Mike Vetter

Born in Naples, Italy, Raised in Turkey and Germany, moved to Florida in 1992 and started tinkering on Kit cars when he built his first Lamborghini Countach kit for himself on a Fiero body in 1994-1996. Upon learning the tricks of the kit car trade, he later sold his first car for a profit and bought 2 more kits to build. He built one into a Ferrari 355 replica and sold the other fiberglass car body to a young woman and her Father as a project build for themselves. The young woman was Shannon, whom Mike married within the year. Together Shannon and Mike have built up a cottage business building custom “Supercars” for clients. Mike has built over 30 kit cars, Mike and Shannon have been featured on the cover of Kit Car magazine 3 times, and many other articles in various magazines. They purchased a shop (1947 airplane hangar) in Micco, Florida 4 years ago where they live in the adjacent converted hangar. Mike and Shannon have a 4 month old baby girl.

Shannon Vetter

Raised in LaCresent, Minnesota, as the daughter of a Hot Rod Drag Racer, she always had a fascination for cool fast cars and gained a knowledge of car building and repair while sneeking around and listening in on conversations in the garage between her Dad and brother. She spent her teens modeling for John Casablanca’s. The family moved to Florida 13 years ago and when Shannon was in her 20’s, she convinced her Father to help her build a kit car. While attending a local car show, they found a body kit that was being sold by Mike Vetter. They met, fell in love and soon married. They drove the completed car at their wedding. Shannon loves getting greasy and works on the engines of the cars that Mike builds, she also handles many of the other tasks when needed such as; demolition, fiber glassing, sanding. She recently gave birth to their first child, Malia, now 4 months.

Mike Douek

Age 21, Born in Manhattan NY. A local fiberglass worker at the nearby boat company "Searay" for 3 years, Mike was added to the shop lineup as business increased for the Vetters. He has skills in every area of the kit car building process and is a important asset to the build. Mike is also building a 355 replica kit car in his own home garage. He is married to wife Jessie, and she is expecting baby "Jasmine" Nov.16, just in the middle of the Pilot build. Jessie and Mike are Jehovah Witnesses and both work very hard to own their own brand new home about 12 miles from the Micco Shop.

Charlie

Came down from Missouri to work repairing homes damaged from the Hurricanes that plagued the area. While between jobs he met Mike and Shannon, helped convert one of the pull barns into a home and later found himself helping Mike build a Carrera GT Super Kit car for a client. Charlie is an avid NASCAR guy. Back home he and his wife race a modified style of track car. In order to keep the speeds down on the homemade track, the cars have 1 person steering, and 1 person operating the gas pedal which are moved to the other side of the car. Charlie tells all kinds of backward, deep south tales of cars/farming/living.

Roger and Carol

Parents of Shannon, Roger is a ol’ time Hot rodder who, in the 60’s-70’s set track records in the Midwest, running 12 sec ¼ mile runs with his hopped up street racers. He drove semi-truck for many years and has retired with his highschool girlfriend/wife Carol in, Grant Florida, where they are building a new home, just 9 miles from the shop. Sometimes Roger and Mike don’t see eye to eye on his car business, but Roger is once again adding his car building skills/advice for this build. New Grandmother Carol is a huge help watching her new granddaughter, Malia, freeing up mom Shannon to get her hands dirty in the shop with the fellas. She also will be lending her cooking skills to help feed the cast and crew throughout the build.