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Mike Childress
Mike got into VW's at the age of 16 when he was in high school. All of his friends had Beetles and he purchased his first VW in 1990, a 1974 Standard Beetle. The obsession grew from there. Since then he has owned 1967 Westfalia, 1987 Jetta GLI, 1967 Beetle, 1970 Beetle, 1969 Westfalia, 1969 Beetle, 1970 Bus, 1967 21 window, and 1984 "POS GTI" rabbit. Today you will see Mike riding around town in his 1962 double door walk through panel, or his 2002 Jetta Wagon "the Steed" and working on a 1959 Ragtop.
While going to school for business management, Mike worked several jobs from selling auto parts to operating amusement park rides to automotive welding. In 2001, while living in Valdosta GA, he offered to buy a VW parts store from its previous owners and it wasn't long before they took him up on it.
Tanya Childress
Tanya was born and raised in Southwest Florida. Her father is an auto body technician and owns his own body shop for over 30 years and her mother is a restaurant owner and an avid car lover. Tanya was raised around cars and spent most of her childhood traveling to car shows. When she was 12 her father asked her what kind of car she wanted when she was old enough to drive, without hesitation she told him she wanted a beetle. They searched for the perfect beetle and in 1995 they found a 1971 beetle that Tanya and her father fixed up and she drove everyday for 4 years. Since then she has owned 1967 Bus, 1963 Beetle, and a 1996 Jetta. Today you will see Tanya driving around town in her 1958 European Convertible, 1962 European Ragtop Beetle or her 2004 Jetta GLI.
This store would be nothing without the help of our friends. So here's to our non paid employee's!
Cristin Yearton
Cristin is our computer geek and is good at changing axle boots. You will see her driving around town and at shows in her 1961 Pink Beetle, her 1958 Single Cab or her 2005 Audi A3.
Tommy Jones
Tommy is our resident electrician and air ride specialist.You will see him riding around town in a 1998 Jetta and soon a 1961 Beetle.
Darrell Locke
Darrell is part of our California syndicate, you can find him cleaning the toilets over at The RustBox
Corey Hamburg
Corey is our out of town painter. Ladies...he's single! You can find him painting away at VW Dreams in Jacksonville, FL.
Jamey Gerardi
Jamey gives up good ideas and make balloons animals for us.
Jon Drury
Jon drives 3 hours just to help cut stuff up.
Tom Kelley
Tom started off as a customer and liked us so much he moved to Fort Myers. You will find him expanding children's minds at the Imaginarium.
Matt Galbraith
Matt purchased his first aircooled VW from us and he hasn't left since! You will find him driving his squareback around town in a UPS uniform. He is single and loves to play Kickball.
Dan Bristol
Dan moved to Fort Myers because of a kick ass girl. You will find him wrenching on Fords over at the dealership and driving his rusty oval around Fort Myers. He also likes pink mini trucks. |
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