In the mid 70′s, a young Tommy Carr and his brother began painting anything on wheels. Their quality work and competitive prices soon necessitated a move from the back yard into a commercial building. In 1981, Tommy’s interest in rods & customs attracted local builders to come to his shop for custom painting, but insurance claims & commercial accounts continued to be the main source of income.

In 1998 Tommy & Debby moved to a riverfront site in Gold Hill. After expanding the shop to 4 bays & a pro-paint booth, he & his employees began concentrating on streetrod building, design, custom painting. Carr’s soon became the place to see for custom body & interior mods, paint schemes, custom graphics, pearl-candy and even metal flake paint jobs.

One of his earliest accomplishments was 1920T “C” cab, full blown custom 1949 Ford P/U, then came Russ Dos’s 1947 Chevy convertible, Clancy Johnson’s 1926T tudor & 1933 Ford chopped stretched widened Limo, Jim & Barbara Bieg’s 1931A Roadster, Tommy’s own personal much modified 1941 Ford P/U flat bed, Don Coghills multiple colored 1932 Ford 2 dr, Louis Peters champagne colored 1932 Dodge 5 passenger Vicky, Ron Smiths 36 Chevy, teal coupe, Dan Orford’s 1929A phaeton, Paul Skike’s 1932 Ford Vicky, Dan Pini’s 1932 Ford Cabriolet, Roy Whilhite’s 1939 Ford Coupe, Dave Rassmussen’s 1939 boat tail Auburn and most recently Charlotte Franklin’s 1940 Ford Deluxe Convertible “Chantilly Lace.” Lately Carr’s has turned out more notables such as Kent Bruce’s 1937 Ford full custom 2 door, Harry Gate’s 1932 Ford hi-boy roadster & Butch Steele’s much modified 1934 Airflow Desoto sedan.

Tommy is also credited with the design and finish of the #9 rod in the US, Shawn Baldwin’s 1932 Ford Phaeton, and his own 1933 Ford Vicky, was a constant winner from WA to CA. All of Carr’s cars receive the judges acclaim for the unique paint combinations, use of color and original graphics.

Custom Services: Auto body Modifications, Restoration, Panel repairs, Replacement Grille, Dashboards, Consoles, Design & Fabrication Chops, Channels Sectioning Windows, doors, wiper kits installed Custom painting using pearls, candies, metal flakes & clears Custom Design Graphics

Located at: 2144 2nd Avenue Gold Hill, OR 97525
Business: 541 855-8616
Cell: 541 890-5511