Projects

The '51 Mercury Project This '51 Mercury was built in the shop by Jesse James.	El Gringo Loco 1955 Chevy The Austin Speed Shop brought the newly finished ‘55 Chevrolet to Salina,KS for the KKOA Leadsled Spectacular. It was an awesome show, with tons of great Hot Rods and Customs. The ‘55 Chevy came away with its first awards…Best Paint and a Top 25 Pick. Epic!	Silva's 34 Coupe...CHOPPED A 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 once chopped. We’re very pleased with the result…….
Model A Sedan Frame About 2 months ago Maggi Savo called the shop and said, ” I wanna get my fiance, Nick, a new frame for his hotrod as a wedding gift”. Nick is a good friend of ours and we were blown away. We instantly knew that he was marrying the right girl…..she’s a KEEPER…..coolest wife ever?	Billy Powell's 36 Ford Billy 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.	Sneak peek: 1950 Lincoln Cosmopolitan When’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.

1960 Cadillac This 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.	66 T-bird Teaser We’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.	1932 Hot Rod Chassis for the "8-Track Coupe" Steve brought his Model A coupe down to Austin from Minnesota to have us build him a traditional 1932 Ford hot rod chassis. In addition to the chassis we made floors, mounted the body on the frame, and mounted his beautifully polished flathead engine in it’s new home.
'32 Ford Progress Jeff has been hard at work on the floors and trunk of Phil Sousa’s ‘32 Ford Coupe. At this rate, this hot rod will be on the streets in no time!	Guitars and Cadillacs This ‘56 Caddy is for our good friend Mike Eldred of Fender Custom Shop. It’ll sit low and be ready to cruise to any of his upcoming shows. More updates on the way. In the mean time, check out Mike’s band, the Mike Eldred Trio.	'36 Ford Chop Progress This is how we do it. More updates on Billy’s ‘36 Ford coming soon!

1937 Lincoln Zephyr Inner Fenders

We’ve been fabricating the inner fenders for a 1937 Lincoln Zephyr. Here are some pictures to give you an idea of what will be surrounding the Lincoln V-12 that is soon to call this engine compartment home.