Rick was raised in a shop which his dad, Huck, still owns and operates in west Texas.  Huck is a hot-rodder too, so it’s in his blood.  Rick’s first car was a ’63 Falcon that he built when he was only 14.  At the age of 16 he built his first street rod, a ’23 T-bucket.  Four years later, he started on his first race car, a ’71 Maverick.  

After serving 4 years in the army, Rick was honorably discharged and went to work in a speed shop in Odessa, TX.  After the oil field bust in 1981, he moved to Dallas and worked at Harry’s Hot Rod Shop.  Rick was a member of the Castrol Drag Racing Team working on Harry’s super comp dragster.  In the early-mid ninety’s, he drove a Mustang in the new NMCA Organization and eventually made it to the final round in the World Finals in Memphis. 

Rick decided to take a few years off from racing and did the show car scene for a while.   After his daughter was grown, he decided it would be a good time to start his own business.  So, in 1999, he found a place to start his own shop in Aubrey, TX.  For the next ten years, he owned & operated a general repair facility and did some hot rod work on his customer’s hobby cars.  He then decided to slow down and work on the cars that he really enjoyed.  He sold the repair business to an employee and never looked back. 

With the new shop ready, Rick is looking forward to enjoying his work again.  Just about anything 1974 and older is welcome to be customized, restored, or just brought back to life.  They can rebuild a car you started or start from scratch.  Get Grandma’s car that has been sitting for years going again!  You deserve that car you always wanted!  A little at a time or all at once, big or small, the crew can do just about anything you can imagine.  If you just can’t seem to get that tune-up or brake job done or just want to go faster, let Rick’s Hot Rod Shop do the work so you can have time to enjoy your ride.

The crew at Rick’s Hot Rod Shop has over 80 years combined experience in the automotive and high performance industry.  Rick’s wife, Jenny, is his driving force and she enjoys old cars, too.  Rick’s brother, Monty, is meticulous and very detail oriented.  Billy is a hard worker, wonderful person, racer, and an inspiration to us all.