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
For years, the well-executed stitchwork from Paul Atkins Interiors and Hot Rods has appeared regularly in some of the country’s top award-winning street rods and show cars. His upholstery creations have set the custom-interior bar for nearly four decades from his shop in the small
About a 30-minute drive southwest of Salt Lake City, the small Utah town of Tooele is home to a small shop – Streamline Custom Designs – that produces head-turning cars, trucks, and hot rods. Barely five years old, Streamline has already built a number of striking
When you grow up in a family that operates a transmission shop in small, rural Lawrenceville, Ilinois, the chances that you’ll end up in the same business are pretty strong. For Mark Bowler, that path began early. “Since an early age I was attracted to hot
When Zack Farah opened the doors to Gearstar Performance Transmissions 20-plus years ago, the company quickly became known for producing quality products. The reason was simple enough. After years of involvement with Tristar International, a company that produced more than 100 remanufactured transmissions and 300
Editors Note: As we near the end of 2021 we wanted to do a Top 10 countdown of the 10 most popular stories that published on FuelCurve.com this season – car features, tech articles, and news items that are worth viewing again, or for the
Paul Bosserman grew up in the historic Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. In fact, Bosserman's family can trace its lineage back 300 years in the area, and that means time-honored traditions can't be too far behind. Paul's dad, Doug Bosserman, worked in a precision machine shop
When Justin Padfield opened Scott's Hotrods ‘n Customs in a small shop in Ventura, California back in 1996, his plan was simple: fabricate and build high-quality vehicles. It was certainly an ambitious goal for a 19-year-old enthusiast. “My first customer was probably in his early 40s
It’s showtime! The 2021 event season is getting underway and it’s looking to be much more promising than last year. We were excited to see a lot of fresh new builds at the LMC Truck Spring Lone Star Nationals in Texas and look forward to
If you look around nowadays, it seems like anybody can have a hot rod shop, especially if you're interested in talking about it on a TV show. But it's also true there is a lot of talent out there that doesn't get a white-hot spotlight,
