We sure had a busy time this past week, but we had a chance to visit some old friends at EP Werks here in Indy. It’s a shop ran by two brothers, Ian and Andrew Baas (pronounced “Boss”), that offers a dependable alternative for your German car’s maintenance. The guys gave us a nice tour of the shop, and we saw an oldschool GTI being brought back to life getting a full engine swap. Cant wait to see it done!

You may recognize the name Ian Baas. He has an impressive driving resume which includes currently piloting the APR Motorsports GTI in the Koni Challenge Series, and winning the GT class in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona with TPC racing in the #36 Porsche GT3 alongside Randy Pobst, Spencer Pumpelly and Michael Levitas.

Cars are the love and passion for these brothers, I highly recommend stopping by and checking out the shop, knowing these guys, you’ll get the full tour!

Earlier today we decided to drop in on our friend Reggie to have a look around his shop, Reggies Motorworks. I first met Reggie a few years ago while repairing my E30. It was 2006, he was working out of a pole barn, all I remember, is that there were warehouses, train tracks, some discarded automobiles, and a lot of weeds.

Fast forward a couple years. Reggie stuck with it, did great work, sold parts at fair prices, business grew and now RMW operates of out a 3,000 sq/ft facility in our neck of the woods. Nowadays, he specializes in repair and restoration work, with a healthy dose of metal/rust repair.

You have to see Reggie’s personal Baur Cabriolet in person to truly appreciate the level of craftsmanship at RMW. It’s a near fully restored early 318 with all the work carried out by Reggie himself, you name it, he’s even managed to get the original AC system to blow nice and cold.

If you’re in the area, and you’d like to see what RMW’s all about, be sure to join us at their Friday Night Cruise-In every Friday evening 6-9pm at the Park Street Pub in Westfield (515 Park Street, Westfield, IN 46074).