About EG Builds

I barely scraped together the $250 to buy my first truck. Pretty sure my dad loaned me most of that! It was a 1979 Toyota pickup I bought from my grandpa. Blue, rusted out, and about half the bed was missing. She was ROUGH!

But man, I loved that truck. I washed it every single week like it was brand new. Was it embarrassing to drive to high school, maybe a little but it was no secret I didn't come from money.

That truck meant freedom. It meant I could get to work, make my own money, and start building a life for myself. It wasn't much to look at, but it meant the world to me.

Fast forward a whole bunch of years, a few businesses built and sold, and here I am. Back doing what I've always loved. Playing with cars and trucks! Taking something ordinary and turning it into something awesome.

But here's the coolest part. Now I get to use that passion to do something bigger than just build cool cars. Through EG Builds, we get to build dream cars, have a blast doing it, and use that to help put deserving young people behind the wheel of their very first car.

Because I still remember what that beat-up $250 Toyota meant to me. And I'd love to give someone else that same feeling.

Shawn Chartier, Founder, Eden's Garage & EG Builds