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Pauls Rods & Resto (and some of his creations) 10-18-25

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Love my morning Death Rides and since Paul has an open door policy the entire Fall (Sat's to noon) to come check out his shop and work.
Ok yes and he supplies Free Coffee, Donuts, & Bagels too OK, and thats why I really go :ROFLMAO: .

If you never heard of them he has a lot going on but his work is exceptional and believe me you've seen MANY of his vehicles cross the block at Barrett Jackson or Mecum on TV. He has a few names and his spin off company specialized in old Bronco's, he's HEAVILY into that the last 7 to 10 years but Muscle Cars are still his main builds.
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Basically every building on both sides are his other than maybe 4 or 5. Any open door IS HIS and he allows you to walk freely through every separate building; Body, Chassis, Mud, Paint, Motor, Interior, etc... I know him and most of his employees pretty good, been going there a lot of years now and he's at a lot of the big events

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Thats him in the Black Shirt
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Although his thing is old Muscle and Classics there was this BEAUTIFUL Hellcat there

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This is one BAD ASS Caddy (the 63 Split Window aint too bad either, LOL)
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Thats enough BUT on the ride home there was a huge traffic jam for a huge accident, GUESS WHAT CAR WAS INVOLVED ???


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He went right into the Sign, I guess he overthrew the Ramp, LOL
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Pieces scattered everywhere
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Yep you guessed it...
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Going to need A LOT of Duct Tape

GREAT RIDE, GREAT VISIT TO PAULS, GREAT DAY...

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Thanks for the tour, brof! Paul's Rods and Resto's reminds me of an open house I took at Surf City Garage in Huntington Beach almost ten years ago, down to the free coffee and donuts! The owner of SCG, Tim Miller, opens his private collection several weekends a year free to the public. I posted about it here on the forum, but now I can't find it. But here's a YouTube I uploaded of my visit.

 
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Sorry, Pauls in Deer Park, Long Island NY

He's going Bronco crazy lately and I hope that doesn't stop him from doing so many Muscle & Classic Car Builds. Based on what he has going now I'd say the Bronco's are purely a money maker for him and he'll stick with the Muscle & Classics too. I was talking to Paul about the Bronco's for Sale on the Showroom Floor and the pricing is INSANE. Many are "well over" $100K (closer to $200K in a few cases). When I ask him why he says Im in the perfect place, half way between Montauk & Manhattan and there's BIG MONEY in both places and I have no problem selling them.

He's been around like 40 years I think now and has a good name so I think he's making his money selling on BJ now a days, he's always got something crossing the block

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This one has a sad backstory, the person that paid for the build had $330,000.00 in this Tri-Five Truck AND DIED 7 DAYS BEFORE IT WAS DONE (in a car accident).
I watched this truck being built through the years (and it took years) and it was truly a Master Piece, when he died the family eventually contacted Paul and he bought it for @ 1/3 that price and sold it on BJ. I think he got $189K for it if I remember correctly