Restoration - Cody
From a young age he showed an interest in taking older vehicles and restoring them to be better than new. This interest was sidelined while attending college but never completely abandoned. During his second year of college, Cody bought a 1971 GMC truck. Shortly after purchasing it he decided to change out the transmission from an automatic to a manual over Christmas break.
Since that college Christmas break, he has purchased, fixed up and sold several trucks, engines, and has performed a complete frame off restoration on that same 1971 GMC truck all while working full time. After graduation, Cody has worked as a quality engineer in New Product Integration for off road vehicle equipment at an off road manufacturing company. While working on new projects for OEM automotive manufacturers, Cody never lost sight of his dreams to own his own shop and restore classic automobiles.
Cody and his now wife, Paige, fell into what must now be a family tradition of restoring a classic truck for their wedding. Since Cody has always had an interest in 67-72 Chevy C10 trucks, finding and restoring a classic 1967 Chevy C30 seemed to be the right choice. To add to the fun, Cody and his wife added kegs on the back and made it a mobile bar truck!
Cody has already expand on the success of Make it Done with community outreach and youth programs to provide mentoring and opportunities for rural kids to be involved in the trades and follow their own passions. Cody and his wife Paige are natives of rural Eastern Oregon and take pride in seeing the success of our small communities.
In his free time, you can find Cody under a truck. When he’s not under a truck, he and his wife along with their pups and young son can be found hiking, hunting, kayaking, or training for their next Spartan race.
Upholstery- Paige
It must have been fate. Cody got his first K10 one month before meeting Paige. Many of their adventures early in their relationship centered around "Old Yeller" whether it was hiking, camping at the Oregon Coast, or pulling college kids on a couch behind them in the snow. This truck always illustrated one thing to Paige and Cody- fun times together.
With the truck being a bright yellow, which was the rival color of their alma mater, Paige appropriately got a large sticker that read “I am Orange” for the back windshield to let all know where their allegiances truly lied. Cody being a tinker at heart always had big aspirations to fix up his K10 into the K20 truck of his dreams. Many steps in that frame up evolution took place in Paige and Cody’s drafty, dingy, single car garage of their 848 square foot house, including turning “Old Yeller” into a gun metal gray.
During the GMC’s restoration, another big event took place, their wedding. Of course the occasion called for the separate restoration of a C30 to become the mobile bar for their wedding that Paige drove down to the altar. Ironically, they purchased the cheapest seat cover they could find which put more strain on their relationship than anything up to that point, but they did finally get that cover on.
The cheap cover made it through the wedding, but that was it. Paige & Cody knew there had to be a better option.
After the wedding, Cody stumbled upon a rare find, a pair of buddy bucket seats! While they appeared to have been shredded in some places, shards of broken glass in others, and no one wants to know exactly what the red stain came from, they were still more attractive than the old van seats currently occupying his GMC. Aside from the broken glass, the seats had some other quirks, including the passenger seat that was positioned forward of the driver's seat. Cody dreamed of cleaner seats and a few upgrades such as heated seats.
Life brought Paige and Cody back home to Eastern Oregon where they found out they were pregnant with their first son. They were elated to be growing their family. Unfortunately that elation was temporarily dampened when Paige almost lost her life during the birth of their son. Fortunately everyone was able to fully recover. This put some things into perspective for their small family. Paige got their old 1940’s Singer 111W up and running and reupholstered those buddy bucket seats to Cody’s dream specifications including being made of the toughest canvas on the market and pops of subtle orange throughout.
Cody added some creature comforts, like those heated backs, all with the goal to make the truck more comfortable and enjoyable. Their recent tragedy reminded them of what the truck meant to them, fun times together. Now Paige continues to make custom upholstery seats with the hope that you can make new memories in more comfort and enjoy time together with those you hold dear.