Austin Speed Shop Visit - Review

I stopped by the shop yesterday hoping to catch a glimpse of one of their ongoing projects, while heading back to Fort Worth from a conference.

I went inside the office to ask permission to take a few photos...and was warmly greeted and shown around a bit.

Dreddybear was working and made my visit the best. He treated me respectfully and was a real good guy.

I know I am only a fan and could never afford something they put out. I am a more garage built type guy. However, to them it did not seem matter...they are just good people... and they treated me with hospitality and warmth. Even though I believe they were not native Texans, they are have the warmth you would expect down here. (Okay I am a little Texas-centric in my thinking.)

To me it was like visiting Texas Stadium, the White House or a Hollywood Theatre...I respect the work they put out immensely. I did my best not to disrupt them but again the guy who spent about ten minutes and took my wife and my picture just made my day. In fact, the ten minutes was self imposed because I know they have work to do.

Thanks for being cool and “real” gear head people... not stuck up "lifestyle" guys that think they are better than everyone ... I enjoyed it immensely.

 

Makes me want to visit too. Good review.

 

The ten minutes was self imposed...they did not seem put off at all by me. There is a little show room area that you could watch for awhile.

Plus they have a cool dog they just saved from traffic as a shop dog...

 

Cool!!! Dr. Spell Check would be crying in his beer..........

Ken

 

To help Dr. Spell Check not spoil his beer I made corrections to the above post to ensure proper water/ hops percentages. No one likes watered down beer.

Just kidding

 

So where are the pictures?

 

cool shop to visit, I stopped by a few weeks ago and picked up a couple of T shirts.

 

Good guys for sure!!!!

 

My employer sent me to Austin a couple years ago, before I knew about the HAMB, so before I went I looked up hot rod shops so I could get a t-shirt while I was there. I stopped at Austin Speed and met a guy named John, way nice to me, and another guy whose name I don't recall but goes by Mr. Ford around here. Even though I was only there to look around, John was very gracious to me. Cl*** act all around.

 

I guess those guys are alright....

 

damn yanks! lol

 

Thank you for the kind words It was good meeting you and your wife and was a pleasure having you stop by, make sure you come back and visit again if you're ever in town man! Oh, and some of us may not be from Texas but we got here as soon as we could..heh

 

My wife & I enjoyed the garage crawl stop during the LSR. They were overwhelmed with people and still managed to answer everybodys questions, NICELY...
I know my wife has 1/2 dozen Austin Speed Shop Tanks she wears EVERYWHERE...

 

Wow,totally the opposite for me. Caught em on a bad day?

 

Wow again!! Was PM'd by Dreddybear. All is well and will visit again on or before LSR 2011. Things like that don't happen very often now a days.

 

thats always nice to hear, Ive lived in the southern california area for 4 years now moving from miami and Ive been to so cal speed shop, hollywood hotrods, to Kiwi konnection in bakersfield, and even barris customs amoung others...and recently had a private tour at foose design, and they all were very friendly and helpful, I remember meeting troy ladd who gave me the tour himself, awesome guy, met alex xidias at so cal, and sam barris actually took me into his office where he would have his meetings with all them there celebrities about customs they came up with....duane at kiwi konnection was the most patient and explained to me every step in the ch***is build process...if im ever in austin ill be sure to drop by the shop...

 

Duanes a good ****** ,a good friend of our family ,and makes a good product.

 

They call them *** for nothing. Wait, that doesn't make any sense.

I need to get down to Austin one of these days. I hear that place rocks.

 

great guy! i gotta bring some beers next vist up there...there should be a HAMB reunion at that place everyonce in a while..ha! cheerz mate!

 

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I believe its 'pub night' there tonight, theres a few Kiwi's there from what I hear.......

 

These cats are the coloest on the planet! It could say Austin Speedshop and Hospitality Center on the sign, never experienced nicer folks and had more fun in a speed shop/custom shop/upholstry shop. As good as the best and better than the rest. ~Sololobo~

 

Thanks guys, we appreciate all the support and glad you all out there dig what we do in here...

 

Ummm.... pictures?

 

I've got to echo primered 69's experience. Last week I stopped by there to pick up some Rodder's Journal issues and met Paul (Dreddybear). Before I knew it we were talking about my project. Having just finished his car, he knew all too well the pitfalls I may run into and we chatted for awhile and he didn't make me feel rushed at all. A cool cat for sure... I also got to say hi to Bob while I was there. They were about to close and I didn't want to keep them, so I took off.

Great guys over there, no doubt...

 

Gotta get there one day.....Met Bob a few years bck when he bought a truck from me. Took him to some ****py dive for lunch, talked hot rods. Great guy. I only imagine the rest of 'em are the same.

 

The Austin Speed Shop boys are like the Texas hot rod all-stars.

 

My brother was out in Austin last year and I asked him to stop by and grab a shirt for me. He was shown around by Rocco and as he was taking pictures through the gl*** they came over and told him to get some better shots and go in the shop. My brother isnt really into cars but said since they were so cool there he grabbed some shirts for himself. Rocco is giving us NYer's a good name!

I also contacted John on the hamb to ask him some questions about a truck they built. he told me to call the shop. We talked for a bit, he had to take a call but he called me back because he told me there were a few things he wanted to make sure I understood! Real solid dudes if you ask me.

 

Rocco took your wife? Not very surprising.

 

I think you mean George.. Sam has not been with us for years..