MUNDELEIN Tuesday Jul 24 2012 Roadster Shop auto technician Brian Brunger of Ingleside installs motor mounts inside of a 1957 Chevy. Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

MUNDELEIN Wednesday Jul 25 2012 Roadster Shop fabricator Nate Meskill of Evanston puts a finish on the frame rail for a 1955 Buick. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

MUNDELEIN Wednesday Jul 25 2012 Roadster Shop Dave Eggen of Lake Zurich installs the brake line for a ford pickup truck. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

MUNDELEIN Tuesday Jul 24 2012 A 1929 Ford Roadster sits converted into a hot rod inside the Roadster Shop showroom with the other custom cars worked on and stored for their customers. The Roadster's original owner had the car for 30 years before deciding to have it rebuilt, with only bare body shell kept. The rest of the car was custom built by the Roadster Shop crew. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

MUNDELEIN Tuesday Jul 24 2012 A 1957 Chevy Suburban sits in the Roadster Shopshowroom with the other custom cars worked on and stored for their customers. For more than 25 year, the Roadster Shop in Mundelein has been modifying, custom building and fabricating street rods and muscle cars. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

MUNDELEIN Tuesday Jul 24 2012 Roadster Shop welder and fabricator Sam Porstner of Terre Haute Ind. starts work on separating the body of a car from it's chassis.| Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

MUNDELEIN Tuesday Jul 24 2012 Roadster Shop fabricator Gary Simpson of Vernon Hills works on centering a wheel before raising a car. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

MUNDELEIN Tuesday Jul 24 2012 Roadster Shop sheet metal and fabricator John York of Palatine widens a wheel hub. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

MUNDELEIN Tuesday Jul 24 2012 Roadster Shop body technician Anourack Sundara of Elgin adds filler and reshapes the body of a 1963 Fairlane.| Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

MUNDELEIN Tuesday Jul 24 2012 Roadster Shop fabricators Mike Schmidt of Round Lake Park (left,) and Chris Haml of McHenry work on the frame of 1960 Chevy Impala.| Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

MUNDELEIN Tuesday Jul 24 2012 For more than 25 year, the Roadster Shop in Mundelein has been modifying, custom building and fabricating street rods and muscle cars. Many of the frames and suspensions rebuilt by the Roadster fabricators are shipped out all over the globe, mostly the West Coast, but also parts of Canada, New Zealand and Australia.| Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media