the grandson of an oklahoma moonshine runner and the son of a 1950s pinstriper, skratch started working on hot rods at age 16 in fort worth, texas because it was in his blood. soon, he had established a money making business buying and selling used camaro parts locally. with an ever growing appetite for cars, he soon started buying cars outside the city, fixing them up and selling them for profit. by the age of 20, he had rented his first shop and began modding 1950s oldsmobiles and chevrolets. after several years of struggling to make ends meet, skratch shut down the shop and began trying his hand at the corporate 9 to 5 thing…but that just wasn’t happening for him. so, at 26, he quit and moved to the west coast – the u.s. capital of hot rods. he was sure that he would be able to make it in the car world there. soon, his pinstriping talents were noticed by various builders at events, and his new career in l.a. was born…skratch’s garage.