HOLOHAN'S HOT ROD SHOP - North Carolina
 

Hey Guy's,
I am new to Lateral-G but famliar with the forum and just wanted to introduce myself to everyone and also give some background about myself and some info about my new shop that I will be starting in Jan. of 2010.
My name is Dan Holohan, originally from Illinois but now reside with my family here in Mooresville, NC.
I previosuly worked at Rad Rides as shop manager/fabricator for 5 years
and most recently at DSE as lead project fabricator for 2 1/2 years until my departure from there in September of this year.
Here are some of the project's that I have been involved in through the years while at Rad Rides and DSE.
At Rad Rides, I was involved in the major fab on Glenn Grozich's 62' Chevy twin turbo "Chicayne" and Joe Rogan's 70' Cuda "Sick Fish" which was featured in Team Killeen's Build Book #1, along with the 69' Camaro Top Sportsmen drag car ( in the book Art of the Hot Rod), the 63' spilt window Vette "Split Second" and also doing fab work on George Poteet's "BlowFish", the 61' Cadillac convertible Cad Attack, Ritzow's 32' and the 07' Ridler winning 36' Ford "First Love".
At DSE I was involved in the fab and assembly work on Dale Jr's 2nd Gen, most recently completed Jason Stavola's 69', Chandler's 55', Poteet's FireBird and Stuart Adam's 69' Camaro.
Currently I am now in the process of setting up my own shop here in Mooresville and will be ready to roll in late January of 2010.
My shop is well equiped with a variety of all the necessary sheetmetal equipment inside a nice, well lit 2000 sq/ft shop with 12'
ceilings and a 2 post lift.
I will be working solo to begin with and will be specializing in custom sheetmetal design/fab work ( engine bays, spoiler's, dashes,counsoles bumper work,etc.) for street machines and hot rod's along with custom header/exhaust design and fab.
Along with doing custom work, I will also be taking on basic fab work as well, i.e. mini-tubs, sub-frame connectors, roll cages,etc.
Even though I will be running solo for awhile, I do have a list of reliable resources that I will be using for turn key builds.
I look forward in getting involved with everyone here and will be occasionally posting as time goes on.
I am currently in the process of developing ad info and a small splash website in order to give a little more info about the shop

Contact info: Dan Holohan
HOLOHAN'S HOT ROD SHOP
Mooresville, NC 28115
email: [email protected]
cell: 815.210.8196

Thanks Guy's, hope to hear from you soon,,, Dan Holohan
HHRS

Welcome
 

Dan

:hail: MASTER METAL MAN
GLAD TO SEE YOU ON HERE....
I know many havent seen stuarts car because it was being kept secret so to speak (no pics allowed)but the thought and creative metal work in that car WILL BLOW YOU AWAY.ITS AWESOME.
HHRS SHOULD GROW QUICKLY


TOM

That's quite a resume! :thumbsup:

Welcome to the forum.

Yes it is!! Welcome. Best of luck with your new shop!:thumbsup:

Welcome to the the forum! Lots of great people on here. :thumbsup:

about time you posted over here.

Looking forward to seeing what you can do with my 2nd gen.

Thanks for the welcome gentlemen! By the time I get off these crutches (recent surgery) I'll be more than ready to get going.

You made it killer how is the ankle?:yes: :yes:

Welcome to the board :thumbsup:

A big fan of your work! :hail:

Welcome Dan, have always loved your work mate :bow:
Looking forward to seeing your future builds

welcome dan

Welcome,

You are one talented MoFo !!!. Your tallent and skill level have made some people look good. Wish you lived in CA. I could use a metal man of your artistic talent and abillity.
Any how good luck on your new journy.

Welcome metal fab GURU.
 

Dan, Welcome I am a hugh fan of your work.The metal fab work you perform is truley a work of art. Your fit a finish is first class. Good luck w/ your new shop. Scott.

Hi Dan, also a huge fan of your work, I loved the sheetmetal work on Sickfish, way to nice to cover with carpet lol lol . I have a question that maybe you could pm me on or share with everyone. In the build section I have a Fastback mustang i just started, im running independent rear with a tall tire about 28 in. have you in the past been able to slam the rear ( which would put the diff way into the car with a large tunnel) and still keep the backseats minus folding down. I just finished the intial mock up but as I was leaving the shop today I though about Rogans car and remember it had a large kick up ( gear vendor if I remember correctly with a short shaft) was that kick up the reason for no backseat (a) ? and (b) in that scenario could a backseat have been fabbed at least for looks if you needed to or was the room just not there because of those monster wheels. I am going to try and section the seat as much as I can but I am prepared to loose it if I have to, Anyways not quite there yet but thought I would ask while the post is fresh.

Thanks again and enjoy the site some great people on here with awesome cars.

Ross

Cool
 

Just wanted to Break out on your own did ya? well it wont be long until your bays are full! :yes:

I talked to you a few years back at the SEMA show, we watched the Ebay Mustang make its final bid and the sale end, we talked for about a 1/2 hour as I was a big fan of what was coming out of Troy's shop.

Good luck with your new endeavor, can't wait to see what rolls out of there!

Great work Dan, lots of killer builds! Very impressive!:thumbsup:

Welcome, Dan. Huge fan of your work. :cheers:

Dan loved your handy work stopped in at troys when you were welding up the cuda gas tank.and I thank you for giving me the opertunity to see the craftsmanship on the bottom of the chiycane.the whole crew is awsome bunch of guy's.your metal fab skills have inspired me greatly.hope your shop works well for you.great to see you come aboard.:thumbsup: :cheers:

first class.:thumbsup:
rick k

OH GEEEEZZZ here we go again!!!

sorry for the hijack

good luck on your new path

hey i'm excited here - i get to buy stuff from you guys.

ps - You guys really know how to host a Party

Welcome Dan! Glad you are staying in NC as Im about 1.5 hrs from you. :yes: Over the Christmas holidays, I'll make it a point to stop by and introduce myself.

best of luck, I too am opening my shop too in Jan 2010.

Pm Me some times so we can talk shop some times.

Welcome! Good luck with the new shop!

Mr Holohan...

I think this will be fun:lateral: to lett you finishing and reado my prosject Second Chance.

Kjell

How about some shop and project photos :unibrow: :thumbsup: :cheers:

Hhrs
 

Got Me Some Hhrs Shirts :d
Super Nice

Tom

Cool to hear Dan, I too am a big fan of your work. Best of luck on your new shop as I'm sure you will be very successful. You have definitely been around the block a time or two.

Hello Dan,
I wish I had seen this post earlier. I was at Spindle Joes Tuesday and saw your sign. Wanted to check your place out and the Chevy 2 out front but I was on buisness and didnt have time. I may get back that way before long so I will check you out.

Dan I hope all is going well for you and your shop.Your fab skill's are 1 in a million.I would love to get a chance to work a few w/you.Have you ever thought about a small class for a day or too.I must learn sheet metal work before I die.:thumbsup: Scott M.

Love your work!!!! Chicayne is the main reason I changed direction on my car for the good!!! :hail: :hail: That dash and all the other work for that matter was amazing!!! I am actually trying to do a similar dash to the 62's, nowhere as nice orhigh end though, lol


Good luck on your own, I am sure you will have a long list of projects awaiting your skills in no time!!:cheers:

I've talked to and emailed with Dan a bit over the last few months. Finally got to meet him today and check out some of his projects. As others have stated, his fab skills are amazing. Shop is nice, new and very clean. I must admit I had equipment lust for all the Dake stuff :yes: .

Oh, and I dropped my project off too :unibrow:

John

congrats
 

Thats awesome.:thumbsup: Dan is first class. Hope to see some pics soon. Can you say what hes doing to it?

Tom

I can't wait to see pics either :). I started a build thread here.

Visited Today
 

http://holohanshotrods.com/hotrods/

Got to visit Dan today...:thumbsup:
Great visit.Amazing talent. You guys that have your cars there:bow: are in good hands..

Tom

Hoping I can meet up with Dan,in oct. later this year.:thumbsup: