Chet Offensive's House - Again

[dbk]

Some people switch out their wardrobes to mark the changing seasons. Kyle Evans and Michael "Chet" Chetcuti trade out cars.

And not just any cars, mind you. Rather, the partners maintain a rotating collection of vintage and muscle cars that they park, one each season, in the drive-through living room of their "industrial chic," auto-centric Royal Oak home.


"We basically drive it through the garage and through the courtyard and into the living room," says Evans, who wheeled in a 2006 baby blue Ford GT with orange racing stripe last weekend. It replaced a 1966 silver Corvette Sting Ray that he now drives to work.
Parked near a pair of red tulip chairs, the Heritage Edition Ford GT is the summer focal point in the partners' airy, loft-like space that once housed Hinson Heating & Air Conditioning, a commercial building near downtown.

The car — and its 6,400-square-foot indoor-outdoor setting — will be a guaranteed conversation piece at the Royal Oak Woman's Club Home and Garden Tour, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Of the six homes (and one museum) showcased, it's certainly the most unusual....

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From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120622/OPINION03/206220327#ixzz1yWtmGAaO
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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120622/OPINION03/206220327/1038/LIFESTYLE01/Design-fast-lane

 

[djs]

Wow. Just wow.

 

[fjpikul]

Looks like Kyle has put on a little weight.

 

[dbk]

I'll be sure to let him know you said that. :lol

 

[SYCO GT]

Very cool!

 

[Triheart7]

Wow. Just wow.

Could not have said it better myself!

 

[Cobrar]

And Chet has overcome some difficulties when the auto (supplier) business tanked in the recent downturn. Good business postioning - low volume, specialty product.

http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120707/OEM10/120709956/1489

 

[KJD]

Great article.

Cool dude.

 

[dbk]

And Chet has overcome some difficulties when the auto (supplier) business tanked in the recent downturn. Good business postioning - low volume, specialty product.

http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120707/OEM10/120709956/1489

$550 million. :lol

They must have sourced that number from Chet after a few dozen cocktails.

 

[Cobrar]

Stay with the concept. What's a decimal place between friends.

 

[soroush]

Too cool !

 

[2112]

Cool write up in Autoweek this week.

Is there anyway we can find out more about his GT350 (R?) ? Specifically the tire sizes and how the rear fender flare was managed? Was the car Tubbed? Custom axle?

That car has the perfect dial-in of the suspension from looking at it's fender fill and stance.