About Tim — The & Garage

I've been drawing cars since I was 5 years old. That's when it started — the obsession, the love, the need to be around them. I grew up in a family of car enthusiasts and old-school NASCAR fans. Weekends were spent in the garage with my dad, hands covered in grease, learning how things worked. My first car was a 1973 Dodge Charger SE — my uncle's company car, passed down to me.

Over the years, I've owned numerous classics from that golden era between 1966 and 1999 — a 1985 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z, a 1967 Sunbeam Alpine, a 1985 Ford F-150, a 1987 BMW E30, a 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser, and more. Some were perfect. Some needed work. And one taught me everything I know about commitment.

My grandfather owned a 1974 Bronco Explorer, and I always wanted one of my own. I found a 1971 with a 302 and "3 on the tree" for $1,500 in Waynesville, NC. The motor wasn't as solid as the seller claimed. I could have walked away. Instead, I tore it down to the frame and rebuilt it from scratch. That full off-frame restoration became one of the projects I'm most proud of — not because it was easy, but because it reminded me why I love this. The hunt. The work. The moment you turn the key and it all comes together.

Today the garage holds a rotating mix — survivors I won't touch, drivers built to be used, and one I'm finally ready to let go. Yes, I still eat my own cooking.

Few people know I spent two years as Art Director at Lowe's Corporate, working with Team Lowe's Racing — Jimmie Johnson's #48 car and team #5 drivers Blake Feese and Boston Reid, part of Ricky Hendrick's driver development program. Or that I'm an illustrator. Most of what I draw? Classic cars.

For 13 years, I've been recruiting globally for creative agencies and consultancies. The & Network is my most recent venture. My job has always been the same: connect people to what makes them come alive. I've placed hundreds of professionals in roles where they thrive. Now I'm doing the same thing with cars.

If you're chasing a dream car from that era, I'll find it. Not because it's a service I offer — because I know what it feels like to want one. And I know what it feels like to finally get behind the wheel. Let's find yours.

Past lives

The cars that taught me.

Every one of these is in the story above. Here's the receipt.

1973

Dodge Charger SE

My first car. My uncle's company car, passed down to me. The one that decided the rest of my life.
1967

Sunbeam Alpine

A British roadster nobody talks about anymore. I loved it for exactly that reason.
1971

Ford Bronco — 302, 3 on the tree

Found it for $1,500 in Waynesville, NC. Took it down to the frame and rebuilt it from scratch — wood-rim wheel, patina'd chrome, the whole feel of it. The project I'm most proud of.
1985

Dodge Daytona Turbo Z

An '80s turbo coupe with the right kind of wedge. Fast enough to teach you respect.
1985

Ford F-150

Square body, straight six, vinyl bench. Hauled everything I owned and never complained once.
1987

BMW E30

The chassis that got me hooked on Bavarian engineering — and that I'm still chasing today, in Touring form.
1994

Toyota Land Cruiser

The 80-series. A truck that goes anywhere and outlives its owners. Sold it. Still miss it.

And a few more I'll tell you about over coffee.

Currently driving

What's in the garage right now.

1968 Ford Mustang Coupe — Original Survivor

The one I won't touch. Original paint, original interior, second owner since the seventies. No A/C, no upgrades, no apologies.

Currently for sale

1968 Ford Mustang Coupe — Modified Driver

Same year, very different car. 4-speed, four-wheel discs, A/C for August. The Mustang built to be used, not parked — and the one I'm finally ready to pass on.

1984/85 Mercedes-Benz 380SL

Garage-kept since the Reagan administration. Four careful owners, runs like the day it left Stuttgart, and the soft top still goes up without a fight.

1998 BMW M3 Convertible (E36)

All original, all the right miles. From the era when an M car still felt like a sedan with a secret — and the soft-top almost no one bought new.

1997 Toyota 4Runner

The daily. 222,000 miles, an interior that's held up better than it has any right to, and just enough rust to look honest. The truck that goes everywhere and asks for nothing.

1993 BMW 316i Touring (E30 Wagon)

The wagon almost no one ordered new and almost no one finds clean. 165,000 miles, pristine inside, the small-bumper Euro look that quietly makes the whole car. The E30 chassis I've been chasing since the '87 sedan.

From the sketchbook