

Joe admits he may have developed an appetite for weirder engines than most gear heads. It was powered by a fire-breathing 170 cid in-line six and backed by an equally awkward three-on-the-tree.” Not to be outdone, I bought a 1966 Ford Bronco for $1,200. “Later on, my best friend bought a VW Camper Bus powered by a dual solex air-cooled 1700cc hot rod. Being an ignorant and rebellious teenager, I gave his offer the finger. He said he’d front me the money for a gutted Dodge Dart running an alcohol 440 and a four speed. “As I got older though, I became more interested in partying and awkwardly chasing girls. “My dad taught me to work on the family cars as a pre-teen doing routine maintenance like oil changes and brake jobs,” Hanna says. Joe has been making things go faster for more than 10 years, but his entrance into engine work started well before that! Joe has that same perfectionist streak that made ASF the place to get your high-performance machine work done. Nowadays, ASF Machine, located in Grand Junction, CO, is in the care of Joe Hanna, a long-time employee who decided to venture to the helm. The ASF customer base started to grow by reputation, with customers coming from several states away and even foreign countries to get machine work done. With ASF, Jason set out to change that mentality.Ĭoupling innovation with modern equipment and a bent on perfection, he was able to produce high quality and consistency. ASF Machine was founded in 1996 by Jason Abbott who was a tinkerer, backyard engineer and drag racer who grew weary of the old-school mentality when it came to engines and how they were machined.
