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Those familiar with Reverend Horton Heat’s music
will note a parallel between Jim’s appreciation for
wild and inventive design of cars and the wildness
and inventiveness of his music. Reverent Horton Heat
is classic rockabilly, which is the classic sound of the
1950’s that has been chopped, customized, and hot
rodded. Nobody does it better than “The Rev”.
Jim himself is the proud owner of a ’32 Ford
Highboy built in the spirit of the late 50’s by fellow
Texan, Jeff Milburn. “It’s one of those things that will
never be finished. It’s always a project. I like to fiddle
around with motors a little bit but my heroes are
metal fabricators who can basically make their own
car if they wanted to do it. Those are my heroes.”
Like most of us here at Rat Rod, Jim is a believer that
vehicles aren’t meant to shine, they are meant to be
driven, they are meant to be fun, and maybe a little
bit dangerous.

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