Mopar Teams Up with Rich Evans

Owner of Huntington Beach Bodyworks and Rich Evans Designs, Evans is a master automotive fabricator, welder and painter. His custom-made rides have appeared in numerous movies and television programs, including Pimp My Ride, Monster Garage, Man Cave and Chop, Cut & Rebuild. The Southern California native also recently debuted a new iPhone App, “The Rides of Rich Evans.”

His one-of-a-kind Mopar-flavored ride was revealed in the Mopar Booth at the 2010 SEMA Show. The build began with a 2010 Dodge Challenger (shown) and Evans employed an array of Mopar parts, some modified with his own fabricated spin, in order to create a new automotive work of art. Rich Evans Exclusive Parts, as well as products from numerous aftermarket suppliers, were used during the build, which was documented in a series of podcast videos posted to Mopar’s YouTube channel.

Throughout the build, Evans also wrote an exclusive blog which is posted on www.mopar.com, as well as his own Web site, www.huntingtonbeachbodyworks.com. “Rich Evans has crafted some of the most remarkable customized rides on the street today,” said Pietro Gorlier, President & CEO—Mopar Service, Parts & Customer Care, Chrysler Group LLC. “This Mopar SEMA project demonstrates to our customers what they can create with proven, quality-tested Mopar parts 
and accessories.”

Evans worked with a wide array of sponsors to make the Challenger build a success. These sponsors include Katzkin, BFGoodrich, 3M, House of Kolors and Stitchcraft. “Teaming up with Mopar and all these great sponsors was amazing,” said Evans. “This is probably one of the most involved and well-rounded projects that I have had the pleasure to work on, and it’s all thanks to the help of the Mopar team.”