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Street
Rods by Michael began as a restoration shop in
Nashville, TN in 1990 restoring classics, muscle cars and
antiques. With a full time music career, Michael also
found the time to run the shop when he wasn't playing
music. Growing up in Oregon, Michael played with cars
from the time he was able to sit behind the wheel.
Owning literally dozens of hot rods from high school on
up gave Michael the experience and passion for the cars
that has carried over to the business you see today.
Over time, we dropped out of the restoration business to
concentrate on street rods only. Take a look at some of the pictures below that will show
how we've progressed over the years. |
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Here's
the original shop at Space Park South in
Nashville. |
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Our
first trailer that we used when we began touring
the car shows as a vendor. This little trailer
got us started in the parts business along with
building the cars. |
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As
the business grew, naturally we outgrew the
little trailer that we started with and we moved
on up to a 24 ft trailer with an awning. |
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next step was a 30 foot trailer complete with
built in awning and product displays. After a
few more growing pains, we now use a 40 foot
Gooseneck Trailer pulled by a Ford Power Stroke
Diesel Dually. |
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In
1997, Michael and Rose decided to build a new
shop in Shelbyville, TN. The
original building on the site measured in at
6,000 square feet including the shop area, the
showroom and office space. |
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In
1985, Michael developed a Pilot TV Program for a
Hot Rod style television show. Although the
Pilot never sold, it opened the door for our
participation with ESPN in the building of two
street rods that ran for two years on ESPN 2.
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By
2000, we had already outgrown the original
building and another 5000 square foot building was built on the
property that now houses the paint shop, a
building dedicated only to body work and
painting with a full time body shop crew. |
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Here
we grow again! Street Rods by Michael is in the
process of adding another 3000 square feet on
the end of the original building that will house
the frame shop. Once this new expansion is
completed, each phase of the car construction
will have a separate section of the shop for
completion. The original shop will be the
"clean room" and will be used only for
assembly. |
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