One of his most exciting memories was when he would ride shotgun in his dad's '54 Chevy pickup, traveling hundreds of miles to attend custom car ... aluminum 18x7-inch wheels, with 5-inch ...

So, by the time he stumbled across a '54 Bel Air in a South Gate driveway in the mid-'90s, Joe was well primed to start a custom project of his own. "The Chevy ... A '59 Impala wheel and Frias ...