I spent a lot of time here as a kid. My favorite when I was a kid was stamping the brochures. So we had the big ‸ stamps, you know, ‸ like these guys. And
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have all the brochures laid out and I'd be just stamping. I'd stamp the walls. I'd stamp everything that, you know, I could. So yeah, I spent a lot of time here as a kid helping out around, which was, it was really fun. So in 1971, my grandfather and a couple of his buddies actually started it right down the street. So at the, where the Coca-Cola bottling factory is now, it was a little warehouse back in that property somewhere. A couple of years after that, they moved down to this building. So in like 1973. And then my dad started fresh out of college in 1974. ‸ Our most popular items are toppers. We're known for that. It's what we specialize in.
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We do bed covers, trifold covers, any type of bed cover for trucks. We do step bars and lights.
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pickup trucks for companies that are delivering heavy ‸ items or whatever that is. We do a lot of spray on bed liners. And odd stuff too. We did solar panels and ‸ AC unit on a, like a conversion sprinter van not too long ago.
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But we also have a really good relationship with the
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So such as, you know, government electrician vans, box trucks with Tommy Gates, pest control trucks over the years, law enforcement stuff, you know, flashing lights and all that. So that's something that has really helped us, you know, stay relevant because those people always need something. Either myself or James will work with the customer as far as to establish what their needs are and what their expectations are.
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‸ this is what we want to get done. What's the best way to do it? Luckily, we have a really great crew and they all have a lot of really good talents to be able to do that. And I think we work really well together.
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So that was my dad's thing. ‸ He would say that all the time. Creative problem solving is what we specialize in. One of our biggest challenges and has been for years and years is the internet and internet pricing. I get it though. You know, I buy stuff online all the time. I understand. But luckily a lot of our manufacturers and ‸ stuff like that have protected pricing to where we sell it for the same exact price as it is on their website. So it's ‸ honestly become less of an issue.
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into the city in 2005 and Mayor Blake wrote a proclamation in 2006 about our 35 years in business, which was pretty cool. My dad has always loved Coco.
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And it's true.
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A lot of other important landmarks around here.
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Coco schools right across the street and down the road. There's been a lot of positive changes in Coco in the last couple of years. And there's a lot going on right ‸ now with all the construction and everything else that's going on.
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