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With
over 35 years experience, Bob Eyler has always
been interested in cars. His dad managed to sneak him into a drag
race when he was 14, so small-block Chevy (and sometimes Hemi) power has
always fascinated him.
Over a lifetime of
working on and with cars, he's designed, built and restored sand rails,
dune buggies, a '30 Model A roadster hi-boy, 2 '34 Ford's and restored
two classic 1959 Corvettes from the frame up – just to mention a
few. Over the years, Bob has constructed a total of between 25 and
30 cars including a wide range of Classic Motor Carriage kits
(speedsters, MG-TD and Gazelle) learning about kit cars the hard
way. So he can appreciate the frustrations that can happen and know
how to avoid them.
So, it was
inevitable that when he wanted to chop a top of a '67 bug and got quotes
from $3500 to $5500, he decided it was easier to do it himself
..... well, maybe not easier but
certainly cheaper. So began the life of The Glass Station.
First you chop it,
fat it, suicide it and add a final touch of a split rear window.
Take off the drip rails and all design lines ....
then you design it so that it will either drop
onto a stock VW pan .... or onto a custom
tubular steel frame with a Mustang II front end and 9" Ford rear end
to hold anything you want up front.
The Glass Station
has been in business since 1995 and in production since the beginning of
1998. Production was held off until we were able to deliver the
kind of product we would be proud to ship and also the kind of product we
would want to receive if we were the paying customer.
We've taken a 1st
place in every car show entered ... this year we took not only a 1st
place at this year's VW Jamboree in Irvine, CA ....
but we also took Best of Show (see photo).
If you want to be
different and stand out .... this
is a way to do it. We can't drive down the street or park the car
without drawing crowds .... you
can, too.
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