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Riley Trask started Riley’s Rebuilds when she was just 14, as a way to earn money to buy her first car. Her dad taught her how to rebuild carburetors and her business was born. The two of them would drive around Florida on the weekends buying old carburetors off Craigslist, and she would rebuild them in the evenings after homework and soccer practice and sell them online. Riley earned enough to buy that first car, a Jeep, which she modified and her business keeps her in gas money. When a Facebook group about carbs found Riley, her story went viral and her business took off. She now produces enough income for she and her friends to work in the garage, have fun, hang out, and make enough High School money for everyone’s gas and fun.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • American Collectors Insurance • Autogeek • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation • BumBee Seat
INSPIRATION
Riley’s dad has been a great influence, mentor, and supporter in her life.
CHALLENGE
Riley got into a car accident and had to pay to repair the car, pushing her back into her carburetor business.
SPECIAL VEHICLE
1995 YJ Jeep ‘manual’ designed after Jurassic Park
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
PARTING WORDS OF INSPIRATION
Old cars aren’t scary to rebuild and the younger generation should look at getting into them.
SHARE THE INSPIRATION
If you enjoyed this show, please go to Apple Podcast and leave me a five-star review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and help others to be inspired by Cars Yeah. * indicates a past Cars Yeah guest.
So glad you got to have her on Mark. An inspiring interview with a great young woman we can all learn alot from. I chear her on!