02/18/2026
Low rider paint culture is what began my interest in painting when I was 14. First I had to learn the basics. My neighbor had a body shop and I would work nights learning sanding techniques as well as bodywork. I first worked on a 1946 Chevrolet street rod . I seen that truck for sale a couple years ago. Last year I seen it around Baxter Mn in the same shape it was back then. Pretty sweet!
I learned painting, wiring, pulling dents and mixing paint from the mixing station starting with a clear binder and adding all the needed pigments. Most cars at that time were repairs and small one to two day repairs.
I later went into the welding field building semi tank trailers I learned more wiring, hydrolics, brake systems, polishing and mig and tig welding.
Many many careers in welding and auto body back and forth. Then I found a gig working on only classic car restorations. I turned out many restorations learning how to cut parts off cars to build other cars I took 5 different 1956 Chevrolet bell air cars to make one showroom looking all original looking down to the manufacture tags on how to turn on the radio. Every detail was there. Unfortunately I can’t share my portfolio for those times publicly.
I’ve done car audio installing for a while and had Jungelsdesigns for a couple years I worked at a collision shop for a while taking on insurance work and a restoration.
Then I worked at a performance shop where I was doing restorations and custom fabrication we built some pretty extreme high quality builds there.
As of recent I have been dormant trying to stay out of the poor ventilated high risk shops my eyes have taken a toll. I love the thought of turning more projects into spectacular cars but I must keep my health first.
This has been a long post but it’s a bit of me that I wanted to share. There is so much more but I’ll share another time.
Please enjoy this 60 minutes I came across to enjoy some car culture.
