The Fab-Tek Blog

Taste Of The Nation @ Fab-Tek and Pro-Tek Automotive

This was one of the best events at the shop, We had over 2000 people come by for this great event. About Taste of the Nation Childhood Hunger In America No Kid Hungry: Help Us Make It Happen Nearly 17 million children in America struggle with hunger. That’s almost 1 in 4. In the world’s [...]

by bob May 3, 2011 Uncategorized Read the full article →

Fab Tek and Hot Rod Magazine are at the Portland Roadster Show

Hey everyone! Stop by the Portland Roadster and say hi. We’ll be there all weekend and Dennis will be doing his Hot Rod Magazine Live radio show from the booth on Saturday from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. It should be a hoot. Bob

by bob March 18, 2011 Uncategorized Read the full article →

More on the Silver Streak

For those of you who haven’t heard the details on the Silver Streak project, I’ll give you a quick overview. The Silver Streak is a (you guessed it) silver, 2000 Honda Insight Hybrid that is owned by John Wayland, aka “Plasma Boy”. In concert with John and the Plasma Boy Racing team, Fab Tek will [...]

by bob March 8, 2011 Project Green Read the full article →

The Silver Streak project begins, OPB to do documentary

Great news! I’ll be starting on the battery clamp connector prototype for the Silver Streak today. We’ll be using the Blue Meanie as a test bed for the new connection system. OPB will be stopping by the shop to film the machining of the first pieces. They will be doing a documentary of the entire [...]

by bob March 8, 2011 Announcements Read the full article →

SEMA: URGENT LEGISLATIVE ALERT

SEMA: URGENT LEGISLATIVE ALERT Oregon Reintroduces Bill to Limit Suspension/Tire Alterations A bill (H.B. 3147) has been introduced in the Oregon legislature that would severely limit vehicle suspension, body lift and wheel/tire alterations. Specifically, H.B. 3147 would ban vehicles whose bumpers are elevated more than 3 inches over the original manufactured bumper clearance. Identical legislation [...]

by mike March 3, 2011 Announcements Read the full article →

Great progress on projects this week!

We got the Project G-Body totally stripped out and the body is off the frame. Look for Dennis’s video on his Hot Rod Magazine Live site as well as on Facebook. I spent today cutting the floor and firewall out of the ’40 Ford Race -Inspired Street Rod Project, as well as ripping out the [...]

by bob February 27, 2011 '40 Ford Pick-up Read the full article →

Hot Rod Magazine Live at the shop Thursday and Friday

Dennis will be at the shop tomorrow and Friday working on Project G Body. Feel free to stop in and say hi.

by bob February 23, 2011 Uncategorized Read the full article →

The Silver Streak

Here’s some great “Insight” into the new project! Quoted from Plasma Boy’s most recent writing. It’s been in the works for quite a while, but I’m happy to announce the birth of an exciting project, Plasma Boy Racing’s long range electric Honda Insight ‘Silver Streak’! My Silverstone Metallic colored Insight with its teardrop aero shape [...]

by bob February 20, 2011 Project Green Read the full article →

Look for Fab Tek and Hot Rod Magazine at the Portland Roadster Show

We are happy to announce that Fab Tek will be at the Portland Roadster Show along with Hot Rod Magazine. Dennis Pittsenbarger will be doing his Hot Rod Magazine Live radio show from the booth on Saturday March 19th. We’ll have first looks at Project G-Body, and Bob’s ’40 Ford Pick-up Race Inspired street rod [...]

by bob February 19, 2011 '40 Ford Pick-up Read the full article →