Hurricane Irene - Anticipated Power Outage

If you haven't seen the news, check out the latest weather report for the east coast. Hurricane Irene is currently barreling up the coast and 42 appears to be in the line of fire. It's currently lightly raining, but we've made preparations for flooding, wind damage, and power outages. Click READ MORE below for our predictions and updates after the storm...

Posted by Evan Dent on 8/27/2011 to Evan's Updates

42 Draft Designs Joins Facebook

42 Draft Designs has officially joined Facebook! Although we like to keep our news official, we're excited to share our daily tidbits and communicate directly with our customers. To stay true to the Facebook format, we will be posting anything and everything interesting that happens around the shop. Looking for some stickers? Check out our latest update! 42 Draft Designs Facebook

Posted by Evan Dent on 1/31/2011 to Evan's Updates

New TT Intake Design I'm Working On...

This intake has been a long time in the making. After scrapping a few designs that just weren't good enough I sat down and machined exactly what I wanted...READ MORE below for the whole story and full size pics!

Posted by Evan Dent on 12/2/2010 to Evan's Updates

42 Staff Member Featured In PVW

Last month Dave Stein's incredible Mk2 Scirocco was featured in PVW. Dave is a welder/fabricator extraordinaire at 42. Although a friend for nearly a decade, Dave's employment happened only weeks before his feature photoshoot. We're happy to have him, and the car...READ MORE below to see full size scans of the issue and read the whole story!

Posted by Evan Dent on 11/26/2010 to Evan's Updates

New Tools Arrive For New Product Development

Today we received a long awaited freight shipment containing some new tooling for our 100 ton press. Once in use, this new tooling will allow us to bend our way into a brand new product line. READ MORE below to find out where we're headed...

Posted by Evan Dent on 10/20/2010 to Evan's Updates

In Progress: O2 Sensor Spacers

Posted by Evan Dent on 9/9/2010 to Evan's Updates

Fitment Test: Mk4 Style

Mk4 1.8T 3" Downpipe - New Design Today we brought in a bone stock Jetta GLI to test fit our new 1-piece 3" downpipe. Scheduled for release next week, these downpipes are a 1-piece variation of our modular downpipe...

Posted by Evan Dent on 8/11/2010 to Evan's Updates

Testing 1 - 2 - 3

I'm in the progress of converting our tried-and-true news page over to a blog format. This new format will make updates easier, allow updates by other staff members, and I will even be able to update from my iPhone. This will be handy the next time the power goes out for 36 hours...

Posted by Evan Dent on 7/27/2010 to Evan's Updates