Sheetmetal Sculpture, Project ’48 Impression
Bare Metal Feature and Cover
Article Featured in Custom Classic Trucks
Magazine, July of 2005 Issue.
Shirley & John Azevedo's '48 Impression, Built
by Pacific Coast Customs
Text by D. Brian Smith
Vineyards in the Napa Valley and Sonoma
County regions of Northern California produce
varietal wines that rival the best France has to
offer. A town nestled between Napa and Vallejo,
American Canyon is home to a burgeoning
street-rod shop called Pacific Coast Customs
(PCC).
Pacific Coast Customs' founder is 21-year-
young Robbie Azevedo. Robbie grew up in a
car family. His parents' business is Pacific Auto
Salvage, a well-respected "green" salvage yard
in American Canyon that has been in business
since 1957. As one could imagine, Robbie's
love of all things automotive was instilled at a
young age and has been nurtured along ever
since. Over the years, he has learned metal
fabrication and welding skills, and has
apprenticed with notable professional
metalworking maestros. He has also taken art
classes, winning outstanding art awards along
the way. Since he graduated Napa High School
in 2002 with High Honors, his teachers
expected he'd one day become a doctor or
lawyer. Indeed, he's an accomplished surgeon,
albeit with metal. He loves the creative process
of working with his hands and being an
automotive customizer, creator, and fabricator.
At age 19, Robbie began building a stunning
streetrod from a '48 Suburban panel delivery.
He dubbed the build Project Impression. Given
the considerable amount of metal surgery and
artistic wizardry Robbie has realized in the
vehicle, the truck is aptly named. When you
consider he first envisioned the project as a
youngster, and all the work was done in the
PCC shop, we were downright astonished. We
decided we'd best convey the fabricating and
creative expertise of PCC by featuring Project
Impression in its bare metal form. Please
remember that some of the technical details of
the project may change upon its completion.
Don't worry--we'll provide another article when
the time comes.
Though the '48 Impression won't be fully ripe
until it drives out of the upholstery shop,
CUSTOM CLASSIC TRUCKS fans can readily
see that Robbie's fabricating skills are already
bearing fruit. In other words, Project Impression,
when completed this summer, should be of a
fine vintage and will make a lasting impression
on automotive connoisseurs everywhere--even
in France. We imagine there'll be many more
custom vehicles emerging from Pacific Coast
Customs' shop for years to come.
Bare Metal Feature and Cover
Article Featured in Custom Classic Trucks
Magazine, July of 2005 Issue.
Shirley & John Azevedo's '48 Impression, Built
by Pacific Coast Customs
Text by D. Brian Smith
Vineyards in the Napa Valley and Sonoma
County regions of Northern California produce
varietal wines that rival the best France has to
offer. A town nestled between Napa and Vallejo,
American Canyon is home to a burgeoning
street-rod shop called Pacific Coast Customs
(PCC).
Pacific Coast Customs' founder is 21-year-
young Robbie Azevedo. Robbie grew up in a
car family. His parents' business is Pacific Auto
Salvage, a well-respected "green" salvage yard
in American Canyon that has been in business
since 1957. As one could imagine, Robbie's
love of all things automotive was instilled at a
young age and has been nurtured along ever
since. Over the years, he has learned metal
fabrication and welding skills, and has
apprenticed with notable professional
metalworking maestros. He has also taken art
classes, winning outstanding art awards along
the way. Since he graduated Napa High School
in 2002 with High Honors, his teachers
expected he'd one day become a doctor or
lawyer. Indeed, he's an accomplished surgeon,
albeit with metal. He loves the creative process
of working with his hands and being an
automotive customizer, creator, and fabricator.
At age 19, Robbie began building a stunning
streetrod from a '48 Suburban panel delivery.
He dubbed the build Project Impression. Given
the considerable amount of metal surgery and
artistic wizardry Robbie has realized in the
vehicle, the truck is aptly named. When you
consider he first envisioned the project as a
youngster, and all the work was done in the
PCC shop, we were downright astonished. We
decided we'd best convey the fabricating and
creative expertise of PCC by featuring Project
Impression in its bare metal form. Please
remember that some of the technical details of
the project may change upon its completion.
Don't worry--we'll provide another article when
the time comes.
Though the '48 Impression won't be fully ripe
until it drives out of the upholstery shop,
CUSTOM CLASSIC TRUCKS fans can readily
see that Robbie's fabricating skills are already
bearing fruit. In other words, Project Impression,
when completed this summer, should be of a
fine vintage and will make a lasting impression
on automotive connoisseurs everywhere--even
in France. We imagine there'll be many more
custom vehicles emerging from Pacific Coast
Customs' shop for years to come.
