Will Rietveld

909-630-6471

email: ultimatecars@verizon.net
City, State: La Mirada, California - orignally from Holland

Web Site: http://www.ultimatedreamcars.com/

Type of car: Turn Key Builder - many types of cars

Education: I am learning every day.

Occupation: Owner of Ultimate Dream Cars

About Me: My country requires a certification for any business you would like to start. So, back to school I went, in the evening of course, I had to make a living during daytime.

I obtained an engineering degree in RTM (big mistake) then I went to business school for 3 years, I did not had strait A’s, but I managed to get my degree.
Opened a little fiberglass shop where I converted the good old VW buggies into whatever the customer wanted. That endeavor got to me after about 5 years. Now, lets try something else.

I got hired as a manager for a fiberglass company, but if you work for yourself it’s not easy to work for somebody else, so after 2 years, lets try something else again. Guess what I did next, I went back to school in the evening for another 3 years, and got my degree to operate a pet shop????? Wow that is something different, I loved it, did dog training, worked with my friend who was a vet, learned a lot about animals, and also found out that dogs can bite hard. After 7 years, I wanted to get back in the car business. So travel to the US buying Corvettes on assignment, shipped them to my country, fixed them up and made a nice profit.

After a few years, halve of Holland got the same idea, and the business was slowing down dramatically. Now what, one more trip to the US, and on that trip, I found the love of my life (I thought) lets get packing and move to CA, the car Mecca of the world. After 6 years, the marriage fell apart for one reason or the other, I am sure some of you have been there. Had a extreme hard time for 2 years, worked for a Company as a manager building RTM molds, Tonneau Covers, roll pans and replica recarro car seats, that was a nice experience, but too much problems with the end product of the covers, killed that job for me.

Now what, CRP, alright, exotic cars, worked for Steve almost 2 years, learned a lot about Lamborghini’s but that ended as well. Another job, ok, found it, worked for my friend in his body shop, learned how to restore old timers, build a giant Limousine on a stretched Chevy dually truck, learned the inside out of body work, painting, and did a lot of fabricating.

Finally my chance came, I got my first account, building a 6.0, and slowly I realized that it takes a lot of trial and error to get a nice finished product with a satisfied customer. Now I am in business so to speak, my Company name, “Ultimate Dream Cars” location is La Mirada, 10721 Industry place, where I share the shop with my friend whom I use to work for, my phone number, 909-630-6471 this is my cell phone for now, I still work on my office to set that up, I do have a desk though, and I feel real important when I sit behind it. I am working on my web side, and hope that will be up and running by the end of 2003.

Final Note: "If you cannot finish or fix your dream car" I can, contact me

I hope to obtain a lot of friends in this industry, working together will make it more easy for everyone, and some of us can make a difference in this industry by making good products, standing behind your product, and communication with your customers.

Thanks for reading my profile, of course I left a lot of things out, the reason for that is, that it’s not of your business. Take care everyone, and say welcome to Will.