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HOW DID _____ SHOP GET ITS START?

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splitdecision   +1y

I know Eric from the Little Shop of Horrors started out working in his parents garage. His sister called it Eric's Little Shop of Horrors and the name stuck lol.
pimptruckman92   +1y


split decision- that background story is what made me think to ask about all these other shops. I love looking at the current projects on everyone's websites. I used to check out rad rides by troy all the time too. Parton- I have a few tickets any help there?  not really, but I appreciate the info and probably wont have a payroll untill I got swamped with work. thanks guys.
slammedxonair   +1y

I was taking engineering classis in high school then I bought a mini truckin mag one day when I was like 16 and was hooked on minis since that day, I was going to go to school to be an aerospace engineer haha.  I started building my explorer when I was like 18 taught myself how to mig weld then started helping my friends build their trucks. I started working at a Ford dealer in the parts department and then moved into the body shop when I started going to school for mechanical engneering. While taking those classes and working for the ford dealer and a small local custom shop part time, I took some night welding classes for TIG and MIG and while I was in those I took my MIG certification with only like 3 days of MIG class just refining my self taught technique. Somewhere around that time I started going to the library and reading every business book I could get my hands on read them all, went to some local SBA meetings and took one basic business course. I started Illusive Design & Fabrications when I was 21 and july 1st of this year I will have been in business for 4 years now, so theres the story of my life haha. And to think my high school punk band never went anywhere so this is where I ended up.
///RA TROY   +1y

When you say BBK fab who is that?  Or are you speaking of BBT Fab?
pimptruckman92   +1y

oh yeah that was my bad. my apologies mista troy, i meant BBT and have no idea where that BBK came from. how did you guys get started and so much work as young as you guys are, not that im doubting the awesome work... it speaks for itself. but i know a lot of hot rodders wouldnt trust young guns with thier rod.