My name is Danny (Bomber). Born in London, England, I moved to New Zealand at four years old. I grew up on Auckland's North Shore. I left school at 15 and started working at the local garage as spanner hand. This job started a passion (obsession) with all things automotive.

A few years later I started an apprenticeship in motor trimming.

I married my wife Carol when I was nineteen. In 1999 we moved to Wellington with our son Zachary.

For more than 30 years I’ve worked in the automotive industry doing car repairs, auto & marine upholstery.

In 2003 we started our hot rod, engineering and car upholstery business from a double garage on the back road to Tawa. It didn't take long till we run out of space & needed to move to a bigger workshop. We now run Kohl Rod & Custom Ltd from a workshop on Tawa’s main road, not too far from that old garage where we started from.

Carol was born and bred on Auckland's North Shore. She worked as a cartographer (map maker) for the Royal NZ Navy in Auckland and then for Land Information NZ in Wellington.

She joined me in the upholstery business in 2013 (and yes we're still married!). She is a great wife and Mum and all round good bean.

Even as a kid, when anyone asked my son Zachary what he wanted to be when he grew up, he would answer “a hot rod builder”.

Zachary left school in 6th form as the class he stayed at school for, automotive studies, was so basic he could have passed with an A+ when he was ten. So Zachary enrolled in the New Zealand Welding School, completing a basic then advanced course in welding and fabrication. Zachary has been involved with the builds of a number of cars, from classic Chevs to T-buckets. His skills and work are broad, from rust repairs to auto electrical, mechanical to upholstery.

Zachary is married to Zoe, who loves reading Jane Austin and taking Zachary on at karate!

Graeme (Known as Gizmo or Gizzy) is the youngest member of the KRC team .

Gizzy started working for us full-time as the youngest member of the KRC team. For the past year he has been working part time after school and spending one day a week with us on work experience. It will be great having him around. It should mean we have a tidier workshop too.

Gizzy likes Ford Mustangs but has a soft spot for V8 VL Commodores and Isuzu Bighorn's.