TMCP #458: Tom Rightler, the Chevelle Doctor: Performing Top Notch OEM Restorations!

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This week I spoke to Tom Rightler, founder of Mid Atlantic Muscle Cars in Bridgeton, NJ. Tom is know for his excellence in restoring most muscle cars, but specifically Chevelle’s. Tom’s dad was a mechanic for thirty years so he grew up around cars and wrenching on them for fun. Like a lot of us, cars were his escape and relaxation! He walked into his first job in a family owned office supply business, learned the trade, and stayed there for years as his hobby turned into a very successful “side hustle.” Detail and accuracy became his trademark and over the course of a decade he became a well known name in the Chevelle restoration world. He even went to night school…just to learn body work, welding, and painting!

As the times changed Tom started to see the writing on the wall regarding his “day job” profession and he turned his former “side hustle” business of restoring cars to full time status in March of 2020. What timing, huh? Luckily, he had done work for so many years already that had had over two years of backlog work waiting for him.

Check It Out! - https://themusclecarplace.com/podcas...-restorations/

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