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Group of teen girls transform home garage in Manatee County into an auto shop

Information and image from Fox 13 The garage of a Lakewood Ranch home has become an auto shop for a group of teenage girls. “All females working,” explained Riley Trask. “It involves me and five other girls who are 17.” According to Fox 13 News, she heads the business based out of her family’s home. It’s called Riley’s Rebuilds. “After school, we come here to work for a couple of hours,” Riley explained. “We break down carburetors we receive from people all over the country, clean them up, rebuild them and send them back out.” She started working on carburetors with her dad a few years ago. “Cars are kind of just his hobby. Ever since I was 13, I’ve been doing it. I like how simplistic they are. It’s been a steady income,” Riley said. Her initial motivation for doing this was to buy her first car. She said her dad told her that she would have to raise her own money. “I thought he was going to buy me my first car. I was mistaken,” Riley said. “He told me to go into the garage, pick something out, and I saw an Edelbrock carburetor on the shelf.” Riley asked her dad what the object was, then asked how much it cost to sell it. “Around $300 to $400,” she recalled. “I was like, ‘Yeah I’ll do that.” And the rest was history. She said it was easy getting her friends involved. “I invited them in because they can make money, and we can all talk drama in here,” Riley said. “They were like we want to do cars. This is so cool. We want to be in here.” Customers also get a pretty good deal. “$145 – that includes shipping prices, anything broken in the carburetor, we’ll replace,” Riley explained. “Most other rebuild companies are doing $400, $500, $600 or more, depending on what you have, and then to buy a brand-new carburetor, it can be up to $800-$1,000. For us, we sell used carburetors for $300 to $400, so I would say pretty decent,” Riley offered. For more information about Riley’s Rebuilds, head over to her website, rileysrebuilds.myshopify.com. Her Instagram account is @rileys_rebuilds. On Facebook, you can find Riley’s Rebuilds at: www.facebook.com/ RileysRebuilds.

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