Sharp Dressed Van

Sharp Dressed Van We at SDV focus on producing the coolest hand-made, one-of-a-kind pieces from virtually any part of an old vehicle.

Industrial, modern steel furniture & functional art pieces ranging from jewelry to tables & wall art and everything in between. My passion for old vehicles started at an early age. I grew up going to various junkyards with my grandpa, dad, and uncles as they ran their part-time junk car hauling business. That wasn’t the safest environment for a young child to be in, but man was it an adventure. M

y grandpa’s family didn’t have much growing up so he learned to take care of the things he had and making use of anything he had around his barn. He was a tinkerer (my dad’s the same way); always taking what some people would consider junk and turning it into something useful. I now realize the junk car hauling business was never about making a lot of money; it was the passion my grandpa and dad had for the “find” and having some fun along the way. From hood ornaments to hubcaps to various car parts, they collected them all. As I got closer to turning 16, my interest in old vehicles naturally grew. My first vehicle was a 1970 Dodge Truck that my dad actually got from a junkyard for $40. With the help of my dad and my uncle, I ended up with a pretty decent ride. Years went by, I started college and got into sales, my grandpa passed away, I had a son of my own and so on. I knew I always wanted to get an old car and restore it some day and renew that passion that I once had….the story of Sharp Dressed Van begins…
In the summer of 2010, I started to get the itch to start tinkering with an old car. I had a couple of problems though… I had no money and nowhere to work on this vehicle. I remembered my dad had an old 1969 Dodge A100 van that he used to drive around, but it had been parked behind his garage for quite some time. I thought this would be a cool vehicle to fix up to go camping and tailgating with my son and friends. I worked out a deal with my dad and my grandma said I could work on it out in her barn. I began stripping out the inside of the van and took out the engine. It felt great to work on the van and feel that passion that had I when I was a teenager. I thought to myself, how cool would this be to do this for a living? I realized restoring old cars wasn’t really something I would enjoy doing for other people and quite frankly I don’t have the expertise. After I had the van gutted out, I began thinking about how I would design the interior. Somewhere along the way I thought about making furniture out of old car parts. My excitement and passion grew as I thought about all the possibilities. The van restoration is currently on hold, but it’s inspired me to take my passion and direct it into the Sharp Dressed Van business.

Starting to post jewelry on our Reclaimed Fort Wayne Salvage Co. website! 🎉
08/20/2024

Starting to post jewelry on our Reclaimed Fort Wayne Salvage Co. website! 🎉

Vintage cars to art! All jewelry is hand-crafted out of vintage car metal we salvaged from the junkyard.

More earrings are available at Reclaimed Fort Wayne Salvage Co.! I’m hoping to get them online to purchase soon! In the ...
08/15/2024

More earrings are available at Reclaimed Fort Wayne Salvage Co.! I’m hoping to get them online to purchase soon! In the meantime, if you see anything you want we can send an invoice and ship!

It’s been a while… we’re alive and kicking, we had some kids and started a new business about 5 years ago - Reclaimed Fo...
08/09/2024

It’s been a while… we’re alive and kicking, we had some kids and started a new business about 5 years ago - Reclaimed Fort Wayne Salvage Co.! We decided to start making jewelry again (as time permits) and will be available to purchase at our shop! Like our Reclaimed Fort Wayne FB page for all Sharp Dressed Van updates!

12/17/2016

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Here's what we've been up to in 2016. We plan to relaunch & continue with our jewelry and accessories line in 2017. In...
12/14/2016

Here's what we've been up to in 2016. We plan to relaunch & continue with our jewelry and accessories line in 2017.

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12/31/2015

We're ramping up to hit it hard in 2016 and love for you to share some selfies wearing our jewelry and/or testimonials we can share on our website. Thank you all for your continued business and make 2016 a GREAT year!!

Getting ready to post these for sale online. If you're intersted in purchasing, let us know! Prices range from $24 - $4...
12/09/2015

Getting ready to post these for sale online. If you're intersted in purchasing, let us know! Prices range from $24 - $48

A few new necklaces in the works. What do you think?
11/06/2015

A few new necklaces in the works. What do you think?

07/24/2015

Stunning teal, fancy shaped, metal earrings crafted out a 1960s Mercury salvaged from the junk yard. Lightweight. These earrings go great with

07/24/2015

Stunning red metal crafted out of a 1960s Dodge Coronet salvaged from the junk yard. The leather wraps around your wrist 4-5 times and then can

07/24/2015

Orange earrings crafted out of a 1960s Volkswagon Beetle we salvaged from the junkyard. Lightweight.

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