Colin grew up buying and restoring pedal bikes and really enjoyed working with his hands. When his dad took a job in Washington with Boeing, Colin bought a 1940 Ford which was quite a step up from the bicycles. He went to college at Washington State University and preferred to look for car projects instead of studying. Having to haul dead cars all over the place, Colin began looking for better solutions to tie them to the trailer. In 1993, he made the business official and started to sell his products. In 1994, he met Tim Foss of Street Rodder Magazine and took a job working for them in advertising and sales. He spent 5 years there while still doing Mac’s Custom Tie Downs on the side.
In 2003, he moved the business from Washington to Idaho and was done for personal reasons not business benefits. His new facility is 17,000 sqft which houses all their manufacturing machines, assembly equipment, shipping supplies, inventory, and even Colin’s collection of project vehicles. He employs 16 people and have been steadily growing over the years. They make all sorts of products for securing your gear including the Versa-Track systems, ratchet straps, wheel tie downs, tow straps, wheel chalks, and many more!
143: Chris Walters details how they built up a relationship with Jay Leno over years before releasing Jay Leno’s Garage Car Care products
142: Will Baty of Centerforce clutches shares how they continue to innovate to stay ahead of market demands
141: Tony Whatley wants you to turn your side hustle into a successful business
140: Bret Voelkel of RideTech explains how his company emerged from the 2008 recession stronger than ever
139: Steve Dinan, Founder and former owner of DINAN, made the best products possible and backed them with a warranty and recently started a new service shop called CarBahn
138: Jason Gauci of Lund International talks product development, marketing, and patents for their products in the off-road truck market
137: Brent Picasso of Autosport Labs discusses the process of using crowd funding to make RaceCapture and Podium
136: Dave Rowe of EPS Motorsports travels all over the world tuning various race cars using his MoTeC expertise
135: Lance Stander, the owner of Superformance, tells how he moved from South Africa to the US to pursue his passion for cars
134: Jim Ring shares how he and his brother Mike expanded RingBrothers to include manufacturing billet assemblies and specialty body panels
133: Kris Miller has helped Powerstop Brakes increase their brand’s recognition through strategic sponsorships and by creating excellent content
132: Gary Carbono left his job as a lawyer in Panama to pursue his passion for cars and founded Race Lab Motorsports
131: John Nguyen quit his day job to pursue Track Spec Motorsports and has parlayed that into the Spec Corvette racing series
130: Scott Molitor of MoFab takes us through the process of acquiring a performance shop to grow his business
129: Dennis Overholser, co-founder of Painless Performance Products, takes us through the ups and downs of growing his wiring and accessories company
128: The Bondurant Racing School just celebrated its 50th year in business! Tune in to hear what Pat and Bob are doing to make it thrive for another 50 years.
127: Tim Palazzolo of GAP Racing earned his reputation as a world-class builder by paying attention to the little details
126: Trevor and Travis Hill of TWOth Autosport want to take novices and turn them into professional racing drivers
125: Dirk Starksen from Advanced Clutch Technology (ACT) tells how he got started and how he continues to innovate
124: Doug and Brad DeBerti build crazy vehicles, race trucks, and have a new show on Discovery called Twin Turbos
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