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                  GRA                                                                                                            JAKE CROOKS (AKA TOXSICK TRIPP)
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                  (AKA, ROOSTER)
                                                                                                                                 WHAT GOT HIM INTO
                                                                                                                                 THE RAT ROD SCENE?
                  WHAT GOT HIM INTO
                  THE RAT ROD SCENE?                                                                                             Jake has quite literally been a “rat rodder”
                                                                                                                                 of sorts his whole life, or at least a scavenger
                  Rooster has been Rat Rodding                                                                                   – since a kid he was into anything he could
                  about all his life and says his                                                                                re-purpose from trash or anything he could
                  father was the one who started                                                                                 make himself.
                  it all, Rooster spent many
                  years of his younger life in a                                                                                 Beyond the Builder
                  junkyard picking from 10 cars                                                                                  Aside from the obvious RRM affi liation,
                  just to build 1.                                                                                               Jake welds trees - mostly for big resorts
                                                                                                                                 and special projects. He’s a man
                  Beyond the Builder                                                                                             of many trades from his sewing
                  Rooster has had quite                                                                                          (has his own clothing line) to
                  the busy life… he started                                                                                      bike building, to now working
                  adulthood in the marine corp                                                                                   with the magazine as a columnist
                  for 4 years, then did about                                                                                    and builder. Although he does
                  8 years as a country singer.                                                                                   many different things, his life really
                  Rooster currently works as a                                                                                   revolves around his music; Jake is
                  journeyman lineman and has                                                                                     best known for being the frontman
                  got over 20 years in the fi eld.                                                                                of the band Blue Felix, among his
                                                                                                                                 many other musical endeavors.




                  DENNIS HOM                                                       Beyond the Builder
                                                                             years to make ends meet from building
                  WHAT GOT HIM INTO                                          Dennis has done many things over the
                  THE RAT ROD SCENE?                                         cars and motorcycles to 4x4’s and mud
                  Dennis grew up in the Bronx                                toys, and once even fi  lmed a Rat Rod TV
                  and says he was like every                                  show. Currently he teaches construction
                  other gear head fi nding                                    and welding trades at a local high school.
                  his passion for cars and
                  motorcycles at a young age
                  while watching and tagging
                  along side his Father. He never
                  had the money to get back his
                  old hot rods and muscle cars
                  he previously owned so he used
                  what he could afford and built a
                  1955 truck.

                  Future Plans:
                  Dennis has
                  about fi ve builds
                  he will one day
                  complete, he is
                  also gathering
                  car parts and old
                  bodies so that
                  when he fi nally
                  retires he can do
                  something with
                  himself to keep
                  busy and alive.
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