CMX CHOPPERS  
104 Beaty Lane, 
Summerville, SC 29483
 Phone 1.843.832.7715 
Fax 1.843.851.7592
Owners: Vinnie Minichiello
Website: www.cmxchoppers.com 

My name is Vinnie Minichiello. I am the owner of CMX Choppers (formerly known as The Hot Rod Shop). We are located at 104 Beaty Lane in Summerville (out towards 17A & Dorchester intersection.) We built our new 6400 sq ft shop in July of 2003. I am originally from Boston, Massachusetts. I relocated here in 1991. I am married to Lourie and have 2 children (Alec 17 and Charlsey 11). I have been building cars and bikes for 30 years.

I started with my brothers, Lenny and Sonny when I was young. They always had something going in my brother, Lenny’s garage. When I was 13, I purchased my own 1941 Willys. We did cars and motorcycles. This interest stayed with me through school. I took a job when I first came to Summerville working with street rods. I soon opened my own shop (The Hot Rod Shop). I built a wonderful clientele. I continued with mostly street rods. A 1940 Cadillac, which I built from ground up, made it to the Barret-Jackson Auction and brought 100,000. 00 to it’s owner in 1996.

After numerous car awards and features in custom car magazines, in 1996, my first try back at a custom motorcycle yielded a first place in Best Radical Custom award at the Charlotte Easyrider Show. This also gave me an invitation to Columbus, Ohio finals where I took third place overall. This bike made the cover of Keith Ball’s Hardcover Easyriders (Copyright 1997). In 1997, another one of my bikes took first place in Best Street Custom Class, Best Design and first place at the VQ Annual Invitational. Both of these bikes made it into the VQ Annual Top 50 Magazine (Issue No. 1).

One of kind paint schemes are what we do best. Wild, mild or just back to mint condition , we do not miss any detail