Houstonian turns love for fast cars into $4 million-a-year firm Chron.com - Houston Chronicle:
"Everything changed in 1993 for John Hennessey when he got his hands on a newly minted Dodge Viper.
The Houstonian had already earned a bit of fame for setting a speed record years earlier in a Mitsubishi 3000 GT he customized in his spare time.
But it was the Viper that helped him turn a hobby of customizing and souping up cars into a $4 million-a-year business.
Hennessey, who worked in construction and modified other people's cars out of a 3,000-square-foot shop in the Heights, beefed the Viper's horsepower up to 500 from 400, which caught the eye of Car and Driver magazine. Once the article appeared, his reputation soared."
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Houstonian turns love for fast cars into $4 million-a-year firm | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
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