My friend had told me about him, and after talking with Pete and telling him the horror storys about the other experiances I had, Pete made me feel confident and secure that the job would be done, and done right. Not just once but 3 times this happened to me before I met Pete. It was the typical story you hear, how you bring your car to a shop, put all your trust in them to do what they say! And they end up screwing you out of thousands of dollars. It made me sick to even go out in the garage and look at it. I was so deep in dept with this car, that all I wanted to do is either sell it, or junk it. I got screwed so many times, and lost countless dollars, time, and many nights of not sleeping. The car went from Houston Texas, to Richardson Texas and back to my house and over to my friends house. I had started out with the car not even knowing Pete and Southwest Rod and Custom existed. It needed everything from TOTAL Restoration to NEW drive train and Frame.
When I first bought my 1939 Chevy Coupe, it was a mess. I still talk to Pete when I can, every now and then, and would like to say, if it wasn't for him, my car would have never been built. I drive my car almost every day, and attend a lot of car shows, winning a lot of trophies. But besides all that, he put my mind to rest, that when I get my car back I know it will be right. He worked with me on the price and saved me a lot of money and time. He finished building my car, and completely painted it, just the way I wanted it. A few months later my car was in Pete's shop getting finished up. Pete so such a nice guy when I met him, he closed his booth down in the middle of the day, and went all the way out to my house, to see my car, and tell me what I was doing wrong, and what needed to be done to get me on the road. I was in the process of building myself a 41 Willys and was having a lot of trouble with the body parts, and steel structure assembly. He had a commercial booth there and was advertising his shop. I met Pete at the NSRA Nationals, in Oklahoma City Ok. He is a real hard worker, and works for everything he's got in life. I miss going to car shows with him, and hope him and his wife Minnie the best out of life. I still call and talk to him quite often, or when I am in Dallas, me and my wife will stop and visit with him. From the day I met him, he became my friend. I never thought of Pete as just another person with a shop. Pete is a one of a kind type of person, once you get to know him, he is hard to get off your mind.
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He installed a custom late model Cadillac Escalade drive train, made custom running boards, fabricated custom bumper brackets, installed a custom trailer hitch, remote trunk, remote entry doors, full leather wrap interior, and everything else, just the way I wanted it. To make a long story short, he did a beautiful job on building this car for me. I thought of just selling the car, but knew if I sold it in pieces it couldn't get anything for it, so I found out about Pete and gave him a call. A month after I got my car, my friend was killed in a motorcycle wreck. Me and my best friend where going to build it in my garage at home, as a hobby, to give us something to do.
Pete and his guys did a tremendous job on building my car, and I would recommend him to anyone that asked me, with no hesitation. Like so many others that deal with Pete, we became close friends, and still go to local car shows together, and visit quit often. He called me continuously to let me know how my car was coming along, he never left me in the dark about anything that was going on with my car. Pete gave me more advise then I would ever expect from anyone else. If it wasn't for Pete, I would have probably never finished my car, I would have probably sold it as is, for the best price I could get. If he has something to say to you, he tells it like it is, and does exactly what he tells you he'll do. When I first met Pete I liked him, because he is a straight up, straight forward type of guy. Pete explained to me everything it would take to build my car. I purchased a car that was half built, I called Pete to see what he could do with it, we found out that the car I bought was over 10 years old, (StreetBeast), and that there where a lot of pieces missing.