Rich Bickle, Sr. is the most experienced staff member at Muscle Up Performance. A champion Wisconsin short track racer in the 1960s and 1970s, Bickle has a lifetime of experience working on cars of from the 1900's to current model years.

Bickle, now 68, specializes in engine rebuild and repair. His master engine builder skills insures today's performance with old school quality.

Bickle is particularly adept as refurbishing Ford Flat Head V8 engines - from the original 221 introduced in 1932 to the 337 model used until 1954 - and is considered one the best restorers of this type of engine in the country.

Bickle, whose mechanical career dates back to the 1960s and ownership of a DX Service Station in Edgerton, WI, still resides in the city.

He enjoys fishing - especially winter ice fishing - in his spare time.