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!
082: Matt Beenen tells us how he climbed the ranks to become President of GrimmSpeed
081: Jud Massingill, founder of School of Automotive Machinists, tells us how he built the coolest vocational school around!
080: Jason Dienhart details how he created Global Time Attack
079: Louis Gigliotti focuses on efficiency and tracking metrics to keep GSpeed on a path to success
078: Cole Powelson of LYFE Motorsport shares his journey to building the fastest Time Attack R35 GTR in the world.
077: Jens von Holten shares his story of sailing from South Africa to the Americas and eventually purchasing Fuel Injector Clinic.
076: Ryan Basseri from Rywire details how he grew his custom wiring business
075: Brian Tooley, the founder of Brian Tooley Racing, tells us how he went from hand porting heads in his apartment kitchen to running 5-axis CNC machines
074: Brian Mack from Lathrop & Gage talks patents!
073: JJ Jabaji used to flip cars to make a buck. Hear how he transitioned into building billet Subaru blocks at IAG Performance
072: David Buschur holds nothing back and details his 25-year history modifying cars
071: Terry Fair of Vorshlag Motorsports exposes the hard truths of purchasing CNC machines
070: AJ Hartman details how he transitioned from working at a body shop to manufacturing composite aero parts
069: Greg of GSC Power Division shares his path to manufacturing billet camshafts.
068: Steven Aghakhani tells us how he manages being an 8th grader who also races supercars!
067: Jay Payson shares his experience of growing HP Tuners over the past decade.
066: Ravi Dolwani shares how he created the performance division of CSF Radiator
065: Lee Sweitzer details the steps he is taking to open up his shop, Sweitzer Performance
064: Carlos Tirado explains how he leveraged forums and friendships to create Tirado Custom Coatings
063: Jack McGee of Jacks Transmissions shares how he has improved his business by working smarter, not harder
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