WASATCH CUSTOMS - Key Persons
Big Chris, manager of Wasatch Customs started out here as a master technician in 2018 and quickly worked his way up to managing the shop. Chris has been a hot rod enthusiast all his life and started in the industry in 2006.
He has always been into cars, coming from a family of Hotrodders. His first car, he bought and started building at the age of 13. In 1988 he moved to tuscon and restored vintage war time Air Craft. However, Hotrods were in his blood.
Chris has hot rods of his own and understands the interest and the passion that others have for theirs.
He is originally from Oregon and had a business of his own. He decided to leave his hometown and business to come to Utah to bring new ideas to Wasatch Customs. Not having family in a new state, his crew quickly grew to be like family to him.
Chris's goal for Wasatch Customs is to help make your Hot Rod experience the very best, through knowledge and talent of the Wasatch Customs Team.
Chris Montgomery, lead auto body technician here at Wasatch, is a very loyal employee! He started with Mark at Shadetree Automotive in 2015 and left with Mark to Wasatch Customs in 2017.
Chris started doing this type of work when he was 18, for a small body shop and took to it very well. He then opened up his own shop for 7 years and decided to leave that behind to work for Mark.
He enjoys working on vehicles of his own. He has had a international scout 2 since he was 17 and has been a work in progress.
His goals for Wasatch Customs is to produce high quality cars and bring the memories from customers cars back to them.
Job Titles:
- Technician Here at Wasatch Customs Started Here in 2021.
He has fixed things all his life, since he was 5. He cut his thumb when he was 6 fixing his little brothers toy and ever since he has enjoyed fixing everything he can.
He started his first job working on cars when he was 16, changing tires and doing general maintenance. He grew from that point and decided to go to Weber state university get his Bachelors of science, one in Automotive technology and one in technical sales.
Jeremy's goals for Wasatch Customs is to better learn and sharpen his skills and knowledge within the restoration and high performance industry.
Mark Lambert, owner of Wasatch Customs, has been in the industry for 21 years. He has worked on cars for as long as he can remember, starting in a local rental yard at 15 years old, maintaining equipment, and worked in local tire shops and dealerships around the Layton area.
Mark opened his first shop at 19 years old, mainly working on 4-wheel-drives and speed work (hot rods), and was very successful until the big leap in gas prices. Like many specialty shops, Mark had to close the shop and try a different profession. Mark started doing sheet metal fabrication on a production line for a while, then decided to work for the government in 1983 to work on airplanes.
In 1995, after his government experience, Mark opened his auto repair shop part-time. Over 21 years of continuous growth, his business grew to be one of the largest independent auto repair shops in Davis county.
Mark has always been fascinated with cars and wanted to know how they worked and how to make them go faster! He has always felt "at home" working on cars and trucks, and his ultimate favorite part of the process is making people's dreams come true. Nothing is more fulfilling than seeing a client's face when their car is completed and they start to tear up or come up speechless because they're too excited to even speak!