RK Collection LLC (RKC) employs only the best in automotive staff and we pride ourselves on the exceptional quality of work they put into our vehicles.  Our small, but highly adaptable and skilled work force strives for and achieves mechanical, fabrication and restoration standards designed to produce trophy-winning show vehicles that also function every bit as well as the factory intended them to—and nothing less will do. Master Mechanical Technician William “Wally” Roberts: William “Wally” Roberts obtained his A.S.E. Master Auto Technician certification in 1974 and has maintained this highly coveted rating ever since.  In addition, he’s also an A.S.E. certified engine assembly specialist. Mr. Roberts worked in a variety of GM dealerships from 1968 to 1989, becoming highly skilled in all aspects of automotive care and further specializing in standard and automatic transmissions.  As a result, in 1983 he earned the title “GM Certified Master Technician” augmenting his already formidable A.S.E certifications.  From 1989-1997 Wally owned B.R.E. Racings Transmissions, Inc. in Massachusetts, specializing in retail sales, build-up and service of performance and racing automobile transmissions.  After moving to the Charlotte, NC area, Wally was employed by Roush Racing Inc. as a racing engine builder and maintainer until 2001.  Utilizing his many years of personal and work-related engine building skills, Wally then opened Roberts Motorsports, Inc., building, selling and servicing racing engines and providing specialized vehicle transportation.  In a related but personal aside, Mr. Roberts has for many years been owner, builder and driver of his own NHRA Super Comp-class dragster and was a competition licensing instructor for Doug Foley’s Drag Racing School in New Jersey.  Wally has won many racing awards, most recently becoming the 2007 winner of the NHRA Sportsman Shoot-Out in Roxboro, NC.  Today, Wally Roberts brings his 39 years of varied and highly practiced automotive skills to RKC every day, ensuring you get the best functioning high-performance vehicles in the industry. Master Fabrication/Restoration Technician Tom Farrell: Tom Farrell has spent nearly his entire life learning the arts of metal fabrication, welding and repair, body preparation and painting and standard mechanical diagnosis and repair.  Before graduation from high school, he had already created a number of specialty vehicles, fabricating custom frames, interchanging drive trains, creating one-off parts in his family machine shop, and working extensively with paint, body prep and fiberglass body parts.  From 1981 to 1985 Tom worked as an apprentice and journeyman in an oil-industry related repair, fabrication and large-engine repair business.  From 1985 to 1992 he served as supervisor and resident expert for this same entity.  During this period, he became impressively expert in custom machining and fabrication, adaptation and painting of all manner of parts and frames composed of nearly every kind of metal used today.  In addition, he perfected his all-source welding skills to a level of quality rarely seen anywhere in the world.  In 1992, Tom followed a lifelong dream and joined a NASCAR Busch Series team, working for Allen Dillard Motors’ Racing Team in the Charlottesville, VA area.  After one season of racing, his talents were recognized by the Carl Yarborough racing team and he moved there.  By 1995, he’d been offered and accepted a position at the prestigious Penske Racing team.  From 1995 to early 2007, Tom specialized in NASCAR race vehicle design and construction for Penske Racing.  This included frequent prototype CAD work and designing and machining parts on three-axis CNC mills, custom fabrication of metal and carbon fiber parts and assemblies, suspension fabrication/tuning and body prep/painting. Tom’s position included hands-on involvement with nearly every aspect of the creation of these very complex race vehicles.  Tom’s wealth of knowledge and expertise was recognized again in 2000 when Penske Racing moved him to their research and development and wind-tunnel testing area.  Also in 2000, Tom began his own business restoring, creating custom fabricated parts, painting, plating and finishing, and performing mechanical maintenance on hot rods, Muscle Cars and exotic cars—specializing in vintage Ferraris.  Today, Tom Farrell brings 31 years of experience in shaping metal, fiberglass, carbon fiber, custom welding, forming custom frame work, roll cages, exhausts and headers, mold-making for hard-to-find or custom parts and paint and body work to RKC every day—ensuring our creations and restorations are the finest available.