Total Cost Involved Engineering’s 50th
T otal Cost Involved Engineering (TCI), a leading manufacturer of high-performance suspensions and chassis, has been celebrating their 50th Anniversary throughout 2024. Ed Moss, owner and president of this family-based business, founded TCI in 1974. From humble beginnings in a garage with three employees and as the company’s head engi- neer, Ed built a successful business with the promise of satisfying the customer, from his first collaboration with the customer to final delivery and beyond.
dedicated employees, all with a joint vision of building the per- fect ride every time. Ed Moss states, “I’m so proud of what we’ve built over the last five decades. We set the bar high at every stage of product develop- ment—design, engineering, manufac-
turing, delivery, customer service and tech support. From the start, we partnered with our customers to understand what they want, how the vehicle is going to be used, their vision, and then engineered the best chassis or suspension part possible, whether it’s for show or go. We’re one of the few companies with employees that build and race vehicles on the week- end under the most extreme horsepower and track layouts. We are testing our products in Autocross and delivering wins weekend after weekend. Mostly, we’re all very grateful for being able to do what we love and share our passion with our customers.”
The original garage location of Total Cost Involved.
The company’s first product was a newly designed and engineered Model A chassis that improved the car’s safety and drivability. Spurred by the success of this first product, TCI branched into additional products for street rods before launching a suspension and chassis product line for classic trucks and muscle cars, earning in the process a pres- tigious SEMA award for excellence in manufacturing. Today TCI operates from a 32,000 sq. ft. state-of- the-art facility in Ontario, California, shipping parts and complete chassis globally. They employ over 50
Current employees of TCI who gathered for last year’s toy drive.
Danny’s Rod Shop Hosts Appreciation Day
by Dave Huber
D anny’s Rod Shop in Somerset, Kentucky, was the location of a NSRA Appreciation Day this past October 26. Danny Mink
opened up his shop for tours and around 75 street rods showed up making for a great Saturday to just hang out. Donnie Jeffries was on hand to do NSRA Safety Inspections and Danny Mink, who also happens to be Kentucky’s NSRA State Representative, and Indiana State Representative Bob Woodruff were on hand to pass out Appreciation Day pins and Somerset’s ‘Somernites Cruise’ came out for support.
(L-R) NSRA Indiana State Rep Bob Woodruff, Kentucky State Safety Inspector Donnie Jeffries and Kentucky State Rep Danny Mink.
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