Soon, the paint on Brians Illusion was fading, so Brian ( who worked for the phone company) hatched a new paint scheme idea to humorously emulate a phone company van paint scheme and "Phony Co" was born. Mark Pinkstaff , a fellow Vandit, offered to paint the van for the cost of materials because he liked the idea. Brian had to feed him whenever he worked on it. Phony Co was a complex project, Mark would do body work then prime the van and send Brian home to block sand it. After many trips, Mark laid down the paint in one long weekend. Then Steve Stanford hand lettered "Ding a Ling Phone Company" on the van. the vans interior was kept the same as the "Brians Illusion" version with a few minor mods.If you are curious if the phone company Brian worked for appreciated the "Phony Co" van showing up to work the answer is a resounding NO. He was almost fired at the time by one manager although many other got the humor behind the paint job.The day came in the late 80's/early 90's when Brian was looking into buying a house that Phony Co was sold to help fund the purchase. This ended the first chapter of Brians vannin career.