The Good Life – July-August 2015
Fargo Moorhead's premier men's magazine. Featuring the ultimate outdoorsman Bret Amundson, the Hot Rod Shop of Fargo, FC Fargo Soccer Team, Prairie Rose Meadery, Fathers, Local Heroes - Red River Regional Dispatch and more!
Fargo Moorhead's premier men's magazine. Featuring the ultimate outdoorsman Bret Amundson, the Hot Rod Shop of Fargo, FC Fargo Soccer Team, Prairie Rose Meadery, Fathers, Local Heroes - Red River Regional Dispatch and more!
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BY: PAUL HANKEL | PHOTOS: URBAN TOAD MEDIA<br />
the owner<br />
Wendelbo, the owner of <strong>The</strong> Hot Rod Shop of Fargo, is no<br />
stranger to cars and has been around them his entire life.<br />
“We always had cars growing up. My mom was the real<br />
hot rodder in the family, and my dad was mechanically<br />
inclined. Fixing cars in the garage was always something<br />
that happened.” Said Wendelbo, “My grandpa owned a gas<br />
station in Langdon and so, during the summers, I’d always<br />
get to go up there and hang out with him and learn.”<br />
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the market<br />
<strong>The</strong> custom hot rod market is booming and, with purchase<br />
prices for the most sought after and desirable models<br />
soaring into the millions, it’s easy to see why. <strong>The</strong> industry,<br />
including buyers, sellers, custom hot rod shops like <strong>The</strong> Hot<br />
Rod Shop of Fargo, has seen an influx of hot rod enthusiasts,<br />
eager to either customize a hot rod. Wendelbo explained<br />
that newer hot rodders are naturally tending to gravitate<br />
towards newer model cars to customize. “Now we’re seeing
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