Projects
Flavor
Friday, May 7th, 2010The story behind this car was told recently on the West Coast Choppers blog. You might want to check it out, as this is an extension of that story…
Austin Speed Shop Party 2010
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010We’ll be handing out passes at our booth during the Lone Star Roundup car show weekend. Saturday night at the shop, doors open at 7pm. High School Caesar plays at 7. Restavrant plays at 8. The Paladins play at 9. See you there!
66 T-bird Teaser
Sunday, March 28th, 2010We’ve been building a 1966 Ford Thunderbird for the last few months. It’s being painted by HotDog at the moment and will be back at the shop in a little over a week. Full story to come soon. Make sure to check out all the pics.
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1960 Cadillac
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010This 1960 Cadillac has lead an interesting life. It was the car in the 2003 Robert Duvall & Michael Caine movie Second Hand Lions. It came to the Austin Speed Shop for an upholstery job, but once it arrived the owner decided to go ahead and redo the car. Air-ride Technologies suspension, rebuild the factory [...]
Badmotorfinger
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010For those that haven’t seen previous posts, we’re building a Lincoln Cosmopolitan for Matt Cameron. Matt is the drummer for Pearl Jam and was the drummer of Soundgarden. Matt wanted a way to personalize his car a little bit without going for an over the top cheesy theme. He sent over the saw blade logo [...]
Sneak Peek: 1950 Lincoln Cosmopolitan
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009When’s the last time you saw a custom Lincoln Cosmopolitan? No, this is not the baby Lincoln that is the size of a full size Mercury, this is the big boy. This was Lincoln’s premier luxury car of the day.
Matt Cameron, drummer for Pearl Jam, decided that he wanted something special to cruise the mean [...]
Billy Powell’s 36 Ford
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Billy Powell of Houston, TX sold his gorgeous 54 Chevy magazine cover car with the determination to find a new project that would be a solid platform for a traditionally styled early to mid 50’s era custom. He did just that. Billy delivered to Austin Speed Shop one of the cleanest bodied 1936 Ford 3 [...]
Silva’s 34 Coupe…CHOPPED
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009A few months back Kevin Silva brought his 34 Ford Coupe to us to have the top chopped. He wanted “2.5″ inches taken out of the roof in order to maintain the proportions of the car. The rear quarter windows on these 5-window coupes can be a challenge…..they often look too small and ill proportioned [...]
Woody in Texas
Thursday, November 20th, 2008You don’t see many Woodies cruising the streets of Austin, Texas. I never even saw one till my first trip to California years ago. Woodies are a really neat piece of automotive history and an icon representing one of the coolest subcultures of the last Century; Surfing.
Welcome To The Austin Speed Shop
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008We specialize in building 1963 and older traditional style Hot Rod and Custom cars from start to finish including Fat Lucky’s Upholstery. We’re proud to be located in Austin, Texas on South Lamar Blvd. Take some time to look around and see what we’re all about, and if you’re ever in the neighborhood, stop in [...]