The principal owner, Mario Langsten, has 25 years of high-line European automotive and mechanical engineering experience.

Mario holds a high honors degree in Internal Combustion Engines, as well as additional training from Porsche/Audi, BMW and Mercedes Benz. His background includes management of a 12 technician dealer service facility involved in the care and maintenance of Mercedes, BMW, Porsche and Audi.

During Mario's lifetime he has restored, rebuilt or modified numerous sports cars. Beginning in his youth, Mario built and modified many engines from a simple rebuild of V8's, to high revving, multi-cam 4-cylinder race engines, to the restoration of Flathead V8's. He also serviced many specialty cars like a DeTomaso Pantera, Morgan +4 , Mercedes 600 limousine, along with the various assortments of Porsches, BMW's, Datsun Z's plus a vast number of British and Italian cars.

Many years of experience in mechanical engineering and computer aided design, combined with fabrication skills and attention to detail, gives Mario the ability to create solutions to just about any mechanical or technical challenge.

With Mario working on your vehicle you will get what you need, a reliable street car for sunny cruises in the country or a screaming race car ready to romp the competition!