Dave Timm has been around cars for as long as he can remember. Working in a car audio shop during his late teens exposed him to the custom car world. That’s when he caught the bug—or as his wife, Andrea, refers to it as an “addiction.”
“I built my first car in 1996. It was a Dodge Neon and knowing nothing about cars I decided to supercharge it. I believe I was the first person in the world to supercharge a Dodge Neon,” Dave laughs.
Dave moved on from the custom car audio biz and years later became a deputy sheriff. The Neon was long gone but the car bug remained. One night in 2018 Dave had a little time on his hands and was perusing eBay looking at classic trucks as a new project when a ’68 Nova popped up. Intrigued, he clicked on the Nova, which was listed as a “nice cruiser” from Texas with a mere 20,000 miles on the ticker. Excited about the
