NFI Empire × The Brett Boyer Foundation
Project REBORN 001 · 1979 Chevrolet K30
A ground-up build with one job: generate life-changing support for children and families battling congenital heart disease while celebrating the Down syndrome community. Two builds before it raised $865,000 at auction. REBORN-001 launches the Project REBORN series.
$865K
Raised by two builds37
Build partners2017
Foundation established001
REBORN serial · the K30
01 · The Build
One truck. Built live.
One truck. Built live.
Auctioned for the cause.
Project REBORN-001 is a 1979 Chevrolet K30 — a square-body crew cab long-bed dually with a modern Duramax, getting the full NFI Empire treatment from bare frame to the auction block.
Every stage is captured and published as it happens: the teardown, the fabrication, the drivetrain, the paint. Followers ride along for the whole thing under #NFIEmpireBuilds and #NFIEmpireGivesBack.
REBORN-001 debuts and crosses the block at the Red Bird Games — the Brett Boyer Foundation’s signature event, hosted by Luke and Caroline Bryan in Franklin, Tennessee.
02 · The Cause
The Brett Boyer
The Brett Boyer
Foundation
Founded in 2017 in memory of Sadie Brett Boyer, who was born with Down syndrome and a congenital heart defect and lived only seven months. CHD is the most common birth defect in the United States — and its research remains underfunded. The foundation funds that research, supports affected families and celebrates the Down syndrome community.
The Red Bird Games
Changing the medical
Changing the medical
landscape for CHD
The foundation has assembled the country’s most skilled team of surgeons and research labs, built a research repository used around the globe, and directly funded the world’s first partial heart transplant. More than 70 of those surgeries have been completed this year.
03 · The Builders
Same shop. Same standard.
Same shop. Same standard.
$865,000 raised so far.
NFI Empire is a specialty dealership, consignment house and full-service custom shop in North East, Pennsylvania. The fabricators and paint booth that build customer dream cars build these — the difference is where the money goes.
1978 “Godzilla” Bronco
$500,000
04 · The Partners
Built by the best
Built by the best
in the business
These brands and shops put parts, time and talent into REBORN-001. Tap a logo to jump to their story.
Thank you
Built by our partners
Built by our partners
for every family fighting CHD
REBORN-001 exists because these brands and shops said yes. Thank you for building it with us — and for standing with The Brett Boyer Foundation.
NFI Empire · North East, PA · 814-746-4213