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<i>By Kimi Yoshino, Times Staff Writer</i>

Big Spender: Cars

( Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times / March 3, 2008 )

By Kimi Yoshino, Times Staff Writer

Beau Boeckmann of Galpin Auto Sports in Van Nuys knows a few things about tricking out cars. One of the stars of MTVs Pimp My Ride, Boeckmann has helped turn an El Camino into a mobile tailgating machine, complete with barbecue grill, and modernized a Long Beach ice cream truck by adding a robotic dispensing arm and touch-screen ordering system.

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