The ModYourCar Team

Dan Rucci - the BIG BOSS at ModYourCar.com

Dan has been involved in many facets of the automotive industry for over 10 years from running car clubs to building notorious show winning cars.

With brother Paul, Dan founded a small car enthusiast group based in Perth called RollaBoyz which grew into one of the largest clubs of its kind in Australia. The club was run by a dedicated team (headed by Dan) who organised a range of events from regualar cruises to competitive car audio sound-offs and dyno shoot-outs.

It was about this time that Dan evolved his daily driven AE92 Corolla into one of Perth's, and indeed one of Australia's most well known and successful show cars of it's time. Known by all as ROLLA SX, the car captivated audiences at shows with its unique and innovative styling. ROLLA SX was very successful taking home dozens of trophies including a much deserved King of Autosalon at Perth Autosalon in 2002. Months earlier the car was in Sydney for the 2001 Autosalon Final Battle where it took home first class honours bringing home Perth's first Final Battle trophies which included Bodykit Champion, Innovation Champion and a Top 10 finish in the Autosalon 2001 series.

Dan stepped down as 'el Presidente' of RollaBoyz in early 2002 to make way for his new dream - ModYourCar.com.

Dan launched ModYourCar.com on the 26th of July 2002 and since then has helped literally thousands of car enthusiasts around the globe. His passion for providing the best service and advice are the essential ingredients that make ModYourCar.com such a success.

I'll never forget my first customer! It was Steve Masters from Perth who bought a blue 12-inch Flexiglow neon kit. Ironically Steve became a member of the ModYourCar team a couple of years later!

In early 2006 Dan was offered an opportunity to buy one of his favourite cars, the FD3S RX7. Once in Dan's posession it got a major hit with the modifying stick and the car quickly took shape from a stock RX7 to Dan's second show car creation, known as LE RX7.

Dan's "out there" approach and crazy ideas created a love/hate show car that really sent mixed emotions out there in the scene. It's contraversy that gets people talking, and that's exactly what LE RX7 did! Like Dan's previous show car, the RX7 stunned and sent onlookers into a frenzy and again taking home top honours at Autosalon in 2006 and 2007.

In early 2008 Dan saw the need to evolve ModYourCar.com into more than just a parts and accessories shop and into an Automotive Lifestyle shop. Dan's vision for Australia's Premium Automotive Lifestyle Shop has come to reality with the launch of this new web site.

I see ModYourCar.com as place for anyone interested in their car where they can get advice, learn how to do things themselves, share their experiences, get the right products for their needs and benefit from the synergies the internet gives us all.

Brett Williams - head honcho of Sales

Brett's love of cars started at a young age. His parents were officials for the Australian round of the World Rally Championship (WRC) and the sound of a highly engineered World Rally Car at full pace racing through the peaceful bush is not something you can just ignore - so began his passion.

Brett's first car was a N13 Nissan Pulsar Vector (sedan) and although it started as nothing special it wasn't long before a few tasteful additions to the car made it stand out. Brett registered on an online forum dedicated to Pulsar, "Pulsar Group of Australia" (PGA), and the information that Brett gathered from this site built on his already commendable knowledge of all things cars.

After a short while the desire to compete in club events saw Brett selling his N13 to make way for something a little faster. The SR20DE powered N15 Nissan Pulsar SSS seemed like a good start for a competitive car, however before the modifications seriously started another top opportunity presented itself. One of Brett's fellow PGA members placed his pride and joy on the market. Known as PULSSSAR, it was a race built show car with an award winning engine bay and the mechanics to perform at a top level. It became a hard decision for Brett whether to continue on with his N15 Pulsar or purchase the well built PULSSSAR. The end decision was that the N15 went up for sale and PULSSSAR found a new home along with a new badge, INSSSANE.

In this car Brett has learnt a lot about general car setup and more about the technical side of a turbo engine. Unfortunately he hasn't competed in as many events as he wanted as the car was off the road for a year. With this car becoming Brett's weekend toy, a daily driver was required and a change from Pulsars was decided. Brett purchased his first 4-wheel-drive, a Toyota Hilux SR5 Dual cab. This vehicle has provided even more technical knowledge to Brett as the engine was rebuilt shortly after its' purchase. The majority of work was carried out by Brett himself.

It pays to know your 4wd in case anything goes wrong when you're out in the bush!

During all this time other aspects of the car scene were explored with the development of No Limits Car Club Inc. of which Brett is part of the organising committee. No Limits Car Club Inc. organises and run track nights at Wanneroo raceway in Perth on a Thursday night. These events give anyone an opportunity to learn how their car handles and how to handle there car in a controlled environment.

From Brett's contacts with the organising committee for the track nights he has also become involved with Trackskill as an instructor.

With the need for a sales force, Brett has come on board as the ModYourCar.com Sales Manager and is primarily responsible for day to day sales, enquiries and product development.

Tara Franzinelli

Tara is a Commerce student studying under a scholarship at Curtin University. Her incredible inter-personal skills has helped her achieve great things at such a young age. Winner of the Hasluck Leadership Award, Chairman of the City of Swan Youth Advisory Council and a finalist in the 2008 WA Youth Awards, you could say Tara is on her way to being Australia's first female Prime Minister.

Set aside her passion for politics, she has an incredible sense of business assisting Dan with the ModYourCar.com relaunch.

Tara takes on the role at ModYourCar.com as the Promotions Manager but is involved in many facets of the business from planning to product development.