“I LIKE to do things – things that people have never seen before.”
These are the honest words of Allen Kamota, 40, of Quigney, who has certainly done something very few, if any, people have seen before. And surely not in East London.
He has made his ride look softer than a football pitch. Kamota came up with the idea after seeing fake grass in a shop.
“I went to a shop where they sell fake grass; I immediately thought what it would be like if I covered my car with it,” Kamota explained.
His car happens to be a Mercedes C230 Kompressor built in 2000.
“When I first told my wife about this idea, she was a bit confused but I managed to convince her,” said the cellphone salesman.
And, so just before Christmas, Kamota facelifted his Mercedes C230 Kompressor – forever.
“I washed it then dried it.
“I used a special type of glue to stick on the plastic grass then left it in the sun for a while without any water,” he says.
“I did wonder if it would damage the car but I just wanted to make something nice,” said the charmingly bashful family man.
Now every time he drives around the busy streets of East London he doesn’t go unnoticed.
Kamota concedes that the response has been somewhat overwhelming. “People come to me and ask: ‘can you do this for me?’
“Some people want to pay for it. Some ask if they could play golf on it,” he adds.
Although there are many people eager to pay for his product, he hasn’t put a price on it, “yet”.
“I determine how much it is valuable to me, but if someone come to me and wants to buy it, maybe we can get into some sort of agreement.”
If you would like see to this amazing piece of art for yourself, visit Nutting Hall, Stirling, East London on January 27.
Lawn on my car? ‘You bet, but please no golf’
These are the honest words of Allen Kamota, 40, of Quigney, who has certainly done something very few, if any, people have seen before. And surely not in East London.
He has made his ride look softer than a football pitch. Kamota came up with the idea after seeing fake grass in a shop.
“I went to a shop where they sell fake grass; I immediately thought what it would be like if I covered my car with it,” Kamota explained.
His car happens to be a Mercedes C230 Kompressor built in 2000.
“When I first told my wife about this idea, she was a bit confused but I managed to convince her,” said the cellphone salesman.
And, so just before Christmas, Kamota facelifted his Mercedes C230 Kompressor – forever.
“I washed it then dried it.
“I used a special type of glue to stick on the plastic grass then left it in the sun for a while without any water,” he says.
“I did wonder if it would damage the car but I just wanted to make something nice,” said the charmingly bashful family man.
Now every time he drives around the busy streets of East London he doesn’t go unnoticed.
Kamota concedes that the response has been somewhat overwhelming. “People come to me and ask: ‘can you do this for me?’
“Some people want to pay for it. Some ask if they could play golf on it,” he adds.
Although there are many people eager to pay for his product, he hasn’t put a price on it, “yet”.
“I determine how much it is valuable to me, but if someone come to me and wants to buy it, maybe we can get into some sort of agreement.”
If you would like see to this amazing piece of art for yourself, visit Nutting Hall, Stirling, East London on January 27.
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