Dixie Fried Fabrication

Old School Innovation We’ve combined all that experience under one name to provide a full spectrum of fabrication services.

Dixie Fried Fabrication is the result of 25 years of sheet metal fabrication experience earned by owning and running a variety of specialty fabrication shops. Brent Junkins, the owner, got his start working in the Air Force at Norton AFB in Southern California. First he was trained to maintain and repair all manner of military vehicles, and when he got out of the air force he moved on to working f

or Caterpillar, where he performed diagnosis and repair of all systems and engines. After a stint as the mechanic for a top gas dragster, he opened the first of his sheet metal fabrication businesses, Anshelm Arms. In a few years Brent decided to return to his first love, cars, and opened Savage Sand Cars. In 6 years he built a total of 35 frames, chassis, and turn-key cars, all out of a 1200 square-foot one man shop. Two Savage Sand cars were featured in Sand Sports Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2007. In 2008 he won a bid to design and build a sand car for Boeing Aircraft out of Palmdale, CA. To win the bid he built the demonstration car in 14 days from scratch, without shop assistance. In his minimal spare time, Brent gave in to his passion for aviation and obtained his private pilot’s license in 2002. That got him started on restoring, repairing, and building light aircraft. In 2006 he restored and flew his own Corbin “baby” Ace. Since then he’s worked on a wide variety of light aircraft, and is currently working on a Corbin Jr. Ace and a Pitt’s Special, an acrobatic biplane. Eventually, the sand car industry was derailed by the nation’s economic troubles, and the market dried up practically overnight. Brent realized it made good business sense to combine his years of different fabrication experiences under one banner, and Dixie Fried Fabrication was born. In 2011, under the Anshelm Arms brand, Brent was selected by Pilgrim Films to build all the armor for the History Channel TV series “Full Metal Jousting”. The shop built 16 full suits of armor in 4 different sizes and 8 kits of horse armor in a mere 13 weeks. It was a herculean effort, but once again Brent delivered on schedule, and on budget. The shop has operated out of the same block of the same industrial business complex that entire time, although we’ve moved a few feet up and down that block a few times, and now we’ve expanded to occupy 3 out of the 6 shops in that block. During our time of growth, we’ve invested in a variety of equipment to make the business more efficient and capable. After 25 years, we have established ourselves as sheet metal fabrication experts. We provide excellent service from drawing board to delivery. We’ve done it for hundreds of customers, and we can do it for you.

10/04/2025

Well, it begins. After a year of planning and waiting the new shop has arrived.

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02/03/2024

More T18 tanks on the way
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10/29/2023

COCKTAILS blue Hawaiian
Coconut rum, blue curacao, coconut Lopez, frozen pineapple, and ice blended.
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10/24/2022

Ranch House Cafe Ash Fork Arizona. Route 66. That time I thought I was done with the rain but it had other ideas. It poured on me coming down "the other side" out of flagstaff. I thought I owed myself some pie for just being alive and regroup for the next leg.

10/14/2022

The end of day five. GALLOP NEW MEXICO brought me to the EL RANCHO. Its a hotel, it's a motel. It has a gift shop ,restaurant and bar. Get a load of that front lobby. I can just imagine sitting in front of that fireplace smoking ci**rs with the Duke. GALLOP has a lot of signage including this muffler man one block off the main drage.

10/12/2022

Day five on route 66
ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
More gas and food. When I rode past this place I knew I had to give it a go. I was not disappointed. It's massive! Five rooms, all dedicated to the old west and the Duke. Famous for their cinnamon rolls I had to try one.

10/11/2022

Behold, the amazing rotosphere in Moriarty New Mexico. The new Mexico route 66 preservation org can explain it better.

" The rotosphere consists of two vertically counter-rotating spiked hemispheres with the entire unit rotating horizontally above a pole. The drive mechanism is an electric motor driven Ford Model A differential. The rotosphere was overhauled and refurbished by Soutwest Outdoor Electric of Albuquerque. The 8-foot long rainbow-colored spikes are individually outlined in neon by A Brighter Image Neon of Albuquerque. To see it in person is to witness an 18 foot diameter kaleidoscopic UFO. The El Comedor rotosphere is believed to be the only operational rotosphere along the length of Route 66. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy but be careful, you may get mesmerized."

10/10/2022

More Shamrock Texas. This very small town really loves its gas stations! Some restored... some still waiting. The last two shots are of two stations next door to each other and both have the porcelain clad metal panel siding. These stations are maybe 50 or more years old and this siding is largely rust free.

10/09/2022

The CONOCO TOWER at night. Built in the 30s. Restored and preserved by the Texas town of Shamrock.

10/09/2022

Behold! The magnificent CONOCO TOWER! TA DA! Shamrock Texas.

10/07/2022

El Reno Oklahoma. Route 66. Just one more tiny little oil town dating from the 1800s. Steeped in history and some stunning architecture.

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27192 3rd Street
Highland, CA
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