Fat Man Fabrications

Fatman Fabrications Inc. was founded 1984 by Brent VanDervort. Brent and an older brother restored a 1930 Model A pick up as a high school car and even took their Driver's Test in that car. Having built over 20 cars for himself and friends as a side job over the previous 17 years, building hot rod parts seemed a natural progression. A second trip to college after moving to Charlotte netted a Mechanical Engineering education that was added to an earlier Business Management degree. The combination of real world fabrication experience and formal education equipped Fatman's with the knowledge needed to design practical parts for real rodders.

As the business grew to over 40 employees, a 6 acre plot was purchased to give Fatman Fabrications a home that would accept that expansion. We currently occupy 4 buildings totaling 22,000 square feet. The area is split up into Sales, warehouse, shipping, MII kit, frame stub, tubular product, complete chassis, and prototype/customer installation shops. Other associated business supply services necessary to the building of hot rods, creating a "Hot Rod Mall" where an owner can go door to door to complete his project.

The employees at the company see very little turnover and that pool of experience is a real asset to the company and our valued customers. The different production and installation areas are set up with a very experienced Team Leader at the head to ensure quality and continuity of training future leaders. In fact, an agreement was entered into by Brent and key employees so that the company will employee owned at Brent's eventual departure. This future planning assures the security of all parties, with quality assured by a motivated staff, and that Fatman products will receive Tech support far into the future.