09/05/2026
Big news and the timing lined up with our Amazon Grand Tour premiere earlier this week 🎬
The shop is transitioning: going forward I'm only taking 1 car/month (or less depending on build length) as we shift focus to a new non-profit — The First Gear Initiative. Its mission: teaching automotive, technical, design, and vocational skills to young adults facing tough circumstances (legal, social, chemical, etc.) so they have a real path forward.
Quick FAQ:
🔧 New basic maintenance customers — not taking any. Working on finding a shop that actually knows JDM/kei-class quirks to refer you to.
⛽ Carbs — done, unless it's an EFI conversion. I'm an EFI kid at heart and carb troubleshooting eats too much time.
🚗 Cars currently in the shop — finishing up ASAP, or we'll arrange free transport to another shop to complete the job.
⚙️ What's next — going back to my roots: using my engineering background (and my own fleet of keis) to design and upgrade kei parts, especially expanding EFI conversion kits beyond Honda/Subaru to Suzuki, Daihatsu, and Mitsubishi.
❌ What I won't do — reinvent the wheel. No new cupholders, light mounts, etc. — the folks already making great kei parts earned that space and I'll keep supporting them.
✅ What stays the same — if I stumble onto something random and useful along the way, I'll still post those files free, like always.
