You didn't live here in the 60's! I finally tracked down John Gray the owner of the Golden Orchid/Hawaiian Pearl thanks many times over to Kim Kelsey & Larry Biela. This is one photo I been dying to get for a couple years! The car was a 1957 Mercury Monterrey ( I always thought it was an Edsel). John bought it in 1960 & Mr. B did the custom paint & body work. He sold the car to someone in Ft Myers in 1996 & the guy was going to convert it back into a 2 door Mercury, go figure that? John was a Mercury Outboard mechanic at Boat Haven for 28 years Chrisse (Boat Haven's owners daughter) said he was the BEST Mercury mechanic they ever had. The 2nd photo is his custom bicycle, he told me he started pedaling during the gas shortage in the 70's. He did a cross country trek on the BIKE Centennial in 1976 from Illinois to Kentucky. This car truly was a Naples legend in my eyes it was the Batmobile of Naples hats off & hi 5 to Mr. John Gray!
