In 1991 he started Watty’s Speed and Fabrication building hot rods, custom cars and race cars. Paramount Pictures contracted Watty to build fully functional race cars for the 1991 motion picture "Days of Thunder" staring Tom Cruise.
Throughout his career, Watty, his shop manager Mike Green and the rest of his team have built over 100 hot rods and show cars. Previous NFL Redskins coach and NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing hired Watty and his team to design and build a full custom street rod that was given the prestigious title of a Great Eight finalist at the 2006 nation’s premier custom car competition, the Detroit Autorama.
