As a boy, I was inspired by authors, such as Henry Gregor Felson (Street Rod) and aspired to build my own street rods. Growing up in the midwest, I started with go-carts and models.  I owned a Hemi-powered '30 Model A and a custom '51 Ford before I had a driver's license.  I went through SCCA road racing, drag racing, sprint cars and midgets before becoming heavy into street rods.  I was NSRA state rep. for Indiana, a member of the Cluster Busters and ISRA vice president. 

My hobby of building street rods became a full time profession.  In the 1980's a depressed market limited spending in the street rodding industry, so I focused my attention on restoring vintage cars. 

In 1985, I sold my Indiana home and shop and moved the family and restoration business to Kentucky. 

Now every morning, I wake up to geese flying over the lake only yards from my front door and deer grazing in the backyard.  I grab my cup of coffee and commute to work by walking downstairs to the shop.