Chris Holstrom Concepts is a year old!
 

Well as many of you know, I quit my job a year ago to work on Pro-Touring and Muscle Cars. April 1 marks a year. :D

What a crazy year it has been, My wife and I started out as the only two employees and today we are 6 strong! We moved next door to our old shop and doubled our square footage and actually have a real office. The new shop is almost to capacity and we have a waiting list started.

I say all this to give thanks to all the people on Lateral-G who have cheered us on and answered all my tech questions through the years. These are hard times we are living in, but I believe as messed up as things seem, this is still a land of opportunity- here's a few shop pics

This is a real-deal low horse 396 convert getting some bolt-ons, full Speed-Tech suspension, Rushforths and Baer brakes. We just replaced all the power top stuff today. http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg268/LS168/063.jpg

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Art Morrison frame for a 66 Chevelle
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Art Morrison frame for a 66 Chevelle
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custom trans tunnel for a Magnum 6 Speedhttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...0car/013-1.jpg

here is an '83 Chevy that came in for Baer brakes, and left with a new interior by Stitches, a bunch of underhood clean-up on the 502 with minor fab work, a new gauge and stereo install and misc upgrades
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Gary Meador's car towed in last summer for a no-start
72 Trans Am with an LS2 GTO motorhttp://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...PICS/025-1.jpg

Congratulations Chris, quite the leap of faith you took to follow your dream. :thumbsup:

new shop
 

Congrat's Chris.Keep up the great work.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Congrats Chris, thats an awesome endeavor to achieve!! Best of the best for the future. :thumbsup:

Well Happy F'n Birthday man!!

Good for you Chris!! I'm happy for ya!

:cheers: :cheers:

Congrats Chris to the both of you. As anyone in the business can tell you, it's not possible without the understanding and full support of the wife!
Cool stuff going on.:thumbsup:

Congrats man... in a time where many are struggling you are doing great .. that means you are doing something very right! :thumbsup:

Congrats to you. May you have another prosperous year and many to follow. Even though this past year was great, always think of better ways to make the next year even better and keep reinventing the business. Keep up the good work!!:cheers: :cheers:

Wow time flies!

I wish you were in CA

is that a off the shelf seat or something custom made?

Congrates Chris!! Always look forward to seeing your updates :thumbsup: !

Travis

Congrats Chris! Your vision and designs were alive years before 'Concepts opened the doors. You just rented place to hold all that talent...:thumbsup:

That is stock foam that was carved until it looked right

Thanks guys!

congradulations on the new place, the sky's the limit.

Pretty Awesome Chris !!

Congrads :cheers:

Congrats Chris, and I wanna know the wheel and tire specs on the white 69. :unibrow:

Wow,...one year already? Congrats man. Looks like some great builds going on in there.

Congratulations!! Work looks great! There is always business for people in this industry that take care of customers and build right no matter what the "economy" is doing.

Keep it up!

X 2 Congrats, keep it up!

Thanks again guys, it is alot of work, but I can't wait to get there everyday. :D

those are 19x12 on a 335/30/19 agressive looking Nitto NT05's

the fronts are 18x10 on a 275/35/18

congrats
 

Hey Chris,
hope all is going well , congratulations on year 1 , looks like things are starting to get real busy.


Cheers :cheers:

John Howarth

Elite Rides

Hey Chris,

SBA says 50% of small businesses fail during the first year -- obviously you made it past that hump. More than that, the economy has been difficult and there are challenges everywhere.

Making it to your first year is a great achievement. Congrats and here is hope for many more years making your customers happy!

:cheers:

Thanks guys! We are having a busy year! We just picked up a customer's next project- a LS-9 powered 67 Nova! :thumbsup:

Congrats on the anniversary Chris, you do some great work!

Congratulations, Chris! Time flies when you are workin' hard