About Us
Carol is a Connecticut native,
although she swears her heart belongs in several other states out west.
She was raised in Norwich, CT, and obtained an Associates Degree in
Business from Central Connecticut State University.
In 1973 she was hired by United Nuclear Corporation in Uncasville, CT, a
manufacturer of Naval nuclear reactors. At UNC, Carol took on increasing
technical responsibilities and more college courses at night until she
gained her Bachelors Degree from the University of Connecticut. Before she
left UNC and joined StreetWorks full time, Carol was a Senior Process
Engineer covering the processing of nuclear reactor clusters. Her 18-1/2
years of experience at UNC ingrained the importance of quality control
systems, procedures, and manufacturing processes - significant experience
and skills that she brings to StreetWorks to assure you get the best
street rod and custom parts possible.
On a personal level, Carol enjoys outdoor activities such as golf, hiking
and creative yard landscaping. She's a regular at World gym, loves to
read, and is an artist and writer.
Although published for a technical
article while working at UNC, Carol has more recently written a book, a
remembrance about her late mother, which will soon be available for sale
on
www.marketsunltd.com. As an artist, Carol's first exhibited piece
gained an Honorable Mention in the Mystic Art Association Members Show
2002. She also has a line of feather and horse design note cards for sale
in upscale shops in 6 states to date. The note cards are also for sale on
the marketsunltd web site along with prints of both Carol and Steve's
artwork in watercolor, pencil and acrylic.
At StreetWorks, Carol is the Marketing "guru" and personally creates all
of the magazine ads and product news releases. She answers technical
questions, handles numerous office tasks and oversees operations in
general to assure that quality products, service and a high reputation are
guaranteed.
Steve Watson
Steve is a native of Indiana and earned a
Bachelors Degree in Engineering from DePauw University and a Bachelors in
Engineering Sciences (part of the school of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
at Purdue University. In 1971 he was hired by United Nuclear Corporation
of Uncasville, CT. Steve had many jobs at UNC including fuel element
process engineering, Project Office Assistant Manager - where he penned a
weekly letter to Admiral Rickover - and Vendor Quality Assurance. (Steve's
very first visit to York, PA, didn't involve street rods - he spent three
days inside a nuclear reactor core barrel!) When he left UNC, Steve was a
Senior Engineering Specialist. But his greatest accomplishment while at
UNC was to meet Carol. They were married in 1975.
Steve's next corporate job was in R & D for the Thermos Company. While
there he helped to revamp the manufacturing process for their stainless
steel vacuum bottles and incorporate numerous quality checks. He
personally designed their Flip 'n' Pour stopper for steel bottles as well
as doing the technical design of their 50 ounce coffee carafe. In 1988
Thermos merged with a sister division and moved, Steve started his own
business, then called Street Car Works. After too many questions about
selling streetcars to San Francisco, the name was shortened to StreetWorks
and recently expanded to Watson's StreetWorks to distinguish it from other
companies with similar names.
Personal interests include cars, golf, hiking,
art and writing. Current writing projects include two children's books and
2 suspense novels. Completed art works in graphite have been displayed at
the Mystic Art association and Steve hopes to enter works in various shows
as well as establish a portfolio of works for the new art web site. Steve
has also taught art classes in local school systems and math and physics
classes through the local Technical/Community College.
At StreetWorks, Steve is the engineering product design/development guy,
trouble shooter and purchasing agent. Each year this catalog is his "baby"
along with most of the products in it, their instructions, the Basic Auto
Electricity Book and more!
As a team, Carol & Steve have been married over
27 years. They have designed and built a house and addition, did 95% of
the work on their own street rod, and continue to build one of the fastest
growing companies in the street rod industry - nominated in 2001 for
SRMA's Best Dealer of the Year Award!
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