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The crew at Action Vehicle Engineering was delighted to a part of this restoration project, one of the many services that we provide. This 1952 Chevrolet Pickup was completely restored from top to bottom, which could not be done without our professional fabrication work. This project was done for Jeremy McGrath and his wife, Kim…

Action Vehicle Engineering is excited to be a part of the Return to Snake River, launching soon! Below is a trailer documentary provided by Weiward of this incredible story. "Eddie Braun was born November 1961 in Southern California, where he was raised. Eddie began his career as a professional stuntman in 1979 after an inspirational meeting…

Special thanks to KCAL 9 / CBS 2 News for featuring us in a news segment on Friday, January 9th! You can watch the video below. A local stunt-car garage is building life-size cars similar to Mattel’s Hot Wheels cars that inspired generations of would-be drivers. Billy Hammon’s Action Vehicle Engineering in Chatsworth is contracted by Mattel,…

In 1998, Day in the Dirt started off as a one day event, and earned the nickname of "MX Woodstock". It is a gathering of friends and family and their passion, dirt bikes. Hosted by Hollywood Stunt and Film at the Glen Helen Raceway, it is now a weekend event that attracts not only some…

Action Vehicle Engineering would like to thank Jordan England-Nelson for the following article on the Daily News, and John McCoy, the Staff Photographer. To see the full article, please click here. A race car that can withstand eight G-forces on a double-barrel loop. A dune buggy that can hit a ramp and launch into a…

For SEMA 2014, Action Vehicle Engineering worked with Hot Wheels on this Mustang project. The wheels were made special for Hot Wheels, and the whole vehicle was meant to be envisioned as a Japanese style race car. It also has a special wrap design, with decals giving special thanks to Sparco, Falken Tires, KW, Fifteen…

Think this Hot Wheels Red Ripper has what it takes to win the World’s Best Driver? Presented by Hot Wheels, this Red Ripper is a part of Team Red, of course, who are known for being outrageous! This mini movie is entertaining for all ages, probably because Greg Tracy coordinated the jumps and stunts, including…

Working together with both the Hot Wheels team and Ford, we were all very enthusiastic to have this Rip Rod featured in the 2013 SEMA Auto Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center. With almost everything being custom built, such as the tubing and the fiberglass body, we decided to add on to the vehicle and…

Our team is excited to showcase a few of our custom car builds for Mattel at the Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance, located at the beautiful Trump National Golf Club. Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance is a non-profit organization dedicated to show classic, historical and special interest vehicles to provide funds for charities and local communities. For such…

We are pleased to have worked with Casey Currie, who is well known in the world of motor sports. He does it all, such as off-road racing and building off-road vehicles. Designed by both Casey Currie and Hot Wheels, we had this vehicle wrapped, paying very close attention to all the exact details that he wanted.…

Forever 21 invited everyone through social media to an event at the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California to launch and unveil their new “Forever 21 Barbie Collection,” an exclusive line of apparel and accessories for women and children to celebrate the most famous fashionable icon by Mattel, the one and only Barbie. Not only…

Action Vehicle Engineering and Hot Wheels invite you to come over to the dark side for Comic Con San Diego 2014. With Mattel finally partnering with Lucasfilm and Disney, they have created concept toy cars based on the popular characters of Star Wars. However, they still wanted to bring one of these concept cars to…