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!
103: Sasha Anis of OnPoint Dyno is positioning himself as a leader in electric car performance
102: Susan Johnson of Moore Automotive takes a deep dive into proper accounting practices
100: Reid Lunde returns as a guest for Episode 100 and tells us about Kaizenspeed and KS Tuned
099: Ron Sledge gives some insight on how King Engine Bearings operates in the US.
098: Kenny Tran of Jotech Motorsports says passion and focus are the keys to success
097: Sam Barros of Nostrum Energy saw a need for aftermarket direct injection injectors and is meeting the demand.
096: Thad Norman of Hypercar Development has lofty goals for their McLaren and wants to break a whole bunch of records
095: Hear how Chris Rhoad started StudioRhoad.com to build beautiful websites and create engaging content for businesses
094: Jim Liaw tells us how he helped bring drifting to the US with Formula Drift
093: Dave Vasser used hard work and determination to build Nitrous Outlet into a powerhouse in the nitrous market
092: Ken Anderson has helped many companies grown their US presence. Hear about his latest venture with Mountune USA
091: Mike and Rossy Welch tell us how they met and built Road Race Engineering
090: Hear what it takes to start a performance shop with James Siebert of F&S Motorsports
089: Marty Staggs of Turbosmart USA explains how he helped bridge the gap between Australia and the US
088: Frank Rehak tells how he transformed his family auto shop to Driveshaft Shop over several decades.
087: Cody Loveland of LoveFab and Affinity Aero shares how he went from Honda’s to NSX’s to tube-frame carbon-bodied race cars.
086: Franco Ganino of Alliant Insurance talks about their Garage Keepers insurance plan called Installers Edge
085: Gidi Chamdi exposes the real truth about what it takes to chase the 6 second quarter mile with his GTR.
084: JP from Radium Engineering tells how he concentrates on design and outsources the manufacturing.
083: Zach Denney explains how he brought ECUMaster to the United States
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