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OK. We admit it. We just love classic memorabilia. We lived
it then and we love bringing it all back to life now. The cars.
The jukeboxes. The Coke machines. The radios. The slot machines.
The pinball machines. All of it.
We first discovered how meaningful and memory-filled all
this stuff was to so many people when Don owned a body shop
(he painted the classic cars used in the 1971 George Lucas
movie "American Graffiti". That really is
what put us on the road to making Past Perfect restorations
for you.
Now, we are continually searching out all of the best
memorabilia that we can find. We are using all of our talent,
imagination and passion to bring it all back for your enjoyment!
We belive in doing things right, so we don't think you will
find more professionally restored classic memorabilia anywhere.
We love to hear all the stories that go along with all the
pieces so feel free to email us your stories and photos! We
look forward to hearing from you.
Check out these articles about us!
From Rusted to Renewed: Marin Independent
Journal, August 4, 2003 >>
Virtual-Only Stores: North Bay
Business Journal, July 7, 2003 >>
Welcome to the Past Perfect Team
What an incredible group of people we have to work and play with every day. We consider ourselves very fortunate to be doing what we love with people that we love.
Our motto is: We are driven by a passionate appreciate for items of classic beauty, produced in a by-gone era, when the motors
and mechanics were simple and the craft and cabinetry were unique. We truly consider what we do labor of love.
Here's a bit about each of us:
Robert D. Orlandi, Sr. ("Senior or "Pop")
Pop loves nothing better than to tinker around with cars, planes,
trains and all toys in general. Having sold his auto repair
business to his son, Don, in 1990, he now devotes his time to the pleasurable pursuits of Past Perfect and Past Perfect.
Since retirement did not suit him, he assembled the following team of family and friends to help him create this budding empire.
Robert D. Orlandi, Jr. ("Don")
Don took over the ownership and operation of his father’s
auto body repair business in 1990 and sold it all off in late 2003 to devote himself full-time to expanding Past Perfect.
We currently have 4 divisions in operation: Past Perfect, SlotGraphics.com, GameRoomDesignbiz.com, GameRepairbiz.com and one on the drawing board: Pinball Alley (wait until you see this)!
Because Don shares his father's love of classic cars and vintage memorabilia it was quite natural for father and son to work together once again.
Don has an incredible imagination and vision, coupled with a knack for buying the right pieces and talent for restoring them. He has a feeling and a soft spot for each and every piece we restore.
Just give the man a little encouragement and he will regale you delightful childhood stories and will gladly take any willing listener on a nostalgic trip down memory lane.
His goal is to bring back to life that time of innocence and promise. It's his passion and dreams that drive Past Perfect.
Gary Kell
Gary Kell is a Mill Valley, CA-based computer graphic artist, cartoonist and
fine artist whose design experience includes work for clients like
Levi-Strauss, direct-mail pieces for Bill Clinton and hundreds of candidates
for local and national office, and work on many newspapers and magazines.
As a cartoonist, his strip "Cityscapes" was a regular feature in the SF Chronicle/Examiner Sunday
magazine, "Marin World" appeared twice weekly for a year in the Marin
Independent Journal, he was a 7-time winner of the Bay Guardian Cartoon
Contest, and he has been extensively reprinted in the national Funny Times.
Currently he is Art Director for two companies: Past Perfect and
Primarily A Cappella. His loves include (aside from working with Past Perfect of course)
his wife Tricia, their Pacific Parrotlet Ben, his country house in Ukiah, participating in
Street Painting Festivals, sketching cartoon ideas, painting large, strangely beautiful surreal oils
and collages, volleyball, bike riding, and walking with Tricia in the beautiful Bay Area.
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