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!
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021: Scott McIver from Kaizen Tuning is creating new customers with a killer strategy
020: Nate Silveri and Jason Slater from TPG Tuning partnered up and opened up shop
019: Steve Nichols from Dyno Dynamics USA offers advice to help you avoid mistakes
018: Matt Wright from Haltech Engine Management gives killer insight into the performance business
Episode 017: Chris Delgado and Dave Donnals from D3 Performance Engineering in Houston, Texas
Episode 016: Todd Lewis from Mainline Dyno expands on his journey from mechanic to business-owner
Episode 015: Jordan Watson from National Speed is building a scalable, systematized speed shop!
Episode 014: Scott Kuhner from Emtron Australia talks about the struggle of working with outside engineers
Episode 013: Jason Siebels from Pro EFI talks about the business of engine management
Episode 012: Martin Musial from AMS Performance tells the story of AMS and Alpha Performance
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Episode 009: Jay Meagher from Real Street Performance talks pricing, tuning and competition
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Episode 004: Ryan Fisher from Shift-S3ctor talks about roll-racing and organizing big events that attract supercars
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