Jerry raised by a gear head, it was only natural that he inherit the trait. He started working side by side with his grandfather in the early 1950s on Harley Davidson motorcycles. At about the same time Jerry's father Ed, was doing circle track racing at the Oakland Speedway in San Leandro. In the late 50s, early 60s the Oakland Speedway was torn down. which led the family into drag racing at the Fremont Raceway. Here they set records and won trophies for themselves, friends and customers along the way.

 Jerry rebuilt his first engine at the age of 12. Needless to say, he was no stranger to getting in trouble for street racing. Once Jerry blew up an engine and was grounded for a week. You know he rebuilt that engine in his bedroom on the second floor of his parents home, with the help of his brother who assisted in hoisting it up through the window. Jerry's dad was blown away when Jerry took off at the end of the week in that car. Hence our motto, Never Give Up!

After Jerry's tour of duty in Vietnam (1965-66), he was discharged from the United States Marine Corp in 1968. (Never could get a tank to run very fast!) In need of money he continued to work various jobs. Between holding down a job with Peterbuilt Motors and attending a local college, he built a large following of local grass roots hot rod builders. The structured environment at Peterbuilt quickly became frustrating and Jerry left the company.

Through friends at the drags, Jerry was told about a man he would enjoy working for. Recruited by Paul M. Cook, founder of Raychem Corporation in Menlo Park, Jerry began and remained an employee for 24 years. He was considered a key employee who built prototype machinery for the radiation, chemistry and medical industry. Jerry's talents include hand fabricating five million electron volt gamma ray beams to assisting Paul with his offshore boat racing venues. (Record still stands)

On the home front the hot rod business was still going strong in the one-car garage until 1972 when Jerry was given a "cease and desist order" from the local constable. Being the upstanding individual that he is Jerry was forced into an industrial environment. Jerry spent until 1986 trying to make a profit after work building hot rods at his shop in Hayward.

In 1988 Jerry ended up working where he and his family played, on the water in the Delta's Discovery Bay community. Here he continued to build hot rods as well as custom machines for various medical manufacturing companies in the  Bay Area. He could only do so much out of his waterfront six car garage and quickly moved his business to Brentwood. Jerry worked day and night with out disturbing anyone welding and grinding getting jobs done. After 10 years at the Brentwood location he had done all he could in a 2,000 square foot area and moved the business down the road to a 10,000 sq.ft. facility in Knightsen.

The waiting list for space continues to grow at his shop. He and his loyal employee's continue to build away, sometimes side by side with their customers. That's right Jerry is willing to teach anyone who wants to learn, how to build a car. This unique feature to his shop is unlike any other in the industry.