blade sign.

Old city seals from the 1930s are a major influence in my designing logos. Virtually every detail on these old seals are

symbolic, and so it is with the 2cc logo, on which every detail has some significance to the organization: The background is of

corrugated sheet metal (honoring the only other business located in the 1930 Art Deco building: Wille’s Tin Shop). The actual

shape of the face is an outline of the border of the East Village Arts District (EVAD) in Long Beach, California. From the top

clockwise: E. 7th St., Alamitos Ave, Ocean Blvd, and Long Beach Blvd. The resulting trapezoid mimics the building’s shape,

as it is also a trapezoid, and within its large gallery there is a smaller trapezoidal-shaped gallery called ‘The Trapezoid.’ The

abbreviation used for the gallery’s name is 2cc, the letters of which make up the brow, eyes and nose. The ear stud is the

exact location of the 2cc in EVAD, between 4th and 5th Streets on Alamitos Ave.

+ & - Photo Etched Logos

DWIGHT BENNETT’S LOGO: An example of a 'positive etch' wherein the logo is recessed into a polished brass sheet, left;

and a 'negative etch' wherein the entire background is etched, leaving only the polished brass logo lines, right.

See my logo as printed on my business card in the previous image.

BMW Ign. Key Rings

MY BMW STERLING IGNITION KEY RINGS: The frontside and backside.

Sterling Ignition Key Rings utilize factory master key blanks that you can get cut to match you car’s key at a locksmith’s (in

some cases, the owner of a vehicle must supply their own key blank). Then you can use this to operate your car instead of

your rubber headed factory key.

Link-Lock KRs Come Apart

LINK-LOCK KEY RINGS: How they come apart.

Link-Lock Key Rings are designed to come apart quickly and easily with no moving or miniature parts. When the two links are

aligned properly, the links will slip apart effortlessly, but otherwise not.

Thos. L. Bryant & Brian Redman

THOS. L. BRYANT & BRIAN REDMAN: Both with my fourteenth trophy at the Monterey Historics, photo c/o R&T’s Bert Swift,

Aug. 19, 2001.

Brian Redman at the Monterey Historic Races accepting my R&T ‘The Car We Would Most Like to Race’ award in behalf of

the Collier Automotive Museum, from the Editor of R&T Magazine, Thos. L. Bryant.

R&T’s ‘The Car We Would Most Like to Drive [or] Race’ engine-turned steering wheel trophies have been awarded at these

venues as well: Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, The Brian Redman International Challenge at Road America, The

Chicago Historic Races, The Hamptons Concours d’Elegance, The Newport Beach Concours d’Elegance, Pebble

Beach Concours d’Elegance, The Quail Motorsports Gathering and as a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ given to Steve

& Debbie Earle in recognition of organizing the Monterey Historic Races.

Auto Mag & Chrysler VIPs

MY ‘AUTOMOBILE All-Star' plaque was used on the trophy that was presented to Chrysler Corporation's Chairman Robert

Eaton and President Robert Lutz by Automobile Magazine’s Publisher David E. Davis,

Mopar Xpressions, Jan-Feb. 1993, p 19.

See the next image for a closer, published view of the trophy with my plaque.

Automobile Mag Trophy

MY ‘AUTOMOBILE All-Star’ plaque was used on a trophy (like this trophy) that in 1993 was presented to Chrysler

Corporation's Chairman Robert Eaton and President Robert Lutz by Automobile Magazine’s Publisher David E. Davis,

Automobile Magazine, Feb. 1998, p 64.

See the previous image for a published view of the presentation.

R&T's Awards in Monterey

R&T MAGAZINE: Presenting two of my trophies at the Monterey Historics and a third one at the Pebble Beach Concours

d'Elegance, R&T, Dec. 2008, p 114.

Upon retirement, one of my R&T ‘Lifetime Achievement Awards’ was presented to Steve and Debbie Earle commemorating

the couple for starting the Monterey Historics thirty-five years before (upper left photo).

Link-Lock KRs Come Apart

STERLING LINK-LOCK KEY RING KR16: How they come apart.

Link-Lock Key Rings are designed to come apart quickly and easily with no moving or miniature parts. When the two links are

aligned properly, the links will slip apart effortlessly, but otherwise not.

Mercedes Ign. Key Rings

MY MERCEDES STERLING IGNITION KEY RINGS: The frontside and backside.

Sterling Ignition Key Rings utilize factory master key blanks that you can get cut to match you car’s key at a locksmith’s (in

some cases, the owner of a vehicle must supply their own key blank). Then you can use this to operate your car instead of

your rubber headed factory key.

African C/T Masks

FOUND THEATRE: I designed and made the African Comedy & Tragedy 4½” bronze masks for The Found Theatre.

See how these bronze masks were incorporated around the front doors of the Theatre in the ARCHITECTURAL portfolio.

Also, look at the matching grant, fund raising, miniatures of these masks and how you can purchase these directly from the

Found Theatre in the SILVERSMITHING portfolio.

See the next three images to view all the masks.

Cambodian C/T Masks

FOUND THEATRE: I designed and made the Cambodian Comedy & Tragedy 4½” bronze masks for The Found Theatre.

See how these bronze masks were incorporated around the front doors of the Theatre in the ARCHITECTURAL portfolio.

Also, look at the matching grant, fund raising, miniatures of these masks and how you can purchase these directly from the

Found Theatre in the SILVERSMITHING portfolio.

This is the second of four paired images of the masks I designed and made.

Hispanic C/T Masks

FOUND THEATRE: I designed and made the Hispanic Comedy & Tragedy 4½” bronze masks for The Found Theatre.

See how these bronze masks were incorporated around the front doors of the Theatre in the ARCHITECTURAL portfolio.

Also, look at the matching grant, fund raising, miniatures of these masks and how you can purchase these directly from the

Found Theatre in the SILVERSMITHING portfolio.

This is the third of four paired images of the masks I designed and made.

Caucasian C/T Masks

FOUND THEATRE: I designed and made the Caucasian Comedy & Tragedy 4½” bronze masks for The Found Theatre.

See how these bronze masks were incorporated around the front doors of the Theatre in the ARCHITECTURAL portfolio.

Also, look at the matching grant, fund raising, miniatures of these masks and how you can purchase these directly from the

Found Theatre in the SILVERSMITHING portfolio.

See the previous three images to view all the masks.

'Art Gallery' Neon Sign

‘ART GALLERY’ NEON SIGN: My sign in daylight with the tubes lit, above; and a detail of part of the sign in daylight with the

tubes off, below.

This ‘Art Gallery’ neon sign has a brushed aluminum front plate with pierced out lettering. The intermediate color ‘tone’ in

each letter is of perforated brass sheet that allows some of the backlit neon light through when the sign is turned on in either

the dark or daylight; but by day, you can see the intermediate color ‘tone’ is actually the gold-toned perforated brass.

See the next image for the other of these two matching neon signs.

'Performance Space' Neon

‘PERFORMANCE SPACE’ NEON SIGN: My sign as it appears at night, above; and a detail of part of the sign in daylight with

the tubes lit, below.

This ‘Performance Space’ neon sign has a brushed aluminum front plate with pierced out lettering. The intermediate color

‘tone’ in each letter is of perforated brass sheet that allows some of the backlit neon light through when the sign is turned on

in either the dark or daylight; but by day, you can see the intermediate color ‘tone’ is actually the gold-toned perforated brass.

See the previous image for the other of these two matching neon signs.

The First Ruf Emblem

RUF REAR DECK EMBLEM: I made the first flat black powder coated rear deck Ruf emblems like this one.

When Louis Ruf sent his high performance ‘remanufactured’ Porsches to the U.S. automotive press for road testing with no

Ruf emblems, the photographers focused their cameras on the Porsche badges for their articles. Ruf cars needed Ruf

emblems to differentiate them from ‘pedestrian’ Porsches.

In 1985, I made the first twenty-five RUF rear deck emblems retroactively for most of the first Rufs delivered to the U.S. I

designed the flat black powder coated aluminum castings to fit the contour of the 911’s rear deck while using the same two

holes and nuts that the stock ‘turbo’ script used, thus eliminating a trip to the body shop.

See the original Ruf hubcaps I made in the next image.

The First Ruf Hub Caps

RUF CUSTOM HUBCAP: The original Ruf hubcaps I made were powder coated flat black aluminum.

After designing the first Ruf rear deck emblems in 1985, I got a request to design the first Ruf hubcaps. I retroactively made

the first eighty aluminum Ruf hubcaps, which were powder coated flat black.

See the previous image for the first Ruf rear deck emblems I made.

Porsche Ign. Key Rings

MY PORSCHE TURBO STERLING IGNITION KEY RINGS: The frontside and backside.

Sterling Ignition Key Rings utilize factory master key blanks that you can get cut to match you car’s key at a locksmith’s (in

some cases, the owner of a vehicle must supply their own key blank). Then you can use this to operate your car instead of

your rubber headed factory key.

R&T Plaque Awards

R&T MAGAZINE: Two of the ten ‘One of the 10 Best Cars in the World’ plaques I made, Acura NSX, left; and Ferrari 348tb &

348ts, right.

I made about two dozen of 1991’s ‘One of the Ten Best Cars in the World’ etched aluminum award plaques with chamfered

edges that were given to the respective manufacturers. The left one is for the Acura NSX. The one on the right is for the

Ferrari 348tb & 348ts.

My Road America Trophy

R&T MAGAZINE: The R&T trophy I made for the Road America Concours, Elkart Lake, July, 2011.

I have also constructed many of the second-tier trophies given at venues such as the Merrill Lynch/Brian Redman

International Challenge, the ‘Spirit of Monterey Award, the Ferrari Club of America’s International Meet and the

Concours d’Elegance and Historic Races at Road America, Elkart Lake, like this one with an Autounion sculpture on it.

See the next image for one such presentation.

Phil Hill Presents Trophy

R&T MAGAZINE: Phil Hill and his son Derek giving my trophy away at Danville d'Elegance, R&T, Dec. 2008, p 13.

This trophy with a sculpture of Phil Hill driving a shark-nosed Ferrari, was Road & Track’s Phil Hill award presented by Phil Hill

with his son Derek, at the Danville d’Elegance benefitting the Parkinson’s Institute and Clinical Center.

See the previous image for a detail of one of the similar trophies.