Owner Auto-Biography - Paul Freese 

I was born and raised in Batesville, IN, residing there still along with my wife Laura and sons Eric, Kyle, Levi and Eli. My first car was a 68 GTO that I purchased in 1983.  Little did I know that car would lead me on a path my life would follow.  I still own that car today, now in pro-street trim.  Of course, many GTO's and Pontiacs would follow!

I worked at Batesville Tire in high school, and upon graduation was hired as a technician at Batesville Chrysler.  After 10 years I became Service Manager of Heritage Motors in Shelbyville, IN.  That was followed by stints at numerous Chrysler dealerships in the Cincinnati market.  I took my ASE Master Certification and Gold Chrysler Technician status and went out on my own in 2002.

Cars were never just a means of transportation to me, they were always something much more. I was never happy simply maintaining and repairing cars. Opening FAST gave me the opportunity to do the kind of work that I truly wanted.  Doing general repair work the first several years, I took in as much nrestoration work as I could find. Growing pains led to the opening of a second shop in Columbus IN, and ultimately to health issues that darn near killed me!  I scaled back the operation to just the original Batesville location and started focussing on the Restoration end of the business.

What I do / what I've done...

-Served on the Committee for the 2009 GTOAA / POCI CoVention

-GTOAA Tom Foster Award 2010

-OVGTO High Performer Award 2012

-2013 GTOAA / POCI CoVention Co-Chair 

-2015 GTOAA Convention Co-Chair

-GTOAA Concours Judge 2006 - Present

-GTOAA Concours Modified Program Administrator

-Trans Am Nationals Concours Program Co-Chair

-68 - 69 A-body Tech Advisor POCI

-Paint and Body Tech Advisor POCI

FAST 

14279 N. Morris East St.

Batesville, IN  47006

812 - 614 - 3332

gtoresto@yahoo.com