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Up
the road a piece in Whittier is Limeworks
Speed Shop. You may recognize
the Brit, Steve Dennish from the Monster
Garage episode where they built the
FireLimo. In-fact, the name Limeworks
is a play off of Steve's heritage.
Steve is another one of those genuine
guys whom you can tell really dig
buildin' rods. His small shop
was covered with rods, customs, a
gasser and even an 1920 something
Rolls Royce. The gasser is a real
race car from the 50's with a patina'd
dark green paint. Recently he had
the lettering restored on top of the
faded cracked paint. He gave us a
sneak peak at his 32 roadster he is
finishing with a British Hemi. I really
expected the wheel to be on the right.
That would have been really cool.
Limeworks builds Traditional Style
rods and customs. As we are just getting
around the shop, we noticed all the
guys kinda disappeared behind a door.
And Steve excuses himself for tea.
Yep, it's three o'clock and you
don't want to mess with Tea Time.
In the mean-time we are hangin' out
in the store out front checkin' out
the hot rod columns and nostalgic
parts they sell. Then I noticed a
rack of Kugel Komponents. Steve used
to work for Kugel before he started
his own shop. The expert level of
detail and precision we saw at Kugel
is repeated here in this small shop.
After
the break we hung out in his office
as we rapped about the industry and
where it is going. He is looking to
increase their product line of Columns,
Interior mirror stands, 40 Ford Steering
Wheels and the such. When asked about
his challenges he replies that he
is lucky to have a great resource
of colleagues and vendors that he
can rely on.
If
you are looking to build a rod with
a Traditional Nostalgic Style, you
got to check out Limeworks Speed Shop.
So
that is here in the OC and part of
LA County. What about the Inland Empire?
Great shops like So-Cal Speedshop
call the 909 home. On the first break
from the rain, I took my bike out
to Riverside to visit Sledsville.
I read about Jimmy Ruiz in Rod &
Custom magazine. There was an article
about installing 'aftermarket' DeSoto
Grill Teeth in a 50 Merc.
Go
to: Page Six Sledsville
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