Born just west of London, England, Mick completed a 4-year “City and Guilds” apprenticeship on panel beating and paintwork, while serving his time at a Jaguar dealership in his hometown. Through hard work and attention to detail he quickly climbed the ladder up to a management position at the ripe old age of 24. Eventually working up to managing a staff of 65 at the collision shop of a major Ford dealership group, on England’s South Coast.
An avid motorsports fan and car nut, Mick followed his dream to California in 1995 and immediately found a niche in the Southern California car culture. He opened Mick’s Paint in Huntington Beach and soon gained a reputation for excellence painting an impressive portfolio of high-profile projects for Buick, Toyota and aftermarket companies such as So-Cal Speed Shop, Budnik Wheels, Hot Rods by Boyd, Dan Fink Metalworks and GMT . His work culminated in painting and preparing Chuck Svatos’ 1932 Roadster, winner of the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster award and the 2000 Grand National Roadster Show, in conjunction with Foose Design.
In 2001, Mick was invited to join the award-winning team at the SO-CAL Speed Shop, as the Hot Rod and Race Car shop Manager, where he applied the paint on numerous customer’s cars as well as overseeing the day-to-day running of the operation. Since the SoCal days, Mick’s Paint has taken over 17,000 ft of their Pomona location, and grown the business into a 50 strong team of dedicated craftsman and women, specializing in the highest quality body, paint work, fabrication and restoration.
We are honored to work with some of the foremost builders/collectors in the country, including Hollywood Hot Rods, Singer Vehicle Design, Pure Vision Design, Ironworks Speed and Custom, Wheeler’s Speed Shop, Veazie Brothers and the Matranga Collection.