AZ Built · Est. 2010

Real engineering.
Real dirt.
No BS.

Nick is an automotive engineer who spent a decade building early-stage vehicle startups from the ground up. Now he builds, collects, and wrenches on unique machines across four paid-off acres in the Arizona desert — and shows every step of it.

Nick in his workshop
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2IPOs, early hire
4 acDesert build lot

Two single-wides and a welder

11th hire at Local Motors in 2010, then an early employee at two more automotive startups that both went public.

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Straight from the shop

Weekly build logs — fabrication, welding, and full teardown-to-run projects pulled straight from the channel.

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What’s actually in the shop

Real gear Nick wears and runs on builds, plus a store of his own — nothing here is a stock photo.

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Cab-swapped 6x6 RV
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Rally Fighter restoration
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Moreland truck revival