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Over a century ago my Great Grandfather opened his own business, an automotive machine shop. 

He would later expand it to include parts, service stations, automotive and tractor sales, and a lumber yard. 

In the early 1920's he was a Whippet dealer, perhaps Oakland as well, but then settled on Chevrolet and Allis-Chalmers tractors.

He raised a family of 5 boys in his home next door to the shop. The youngest of which was my Grandfather. 

My Grandfather grew up in and around his fathers business and developed an early eye for identifying makes and models of cars. 

You could name anyone in the community and years later he would still remember every vehicle they ever owned. 

After WWII grandpa bought one of his father's service stations and began his own full service and gas business.  

He ran the service station full time by himself until the early 1970's with a family of 4 children; his only son being my father. 

Eventually he decided to accept a service manager position at a Chevrolet dealership in a nearby town but then built his own service and repair shop back home. 

My father grew up helping around his dad's service station.

After high school he attended GM body school in Kansas City and then went to work in the body shop of the same dealership where Grandpa was working.

When grandpa built a new repair shop in town, dad went along as well and worked alongside him for a time. 

Eventually dad would go to work at a local electrical company.

I grew up out in the country 4 miles from my home town of Goessel, Ks. 

One of my favorite past times was to go to grandpa's shop with my dad in the evenings to work on family vehicles.

During high school, after class, I would often work for grandpa. I might sweep the floors, help him tow in vehicles, or help him make repairs. 

After high school I studied automotive technology for two years at Salina Area Tech School in Salina, Ks. 

While there I held a couple different automotive related jobs in both sales and repair work. 

During the last 9 weeks a student could take off of classes if they had an automotive related job so I went back home to work for the same dealership that grandpa and dad worked for years earlier. Later, I went to work for a different dealership. 

Tiring of the dealership working environment I enrolled in McPherson College's restoration program in McPherson, Ks. 

After graduating from McPherson I returned home and took over the family shop. (grandpa was now 80 and still working full time)

After a couple of years of running a shop my wife and I were faced with the difficult decision to move back to her home town and help her dad with his business. 

I worked for him for many years running a service truck in the Ag. industry but always had many project vehicles in my home shop to work on; for myself and for other people. 

I am now moving back to full time restoration and repair work. 

If you wish to contact me about a project, please you the contact information at the top of this page.

You can check out the videos page and my YouTube channel The Jayhawker to get a pretty good idea about what I do.