Operation Christmas HAMB II

So, we're once again sending Christmas Presents to our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines in Afghanistan and Iraq. Last night we started packing. 200 boxes last night and about 150 more by next Saturday. Special Thanks to everyone that donated and to Oldbobsign, 40Olds, DaleM and Shoebox Mags for helping with the packing duties! Check it out.

:: NEW WINTER HOURS ::

October 26,2009 - May 16, 2010

HRCC Shop Hours :

M-F : 9am - 5pm
Sat : by appointment only

Thursday Adult Beverage Nights : 3rd Thursday of the month 6pm - 9pm

HOLIDAY CLOSURES :

Thursday, November 26
Friday, November 27

Thursday, December 24 (1/2 day)
Friday, December 25

Friday, January 1

Business Coupe

"The Hot Rod With No Name" made it's debut on all 4 tires at this year's Pileup. We're really looking forward to getting this one on the road.

Welcome back

Great to see Jesse Novak's A back in the HRCC booth. We had it in our booth as a bare metal roller at the 2006 Hunnert Car Pile Up and Jesse took it home to finish it himself. We think it turned out awesome!

This Just In!

The newest issue of "Rolls & Pleats"!!


AND

we now carry "Cafe Racer" Magazine!!

Goodguys Comes to HRCC

It's that time of the year again... Good Guys in Joliet, September 17, 18, 19 and 20. We're proud to announce that Good Guys have selected Hot Rod Chassis to be the site of the official kick off party on Thursday afternoon/night of the 17th. A poker run style event will leave from the Registration Booth at the Chicagoland Speedway at 12:00pm and run a course ending at Hot Rod Chassis at around 3pm. A Good Guys provided DJ will spin from 3pm until 6pm when Pearls Mahone & The One Eyed Jacks will take the stage for some live entertainment. The Midwest Street Rod Association will be serving Chicago Style hot dogs from 5pm on. Hot Rod Chassis will provide an open house atmosphere along with shop tours. Come out and join us! HAMB Meet & Greet at 7pm. Hope to see you all there.

HAMB Meet & Greet at 7pm.

For further information call the shop at 630.458.0808

Here's a link to the event schedule for the weekend:

http://www.good-guys.com/pdf/09-600/...cagoland09.pdf

Listen to Pearls Mahone & The One Eyed Jacks here:

http://www.myspace.com/pearlsmahone

Website Gallery Updates

We've been working on overhauling the shop gallery. The change has been long overdue, and now has a great new feature. You can click on the build photo icon to see hundreds of progress and build photos on each project. Keep checking back in the next few weeks as we add a few more cars to the gallery.

Summer Garage Days

Thanks to everyone who came out for the Summer Garage Days swap meet. We had a really good selection of vintage parts... stuff you're not going to find at your typical swap meet, while you're tripping over Fox Body Mustang parts. How about an Edelbrock SBC X3 manifold for $700? When was the last time you saw one of those? Well, besides the one for "The Hot Rod With No Name" and the one for the "Atomic Bombshell" that we are building for customers in the shop right now! So that makes three we have seen in Chicagoland... ever.

Special thanks to ContinentalJohn for bringing some really kick ass BBQ for everyone. It was a huge hit!

Here are just a couple pics from the day. Remember that we do a Spring and Summer Garage Days every year, so keep checking back for next year's dates.

Happy Birthday...

Thanks to everyone who came out to the 5 year party! We had a blast! The food was amazing, the bands were great, and we think everyone had a great time, us included. Special thanks to Mrs. Hipple for the outstanding cake. Here's to the next 5 years.

This Saturday!

Only a few more days until the party! We'll have some great food and tunes by Pearls Mahone and also Johnny Murder and 25 to Life.

New Model A Sedan project

Psychoholic is now a roller! Take a 500 stroker motor, plenty of chrome moly, and a crap load of attitude, and you get... Psychoholic.

Sycamore Car Show

Thanks to everyone who dropped by at the Sycamore Car Show. Back Seat Betty and Psychoholic were a big hit!

Something looks familiar

Seems that a certain national store is selling hot rod shirts. It also seems like a certain national store is selling hot rod shirts that look amazingly like our logo! I know this happens to SoCal Speed Shop quite often, so does this mean we are in the "big time" now?! Crazy isn't it?

GMC

This '55 GMC is getting the full treatment. What's not to love about an Offy equipped big block Chevy!

Where are they now?

We ran into some familar faces up at Back to the 50s. Here's Jesse's Model A sedan that we built into a roller for him to finish. It sure turned out great, and turns heads EVERYWHERE.