Peter Cowic, founder of Ohio Metal Shaping, detailing his background, hands-on experience in automotive restoration, and motivation to start his own shop to create parts and vehicles beyond traditional restoration constraints. Key Points Peter Cowic is originally from Connecticut and studied at Wyotech in Pennsylvania. He worked in Ohio as a Metal Shaper/Fabricator for ~9.5 years at a concours-quality restoration shop. His experience includes building car bodies and chassis from scratch and resorting award-winning cars for Pebble Beach and Amelia Island. He has expertise in shaping panels from flat sheet metal to compound curves and repairing rusty fenders and body panels. He has studied under master metal shapers Fay Butler and Clay Cook and attended welding classes at Lincoln Eclectic. In 2014, he founded Ohio Metal Shaping to pursue parts and vehicles limited only by imagination, rather than adhering strictly to restoration rules.