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Eastwood Tech Library - Get Ready For The Spring

Ready Spring

One of the many benefits of working at Eastwood is the availability of our 40,000 square foot warehouse for winter storage.

Many of our employees put their projects to bed in the late fall, and in what ‘s become a sure sign of the season, bring them back lo life six weeks after the groundhog sees his shadow.

We interviewed three Eastwood employees as they prepared to remove their cars from winter storage about their plans for the upcoming car show season:

Dan Gaddis
Director of Merchandising
1991 Camaro Z28 Convertible, 5-Speed
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Dan joined Eastwood three yean ago as a Director of Merchandising. “My very first car in high school was a red 1971 Camaro and this is my third. I've always had a thing for Camaros" said Dan. He bought his pride and joy seven years ago from a family friend. "Before he sold it to me, he made me promise to keep it in mint condition so I've only replaced two things -I got a B&M Shifter and a new radio. I kept the original parts in case I ever need to reinstall them."

Dan also bought a GPS over the winter and plans to spend the summer tooling around the back roads of Pennsylvania. "Now that I have the GPS, I can just take off and drive without worrying about how I’ll get back."

Dan has used Eastwood products extensively to maintain his car. His recent purchases include the Final Finish System Kit (item #34070) for chip repair, Vinyl and Dashboard Repair Kit (#40014Z), Silver and Black Rust Encapsulator (#16085 ZP, #16063 Z), Brake Caliper Coating Paint (10270 Z) and a Covercraft Weather Shield.

Joe Keyser
Facilities Manager
1997 SVT Cobra Mustang

Joe Keyser is a familiar face if you've ever shopped at our retail store in Pottstown, PA or visited our tent at any of the major east coast car shows. He's also a 12 year Eastwood veteran. Only company owner Curt Strohacker has been around longer than Joe.
Joe acquired his '97 Mustang Cobra three years ago after an exhausting two year search. "I had a clear idea of the car I wanted and wasn’t willing to make any compromises” said Joe.

Since purchasing the car, Joe has made a lot of modifications, including dressing it up with new chrome Cobra R Wheels, off-road H-pipe, a BBK Cold Air Induction System and a Ford Super Chip. This summer he's planning on repainting the car with Auto Air Chameleon but he doesn't anticipate driving it much. Joe’s Cobra is strictly a show car not a daily driver (although he is willing lo let it loose on the track occasionally).

Joe has also used a kit of Eastwood products in maintaining the Cobra. Last year he used our HotCoat Hobby Gun (#10198) to powder coat the strut tower bar. He's also used a Dewalt High Speed Polisher (#43311) to buff out his finish and Semichrome Polish(#13047) to make his aluminum and chrome shine.

Craig Hallman
Packer / Shipper
1949 Plymouth Special Deluxe

Since Craig works in our warehouse packing and shipping boxes, he actually gets to stay close to his car while it is in storage. In addition to his day job, Craig is the drummer and vocalist for a local rock and roll outfit called "Flamin’ Dick and the Hot Rods."

Craig found his Plymouth five years ago and it was in remarkably good shape, particularly the chassis and frame. To date, he’s restored the interior, replaced the hood and used our R&D shop to powder coat much of the trim.

Craig actually uses the Plymouth as his daily driver during the warm weather months. This summer he plans on redoing the head liner and replacing all the interior trim and dash gauges.

Craig said, "The Plymouth is exactly 57 years old this week. It came from Hoover Motors in Columbus Ohio. The production run at that plant lasted only two days, so this car is pretty unique."

When asked what Craig’s next project would be, he answered with certainty, “This is it for me. I found a car I like so I'll stick with it."

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