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Texas Monthly – These Texas Garages Turn Classic Cars Into Electric Hot Rods

Texas Monthly – These Texas Garages Turn Classic Cars Into Electric Hot Rods

Posted on November 7, 2023

Kevin Emr was bouncing from company to company as a product development engineer in Dallas when he got a call about a dream job he didn’t know he wanted. He had been a car enthusiast for as long as he could remember—the kind of boy who could identify any vehicle by the shape of its taillights, the kind of teenager who got his first job in a mechanic’s shop. The Houston native chose his college, the University of Texas at Arlington, because it offered a motorsports program, and imagined a career with a professional racing team. But the 2008 financial crisis sent motorsports into a slump right as he was graduating. He’d settled for building and racing sports cars on weekends. Then came the call.…

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