I'm from Belle Plaine, MN...A tiny little town 40 miles SW of Minneapolis. I live there with my wife Kelly, my 2 beagles, and my '65 GTO, '67 Chevelle wagon, '50 Buick Super, and custom '94 S-10. (We have daily drivers too, but who cares about them?)

I came here from the West Coast where I'd been the Tech Editor at Popular Hot Rodding for 7.5 years. Now I've been the founding Editor of Street Thunder magazine for the last two years.

I really like it here. Now, my wife is pregnant with our first child, who should be joining us in July. Between the magazine, the house, the wife, the dogs, and the baby on the way, I'm pretty busy...but I always try to find time for my cars.

Luckily, making progress on my cars counts as 'work' most of the time...which totally rules...

~SP~

Born and raised in Duluth, MN and currently reside in Golden Valley, MN which is a suburb of Minneapolis. I work for the FAA at the Air Route Traffic Control Center in Farmington, MN. I maintain and certify the systems, hardware, and networks that process the radar and flight data information that gets displayed on the controller's screens. :willy: I also do some software maintenance on those systems.

Congrats, Scott! :thumbsup:

You work on Space Shuttles? Thats very cool. I bet your work has to be fun.

I was born in Portland, Oregon (35 yrs. ago) but raised about 30 min. west in Hillsboro and I still live there....it just feels like home and it's a good place to raise my son. I've been married to Jennifer for 12.5 years and we have a beautiful 2 year old son Bryce, and yes he loves cars and tools!!

I'm the Finishing Supervisor for Roseway Partitions Inc. We do metal framing, insulation, sheetrock/taping, acoustical ceilings, and plastering. We are best know for our ability to perform our work dust free...this is not easy! We have done work for Telecommunication Co.'s and Hospitals for over 20 yrs. We also specialize in smooth wall but will spray texture if asked. I have been with the company for 20 yrs now, it's a living and I actually enjoy it, but sometimes think of making a career change....

When I'm not working for the company or at home with my family, I do a lot of side work to fund my Camaro project...yep and still find time to hang with you guys and gals!! :thumbsup:

just spotted that mag. for the first time today(in a waiting room)-very cool- it was the one with the killer ls motor on the cover-Chris

Signed up a while ago, good time to introduce myself.
Cliff, 35, born and raised in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Been in to US cars from early teens, wrenching on a '68 bird nowadays. Went to law school but never finished, just loved to party!! Ended up with a International banking corp. handeling corporate and Trustees Offices. We are expecting second child within 5 weeks.

Andrew I thought you knew that,

Also refered as "Steele Eyed Missle Man" term from the 60's which the older guys/guy, now, calls me at times, I guess I'm getting to be the older guy in the shop, :willy:

It is fun at times but it's a governmet contract so there is a lot of BS, it's really neat to see the stuff we put in the Crew Module in use on TV, and in IMAX movies, ever get a chance to go to Spaceport USA, go for it,

My name is Mick McMahan. I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I am an independant Financial Advisor. Stocks, bonds and financial planning, helping people meet their goal of retirement or living thru retirement without going broke is my day to day life. I specialize in 401(k) and IRA rollovers (and start up plans) for car guys. Ninety percent of my clients are car guys or bike guys, the two seem to go hand in hand.

I have owned alot of rides but my 69 Camaro with fold down rear seat, molded door panels and 4 speed with gauge console would have never been sold if I had ever laid eyes on Big Red. Dam that Big Red keeps me awake at night, but that is just the deam side.
On the reality side I am working on a 67 Chevelle, big block and 4 speed, maybe turbos or something blow thru. A black 64 Coupe de Ville is close to being driven, except for a radio. I still own a one-ton Chevy fourwheel drive truck from my days of running a major fourwheel drive shop here in Albuquerque, 454 injected, Dana 60's (both ends) 40 inch boggers.
My daily driver is a 96 Impala SS. I call it a daily driver because it has only a handful of additions, 18 Corvette wheels being the only thing visable.
I have been in to cars since before I could drive. In junior high I was sneaking Hot Rod magazine in to my classes to read. I have been going to SEMA or SCORE for the last twenty years, but the forums seem to give me the most inspiration. The guys here are a wealth of information and ideas. I often snap 400 pictures at SEMA but the projects here make me get back out in the shop and get back to work.
Hey the market just turned positive I have got to go......


Mick McMahan

In the waiting room? LOL - That's better than the bathroom, I guess...!

Did you subscribe? Well...Did ya??? heh heh...

Glad you liked it...

~SP~

Jeff here, originally from Detroit. Grew up street racing there in the 80s. Ok- I didn't grow up, I just got older. Worked at Holbrook, Roush (before his NASCAR days), McClaren doing whatever to learn. Pissed away my scholarship at Michigan, so I joined the Navy. Worked on the Small Boat units for 12 yrs, now I fly P-3C submarine hunter / surveillance aircraft (mostly surveillance these days). Been doing that for 18+yrs now, been all around, done lots-o stuff. Getting ready to retire in 2010/2011. Going back across the pond in Jan, for yet another extended stay. My 68 Firebird might make Power Tour 08/09 if I don't have to do another back-to-back-to-back-to-back deployment. This schitt is getting old!

Been involved in the aftermarket my whole life; my family is employed by a few co's, or supplies them. My little bro has my retirement job- he's a suspension guy for the factory Corvette team (Pratt & Miller).

Now living in Jacksonville, Fl, with a beautiful wife of 15 years, two kids 13/14, and too many damn projects.

You probly have told me before. I'm just crazy. Yeah I have been wanting to go down to Spaceport USA.

Originally from Oshkosh, WI. I have been in the Navy now for almost 9 years as an Information Systems Technician (IT). Currently stationed in Naples, Italy. I am married (to a woman) and have no kids, which is fine for now--that's more money that I can spend on my car! :unibrow:

Paul

I'm Martin, just turned 37 last week and I live in a small village called Voorhout, which is in The Netherlands.

The great land of windmills, tulips and $7.00 a gallon fuel :eek:

I am married (almost 10 years now) and have two small children. The oldest is a boy of almost 6 years old and the younger is a girl, 2.5 years old.

I work as an Instrument Designer for a large engineering office in the (petro) chemical business.

For those who want to know more about my car:
Martin's Camaro Page

My names Jim. I live in Missouri about 40 minutes west of St. Loius. I've lived here most my life, but when i was younger my mom moved me around alot. I've lived in Oregon and California several times. We always came home to Missouri though.
Now im 32 and I'm married to my eife Amy of 10 years. I have two kids, Sam my 7 year old son, and Halley my 5 soon to be 6 year old daughter.
I work at MEMC electronic materials. I am a Crystal Puller. I run a crystal puller. We stack chuck poly in a quartz crucible (bowl) and melt it down, then after its melted we lower a seed into the melt. The we slowly pull a crystal rod out of the melt. Later its cut up into slices and we sell the slices to other companys. We sell our waffers to companys like Intel.
My only project is my 64 dodge dart gt convertible. Im updating her with new style hemi and 5 speed. I guess rasing the kids is a project also.

My name is Michael. I live in the small town of Escanaba in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It's about 110 miles northeast of Green Bay, Wisconsin on Lake Michigan. I was raised on a farm and worked on it with my dad until i was 28 yrs. old. After that I worked for a medical company filling oxygen cylinders. I am currently employed at a paper mill. Just turned 36 yrs. old. Not married no kids. I have been obsessed with cars since i was 15. I hope to/ dream of working at or owning my own shop building hot rods/ muscle cars like the ones on this site. If anyone is hiring, let me know!!!

ATS in Vegas is hiring. There is a thread on it.

John and I make all the overpriced clothing your wife/girlfriend either has or wants!

Hi guys! My name is Josh and I'm a Sr. Mechanical Engineer for Apple Computer, Inc. I design portable computers like the iBook, PowerBook, and MacBook. I just got married about a year and half ago to a great woman. I've been excited about hot rods since I was a kid and have been restoring Chevelles and Camaros with my Dad since high school. I have no projects currently, but I'm working on the design / build planning of my ultimate project car, a '65 Chevelle. I look forward to getting more involved in the forums and picking the brains of some of the talented fabricators on this site.

Cheers!

Josh, that must be an awesome job! Thanks for designing this MacBook Pro I am using, it is an amazing computer. I am a mechanical engineer in Tucson, I work for Raytheon Missile systems, which is also a pretty exciting job. What solid modeling tools do they use at Apple?

My name is Phil Somers, I am the owner of American Super Car inc . I live and work in Hudson Florida. I am new to this site but look foward to becoming a regular
Thanks Phil

Who am I?
 

My name is Brandon Wiedeman. I have a BSME from Purdue University and I'm currently working as a Project Manager for Ferguson Metals. We supply stainless steel and high temp alloys in sheet or coil form to aerospace industries as well as automotive, appliance, medical etc. We were just recently purchased by O'Neal Steel, which has been good so far. I'm also currently going to Xavier University (In Cincinnati, OH) for an MBA.

I'm 27y/o and live in Dover, IN (about 20 miles West of Cincinnati, OH). I've been happily married for 2 1/2 years to an understanding wife (She just rolls her eyes at me a lot when I talk about cars)

My Dad has managed a Body Shop at a local Ford Dealer for the last 35 yrs. So I pretty much grew up with a sanding block in my hand. I love all things that are related to cars and motorcycles. I currently have an '89 Mustang coupe, '52 Chevy Pickup.

More than anything about they hobby, I love that my Dad and I share such a passionate interest in the same thing. All of the time spent with him working on projects has been great. I can't wait to actually finish a few of them though! LOL

Sorry for getting a little long winded. It's great to learn a little more about people on the site.

Brandon

ZZ3ElCamino-

Yes, it is a pretty fun job. I've been able to learn a lot about injection molding, die casting, and deep drawing of Aluminum. We do a lot of engineering "under the hood" that very few people get to see. We primarily use Unigraphics to design our products. Since our Industrial Designers work in Alias, UG is one of the best tools to design from their surfaces.

wiedemab-

Go Boilers!

My wife graduated from Purdue with a BSEE and grew up in Cincy. How do you like Xavier, I've heard some good things about the school?

Go Boilers!
 

So far I like Xavier. With the exception of one of the Professors they have all been great. Business school is a whole lot different than engineering school, but I'm adjusting. I'm in an On-Site Program that meets 2 days a week for 4hrs each time. It's a cohort program so the same 33 of us will have to see each other every Monday and Wednesday for the whole 22 months. I like the fact that we get to know each other though.

Go Boilers! I've got a lot of respect for EE's. ME's had to take 1 EE class with a lab. It sucked! The next semester they taught us the Laplace Transform, which would have made EE201 soooooo much easier. I haven't been back to the campus in about 2 years and from what I hear, I wouldn't recognize it. I'm hoping to make a trip up this year for Grand Prix!

Brandon

Dodgenut64 "Jim"
I have owned stock in your company WFR off and on for quite a few years. The fifties feels a little pricy, any insight.

MickMc

hi ' i'm 34 and i live in Quebec city ,Canada, i'm married and have a wonderful 4 yr old son. i work as a sales rep for an Orthopeadic company selling joint replacement and trauma implants.

l live in tropical ( right, Scott) south eastern South Dakota. I own a custom cabinet shop, have 4 kids and 1 grandson (I'm an old guy!!) and am really just getting back into messing around with cars again after quite a while. I've put the time in on the cabinet shop ( we now ship to 30 some states) and am now enjoying taking some time to work on cars again.

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George:

Awesome, I love the names, how did you get your wife to agree?:hail:

Any more cars... I mean kids in your future?:unibrow:

I guess it's good you didn't marry a European girl, then their names might be, Mercedes, and Portia.:D

Thanks,

Ty O'Neal

I am from northeast ohio. Born in cleveland, live in Medina currently. I own a residential/light commercial remodeling and flooring company.

I work for a Testing Laboratory as a Lab Technician. We do testing for the housing/manufacturing industry. Basically I get to build stuff and break it for a living.

Our newest daughter 5 months is named Sydney! She drewthe line in the sand when i started comming up with names like, callaway-Brodix-Indy- etc the list was large lol

OK, this will be my second post...
My name is John, I'm 48 and live and work in Orange County, NY. yeah, not too far from the chopper guys with my GF and her 12 year old triplet girls.
I spent almost 10 years in the Navy as an avionics tech, married a kalifornia gir and moved to there in 85. Worked for an FAA repair station down the road from the oakland airport for a few years , then to her hometown (Fresno) to work for a major regional airline as a development engineer. I left the aircraft industry and moved into the industrial maintenance field and earned a BS in Industrial Engineering. I have two kids from that marriage, my Son is 23 and going nowhere and my daughter is 18 and going into her second year at Fresno State university.
I currently work as a Regional Engineering Manager overseeing 4 Industrial Irradiation Facilities.

I'm Johan, 19yrs old and i live in Coral Springs FL. I just graduated from wyotech 2weeks ago in the Collision/Refinishing, and custom fab. field. been free lancing doing a couple paint jobs out of my garage right now but im looking to get a job at a nice Custom shop, other than that all my time is spent at the beach or working on my 79 T/a

32 year old. got my BSME from copenhagen engineering college in 1999, and did an engineering internship in minnesota, worked a few years as an area rep selling medical equipment, made lots of money and hated it with a passion.. so now im back in university studying medicine, love it, and when ever my inner engineer needs an outlet i build cars.. as ive done since i was 17..

Where in Minnesota?

StoneL corp. in Fergus Falls Mn, not too far from you at all. i actually brought back my 66 impala SS from there BTW.

Northern Calif. (Bay Area).
I'm 41 years old, self employed structural steel contractor. Married with two wonderful kids. My wife is an MD @ Kaiser Oakland hospital.
Our daughter (21) just graduated from University Colorado. Our son (17) is a senior in high school and next year will work for me full time.
Were in the process of building our retirement home in NV.

Life just can't get any better this.


Rich

My name is Scott from Baldwin Ks. Iam 44 and a plastic surgeon, I give young female from ages 18 thur 25 the tools they need to make in world today.Most days are long lasting at least 12 hours.Its tuff but somebody must do it.

that is one of my two preferede specialties once i finish, plastic or urinary surgeon... but we will see, im strongly considdering moving stateside, but should i do the usmle and specialty here?? or do it in the states???