Shop Tour Continued: Page Six
Sledsville

Some might say it wasn't the best day to be out on a bike, but I needed to get some saddle time on my Harley. The day was crystal clear, and after the storms had dumped a bunch of snow on Mt. Baldy and Big Bear, the Inland Empire was a nice ride. Just stay clear of the flooded streets. So I roll up to Sledsville in Riverside. As I turn up the street, it turns to mud. The paved road ends and a compact clay mud residential road with plenty of mud holes to navigate around. I asked the mail lady where Sledsville is. She replied just around the corner and in back of the last house on the left.
"Be careful they have dogs." She warned.
Mail carriers and dogs? I thought it was just a myth, but they really are scared.

I get around to the back and Larry, the shop manager meets me and we go to the office. They are pouring a new slab of concrete to add to their shop. This seems like a pretty cool set-up. Behind the modest house there is this 5000 square foot shop and office and they are adding another 1000 square feet and they have about 2000 square feet of covered slabbed shop area in front of the building. On about an acre or two lot there are 30 plus cars waiting to get the treatment. The Sledsville Treatment. This is another "Traditional" hot rod shop. Jimmy started showing me around the shop and some of the cool rides they are working on. There is a cherry green Merc with traditional fades on the body lines. It is in the process of being painted, green body with silver flames and on the chopped lid, silver metalflake with green flames. They always paint their engines to match the body.

Other rides are scattered about in various moments of build and he even had a 40 something Harley he built out of all NEW parts. Not that it really matters where a shop is, but if I spent more time in the Inland Empire, Jimmy would build my rod. Keep an ear open for their name. I am sure we will be hearing a lot more about Sledsville.

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You can contact all the shops we toured by visiting their links on Page Eight