Shop Profile: 12ga Customs

Notable builds/trucks: MBH No. 40, Project 351, Picture Me Rollin’

Location: Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Phone Number: (519) 766-0943

Jeff Battler’s Ontario-based 12ga Customs shop started as a repair facility in 1990, doing general maintenance work and overhauls and catering mostly to owner-operators with more high-end needs.

Much time went wasted, he says, trying to make parts from different manufacturers fit, and “a lot of times, some parts never quite fitted the way we wanted them to,” he says.

12ga Customs' Jeff Battler

So, in 2004, Battler says he invested in equipment and began manufacturing his own parts, with the intent of “making parts that look like they belong.”Since then, Battler says his three most popular aftermarket parts are the flip bumper, lift bumper and sun visor – which, he says, 12ga has its own special touch to building.

Battler says 12ga Customs can do any custom or metal work needed, except painting.

Over the next few years, 12ga will work on product lines designed to fit the newer styles of trucks, Battler says, which will offer owners and drivers the chance to give their aerodynamic-focused stock rig a more retro look.

Picture Me Rollin'

“Just because the industry has gone one way doesn’t mean drivers have,” Battler says. “We’re really going to focus on bringing out more products and a better way to make newer trucks look the way drivers want them to look.”