Bull in the Basement
DVD!!
Hear directly from Ken Imhoff, the crazy true story about his life's obsession to build a Lamborghini in his basement. This is an incredibly inspiring documentary that covers a 17 year span where Ken Imhoff, with the support of his wife Eileen, works to fulfill his dreams. The DVD includes never before seen video footage, interviews, pictures and more.
Bull in the Basement2010 Calendar
All new for 2010! Bright, full color calendar showing off this incredible Lamborghini. Each month includes an inspirational quote supporting our mission statement. Just in time for Christmas!
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ADVERTISING EDITION
Bull in the Basement
2010 Calendar
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The Book
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A crazy true story about a man and his life's obsession to build a Lamborghini in his basement.
"The book project sounds fascinating--as does the car itself!"-Peter Egan Road & Track.
I am
in awe of your accomplishment. Your story will find an audience, no doubt.-Joanne Gordon-Author
" One of the most insane projects I've ever seen. Staggering. Congratulations! -Matt Crawford -Author
"Your car and story is extremely impressive. Craftsmanship and patience like that is a rare thing these days". -Ben Wojdyla-Editor Jalopnik
-Sample read-
When I was looking for suitable rear taillights, I looked at every car I saw on the road including traffic going in the other direction. Even my wife Eileen found it amusing at first. She would tell me, “I saw a car on the way home from work that had some taillights I think you are looking for”. Funny how it would be to hear her explaining to the officer why she was tailgating, “I was trying to get a good look at the Suzuki Samurai taillights for the Lamborghini my husband is building in our basement”. Thankfully we never had to explain our tailgating fixation after finding some originals.
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I recommend these products for no other reason than from my personal experience with these individuals that share the same passion.
METAL FABRICATOR'S HANDBOOK by Ron Fournier
SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT by Matthew B. Crawford
A philosopher / mechanic destroys the pretensions of the high-prestige workplace and makes an irresistible case for working with one’s hands.
Shop Class as Soulcraft brings alive an experience that was once quite common, but now seems to be receding from society: making and fixing things. Those of us who sit in an office often feel a lack of connection to the material world, a sense of loss, and find it difficult to say exactly what we do all day. For anyone who felt hustled off to college, then to the cubicle, against their own inclinations and natural bents, Shop Class as Soulcraft seeks to restore the honor of the manual trades as a life worth choosing.
On both economic and psychological grounds, Crawford questions the educational imperative of turning everyone into a “knowledge worker,” based on a misguided separation of thinking from doing, the work of the hand from that of the mind. Crawford shows us how such a partition, which began a century ago with the assembly line, degrades work for those on both sides of the divide.
But Crawford offers good news as well: the manual trades are very different from the assembly line, and from dumbed-down white collar work as well. They require careful thinking and are punctuated by moments of genuine pleasure. Based on his own experience as an electrician and mechanic, Crawford makes a case for the intrinsic satisfactions and cognitive challenges of manual work. The work of builders and mechanics is secure; it cannot be outsourced, and it cannot be made obsolete. Such work ties us to the local communities in which we live, and instills the pride that comes from doing work that is genuinely useful. A wholly original debut, Shop Class as Soulcraft offers a passionate call for self-reliance and a moving reflection on how we can live concretely in an ever more abstract world.
