For Gary George, owner of Gary’s Rods and Restorations in Watsonville, California, his high school automotive dreams were easily defined. He knew what he wanted to do with his work life. “I always wanted to be a custom painter – candies and stuff like that,” he
Learning on the job teaches more than just basic skills. Those experiences – good and bad – are often the inspiration to make the leap from employee to business owner. For Kevin Penhaker and Nick Ryan at Killer Hot Rods & Customs in Alvarado, Texas,
A parent’s work experience often influences a child’s career choice. That can mean deciding that you don’t ever want to go into the same line of work as a parent, or finding that you have the same passion as your parent for a particular line
When Ryan Korek says Korek Designs is a family business, he’s talking about more than the decades that he’s worked with his father. He is also referring to his customers. Korek’s best clients become long-time friends, even spending nights in his family’s spare bedroom when they
When your hot rod shop is located just a couple hours from Detroit, it’s natural to have a strong reverence for the muscle cars and classics that have rolled out of Motor City through the decades. That respect can be seen in every build that
If you’re lucky enough at a young age to know what you want to do in life, and you tackle the educational work to prepare for that journey, you are well on the road to reaching your goal. But, as most people know, your first
When many of us think about building a hot rod, custom, or street machine, we envision traditional processes of turning wrenches in a garage or welding and shaping steel in a fabrication shop. We think of time-honored tools, greasy work environments, and noisy manual procedures
Fort Worth, TX-based Goodguys Rod & Custom Association (Goodguys), the world’s largest hot rodding association and “America’s Favorite Car Show”, announced a strategic partnership and equity-stake investment in venture-backed Texas CCS Enterprise, LLC. Currently operating one location under the Texas Collector Car Storage and Owners Club
As we announced back in November, Goodguys is getting back to hot rodding roots with our 2023/2024 Grand Prize Giveaway vehicle – a ’32 Ford five-window coupe. We’re really looking forward to seeing this Eric Black-designed Deuce come together in 2023 at Streamline Custom Designs
When you’re out of work recovering from back surgery, and an unexpected phone call from a friend opens the door to 30 years of doing what you always wanted to do, you have to consider that a success. That’s the story of how Bobby Schumacher began
