Roadster Shop...ARE YOU KIDDING???

[Dscott]

Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab

A lot of these cars are 4000-7000 man hours easy.

I have 4000 hrs in my rear spoiler lol....

[Roadster Shop]

Wow, we are incredibly blown away by this thread! Greg, thank you very much for starting this and all of the comments. Thank you to Greg Weld, Al Moreno, Vince, Greg @ Afco, Sean@ Revved, Chris, and everyone else who has commented on this thread. You have made us out to be much bigger superstars than we really are! A big thanks to everyone who has commented on our other build threads and who has supported the Roadster Shop builds and products over the years. It plays a much larger role than you know in our motivation to build what we build.

For starters, it is not just my father, brother and myself. We have built an incredible team of the most talented, passionate, and motivated craftsman in the industry. They are equally responsible for the success and deserving of the praises that are brought on here. We have been very lucky to surround ourselves with people that share the same obsession with cars and the thrill of making something completely unique.

Greg Weld pretty much nailed it… No big secrets, just a lot of hard work and reinvesting everything back into the company to keep it growing.
Sorry, but no big law firm or investor backing the Roadster Shop. Hard work, proper management, meeting deadlines, a skilled and motivated work force, and a strong customer base generate revenue in this business much like any other successful business.

We started in a small, 6,000 sq/ft old shop with 3 employees and drastically outdated equipment. We grew the company over the next 5 years to be able to afford to make a major move to a much larger facility in 2009. From there we continued to grow the company and bring more and more in house. The more capabilities that we had in house, the more we were able to explore them and find new ways to make our builds more unique. For the most part, it has been more about stretching our imagination and skills to build something cooler. We have had a great customer base that has allowed us to stretch our wings and continue to push our limits.

Hopefully this has answered a lot of the questions with out getting to long winded.

Thanks again.

[Roadster Shop]

Originally Posted by youthpastor

I had heard they were planning on bringing only few cars but it just worked out where many long term projects got wrapped up at the same time. I can't wait to see how many top 5 SMOTY's are picked up by the RS crew in 2015- Congrats!

Congrats to you and your team as well. The Camaro was super clean!

We didn't initially intend on bringing all the cars to SEMA. 1 was supposed to go to Columbus, but didn't get done in time. After that there wasn't really a big show to debut the car at so we held it until SEMA. The Charger was going to be held back for Detroit, but decided to debut it at SEMA instead.

The 2014 Camaro was a 45 day build. The Charger was multiple year build. Everything else was a 1-2 year build. Just happened that they all came together at the same time.

[89 RS]

Great success story, love it! Nothing like good 'ole American hard work. I can't wait to see what new projects you guys have going on, great stuff.

[GrabberGT]

Great story and mucho congrats on the success. I cant say I've always agreed with the style of some of your builds but love watching the RS magic that makes it happen just the same. Keep it up and thanks for providing endless hours of material to escape my day to day office job.

On a side note... speaking of where it all began. How about a post of one of your earliest builds. Lets see how far you've grown in abilities and build style. There was an early Ringbrothers build that I saw that Im sure was awesome for its day but LOL

[Roadster Shop]

Great idea Chris. Here are the first 3 cars that we built.

1931 Model A on 32 rails. This is the one that started it all for us. This car was started in our garage before the Roadster Shop. It was then painted and finished once we were up and running.



1932 Dearborn Deuce. This was our first complete car built at the Roadster shop. It was built as a display car to showcase our ideas/skills and to help sell our chassis, the Dearborn Deuce bodies, and roller packages. This car was completed in early 2005



1932 Dearborn Deuce. Our first full build for a customer. This car was started on the heals of the maroon/champagne car above and finished in late 2005.

[garickman]

Well there you have it! Looks like the Roadster Shop was amazing even before they became the Roadster Shop. Congrats on your success and living the American Dream and allowing some of us to live that dream through you.

[mitch_04]

Need an over-educated floor sweeper or an under-experienced fabrication guy? Anything for a foot in the door!

I'm amazed that it's only been 10 years, usually talent like that comes from a lifetime of experience. You can see the attention to detail from the beginning.

[WSSix]

Thanks for the history lesson on your shop, guys. It's always cool to know the back story I think. Continues success for you guys!

[tmadden]

Originally Posted by Mr.VENGEANCE

I used to think that about Prodigy Kustoms....


*trollin..

Shots fired. LMAO