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Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle is owned by me, Kevin Tully, and my new partner, Chad Hill. I’m not your run-of-the-mill “master builder” as so many fabricators seem to be today. Not me, I’m always learning, and am far from being a “master” of metal craft. I’ve had my hands in cars and bikes since that meant the pedal kind. I attended the University Of Alaska for Welding Technologies and then to the U.S. Air Force and their Aircraft Fabricators School at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD. After that was on to Autofab Racecars where I studied under Mark Constantine and learned all about Gow and monster horsepower. After moving to Illinois, I decided a real Hot Rod shop was lacking in the area, and opened this shop. I’m dedicated to bringing old school craftsmanship and tradition back to today’s hot rodding. As well as providing the garage guy with the supplies most shops won’t sell you unless you want 3 when you need just one. |
| My name is Chad Hill and in 2006 I became Kevin Tully’s new partner at Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle. To give you a little background, I have been a graphic designer/art director at redorchestra in downtown Chicago, specializing in package design and marketing for the last 15 years. My passion is hot rods. I have several, but the two you are most likely to see on the road are my 1936 Ford 5 window coupe or my 1967 Chevelle SS convertible. Recently I drove the ‘36 coupe to Austin, TX for the Lonestar Round Up car show, and had a great time on the 2400 mile round trip. Our Thursday hang out/cruise, “adult beverage” night will still be in effect. We encourage you to come out and see the new location at 59 Factory Road in Addison. Bring your friends, take a peek in the shop, check out the new store and come hang out with us. Bench racing has never been better. There are some upcoming builds this summer that will be really unique, but let’s face it... The most exciting build for you is YOUR car, and our goal is to get you to that goal as quickly as possible with the quality of work that HRCC has become known for and that you have come to expect. Kevin and I will be working hard to bring you a HRCC that is better, faster stronger... And we hope this is as exciting for you as it is for us. I look forward to my new relationship with HRCC, in doing business with you, and building some bitchin hot rods. |
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Steven Pickens is one of our resident sheet metal fabricators. He is a native of Lakeville Ohio and been in and around old cars since he was just a kid. His passion for hot rods and old Cadillacs drove him to attend Wyotechs Blairsville campus and he graduated in September of 2005. Through Wyotechs job placement program, Steve found his way to Hot Rod Chassis in July of 2006. His love of customs, hot rods and desire to build one off bodies from scratch drives him to produce the highest level craftsmanship, while learning traditional techniques as well as those considered state of the art. He is a welcome addition, and has enhanced our family of detail oriented fabricators here at HRCC. |
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Chris (Rocco) Fleming is a native of Plainfield Illinois. Chris attended Southern Illinois University's Industrial Design Department for Transportation Design. With the knowledge gained in the course, he later transfered to the Sculpture Department to learn the black magic of sheet metal shaping. His love of customs and hot rod bodies has given him the passion to seek out traditional metal shaping techniques, as well as a desire to blend them with modern sheet metal forming technology. With idols like Sam Barris, Ron Covell and Gene Winfield, Chris strives to attain their levels of craftsmanship in his work. He is a welcomed addition to the HRCC family. |
| under construction | Ian Mitchell (info coming soon) |
| under construction | Beth "MegaBeth" Wade is our new Shop Manager at Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle. A life-long resident of the City of Chicago, she's been interested in vintage cars most of her life and has been tearing up the city streets on vintage motorcycles for several years. Following a decade of being a desk jockey at various levels of office management, book-keeping and human resources departments, our city girl's been lucky enough to find HRCC and has gladly given up the cube farm life for the front counter at the shop. She's excited to be able to apply her professional skills to a hot rodding environment and thrilled to have co-workers that "get it" and looks forward to the new adventures this opportunity will provide. |
| under construction | Will Johnson (info coming soon) |
| Thanks for look’n us up, and stop by and bench race if you’ve got the time. The shop is always open to everyone. | |
