Neil Peart's 'Silver Surfers'

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'Silver Surfers' was the name of car collection owned by former drummer and lyrics writer of rock band - Rush - Neil Peart. He came up with special name for his cars, by, quoting:

The title ‘Silver Surfers’ for my collection of cars occurred to me while driving the DB5 up and down the Pacific Ocean.  Because it felt right to me, I guess the idea that I was just one of the wave riders.

I had moved from Toronto to Los Angeles in 2000 (cherchez la femme), and in search of natural peace I often drove out that way and up into the Santa Monica Mountains.  Out past Malibu to Ventura County, I’d weave along barren ridges of rock and vegetation, the ocean always on one big side. Some days would be misted by the marine layer, while other days the sun blared through a clear sky. The waves were slow and gentle, or churned out a powerful, rolling rhythm…

It was during one of these drives when out of nowhere, it just occurred to me that the color of the ocean had influenced the silver palette of the collection. What other color looks as good in a blue photo?  Not black, not white silver.  And a fortunate risk for the framers’ art, too: silver frames.