How many area people make their living working for themselves full or part time in the DFW plus maybe 50-60 miles either way building cars and or parts for people locally ? Thanks
Not 50-60 miles away but in deep E Tex..shop full, 2 yrs waiting time..paint,uphol,full rest.but I am old man and work slow.....make 32 5-window bodies w/drip rails too 32 sedan from Garland in shop now.67 Camaro convt from Lake Chas,La also
Lonestar Rod Shop in Pantego. We do 32 roadster's and coupes (Show Me bodies,Pete&Jakes frames). We do wiring and A/C installations. Little slow now,Currently building a car for a customer from Plano. www.lonestarrodshop.com
B*** Kustom. Downtown Dallas...One man shop. I've been in the present location going on 5 years now. I mostly do customer work for both local and not so local customers, but I occasionally get to slip one of my own projects into the schedule. I do literally everything but machinework and upholstery, but I've been planning on taking that up too...I already have a nice industrial Juki sewing machine. For most machinework I work closely with Bob Wilson of Wilson Welding, and I have a couple other guys that I trust for engine machinework/balancing. I spend most of my time doing fab. work/ welding these days, but I do get to paint every now and then...current customer projects in the shop include two Model A coupes, a '51 Chevy Custom, and I also have my own '29 Roadster and '49 Panhead projects. My shop is in the Deep Ellum/ Fair Park area of Downtown Dallas.
HR Cl***ic Cars, Wylie, TX Was a lot bigger before, but now It's just me and a part time guy. Most of the stuff we do is '60s and '70s, full restorations and partial projects. Don't do machine work or paint and body in house. There are many other shops around then what is being posted here.
Depends what you are thinking ? ..No, I run into people all the time asking me where to get things done around here locally and I'm just curious to know who does what and want to point work to them when I am able to Lately seems like allot of people have moved to DFW area for work and need help with some projects
True, like Body by Roger in Burleson, TX. Roger Holcomb has had his shop open since the 70s. He does paint, body, sand blasting, no interior work. Full restorations (lots of model A work), old school customs, muscles cars, ya name it, he does it
Just recently we bought a machine shop. 90% performance and custom stuff. we are full service with balancing, porting, sleeving and more. Just me and the original owner right now who has been building engines since he started in his dad's shop in '57. We are in richardson Day Custom Engine
Irrational Metalworks in Combine. Custom metal shaping and all kinds of fab work. Hot rod , race car, old car, anything irrational! Also, proto type work. Tim Young 972-467-2809
Cl***ic Garage..... I do mostly custom paint, body and restoration on cl***ics, customs and the occasional late model. I also do some fabrication, I buy and sell...... do whatever it takes........... Located East of Downtown Dallas in DeepEllum.............. Nextdoor to B***
Just checkin in on ya dad to make sure you didn't lose your mind. Problem is actually who do you go to? Some damn fine craftsmen/women in these parts. Local Secret Info For Your Files: (I do know where you go for work from a nearly famous semi-retired daredevil Mexican though. Sadly his barnstorming and life of danger career was cut short due to limitations of a 50cc motorcycle not being able to actually jump anything of real significance whilst wearing a sombrero. Sad really.) Very reclusive since retirement.
Been by B*** Kustoms once, didnt know me from Adam, was very friendly and willing to let me check out some of his work, really cool guy, and incredible skills.
Well normally I would not do that to protect the innocent but since you dropped the gloves I must defend honor...
Black Magic Kustoms Chris Moos 1139 Ft. Worth Dr. Denton Texas, 76205 940-230-4330 Lots of metal and limbs flying around here. Have engine, interior,and paint guys. Not painting for any one but me..the pickiest ***hole. Cnc plasma, shears up to 10' and 1/2 inch, presses bigger than a parking space, rollers up to 50", JD tubing bender, notcher, band saw, lathes, mills, tig, mig, gas, torch, plasma (hand), big and little blasters(do a semi truck or a thumbnail), smart *** (me). And if the door is open come on in and have a beer.(oh forgot the Pierceall trying to get op and running for some repo 58 ford grille for the roadster)
I am in the process of rebuilding the inside of my shop after it was hit by a Tornado this last year. I am still operating. I do Louvers, ch***is fabrication and rearend narrowing, machine work ( lathe and mill) MIG/TIG, flame burning( disc brake brackets and whatever),Hot Rod Tube bending( Hossfield and Jd2), exhaust systems( worth bender) , split manifolds, scratch built headers, metal Shaping, tin work,Lead work, fibergl*** repair, Air bag suspensions, Front end Alignment and precision tire balancing and mouting, performance motor building and scratch built intake manifolds( inlines a specialty) and multible carbueration/modifications. I also have a paint booth that I rent by the day and I do occasional painting and Powder coating.
Cl***ic Parts of Arlington. We sell parts for 55-57 Chevy's and also do restoration and custom work. 817-274-1957
My son lives in Wiley. I drop into Sachse Hot Rod Shop when we go visit. Nice guys, cool projects. They let me look around and are always eager to chat about their work and my projects.
This guy has talent went to his shop twice both times I was shocked by the quality of work he was doing .And to top it all off he is a nice guy with lots of cool **** .
Also MurrayKustomRods across from la grave field on commerce in Fort Worth.Does nice work Also Killer Rides out in Seagoville 972/287/4855 .Jim's a nice guy offered to help me with some tools when my alternator bracket broke . I also try to buy my parts from Sachse Rod Shop Wayne always helps me out 972/495/1557. My last 2 cents
Moved here a year ago after retiring from the Army. Opened the shop in June and have had four customers. Actually one was a full ch***is for a 8.50 drag car so it's not as bad as it sounds. I am a one man fab shop. I got my start in this stuff years ago when I worked for Frame Works Racing out in Phoenix. Built a lot of famous peoples cars while working there. After I joined the Army, I kept building cars, trucks and choppers on the side. While building race ch***is' is where most of my business seems to be, I do just about anything on the fabrication side. I might not be as friendly as some of the others in the area but I am very honest and do extremely nice work. I work by appointment only but any HAMBers want to come by and check out the shop, just give me a call. (940) 482-6558.
Dirtys Speed Shop I run a small Hot Rod and Speed Shop located in Combine, Tx. We specialize in early Ford hot rod ch***is but do full builds also. Always thrashin on something for a deadline. Rusty Burford
I own Killer Ridez. We've been in business since 2001. We do a little of everything from metalwork, suspension, paint & body, drivetrain, wheels/tires, audio/video/alarms. We do everything from regular maintence to complete frame up builds. You can check out some of our work @ www.killerridez.com Killer Ridez 1300 N. Kaufman St. Seagoville, TX 75159 972-287-4855
http://sadberrymetalworks.com.p4.hostingprod.com/ Greg has a CNC lathe CNC verticle Mill CNC Plasma table Powder coating booth , fairly large Blasting booth , fairly large large metal handling equipment, saws, shears , etc .. big machines If you need some type of special thing made, he can .. Shop is on 156 in Ponder, Texas ** needs to update is web site, has LOTS more equipment now**
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