W e love the “Elite Builder of the Year” award because it’s picked by the builders participat- ing in the Builders’ Showcase at the Street Rod Nationals and the pick is always inspiring. Tin Man’s Garage has been busy building and shaping some of the greatest rods anywhere in America. They not only are a full-service hot rod fabrication shop and metal shapers extraordinaire, but they also operate a school teaching metal shaping, complete with a line
of tools. Those skills certainly show in John Lamb’s ’61 Ford Unibody that runs a twin- turbo Triton V10, a custom IFS, a No Limit four- bar-supported fabricated 9-inch, a ton of subtle body mods to make everything fit perfect (there were more than 100 hours of metal shaping to perfectly fit just the taillights), a maroon suede and leather interior, and Mercedes Grau paint.
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