Yahoo Autos Classic Car Lover Sydney Sweeney Reveals the Ritual Pit Stop She Shares with Her Dog Tank
The Euphoria star, who's headlining Ford's new "Built Ford Proud" campaign, tells PEOPLE her not-so-hidden talent for auto restoration stems back to her childhood days watching her family in the garage
Sydney Sweeney is shifting things into high gear!
The Emmy-nominated actress, who is best known for her roles on HBOMax's Euphoria and The White Lotus, enjoys fixing up fast cars in her free time — and now, she's made the hobby official.
As part of Ford Motor Company's new "Built Ford Proud" campaign, Sweeney (and her adorable dog, Tank) are telling all when it comes to their love for cruising down the Pacific California Highway and making a very important pit-stop along the way.
"What we did in the campaign is actually what I do on a daily basis with Tank," Sweeney, 25, exclusively tells PEOPLE. "We stop, we get ice cream."
Sweeney, a native of Spokane, Washington, was raised around cars, to the point where she says Ford is in her "DNA."
"My great grandpa's truck, his farm truck, was an old F100, and that's the car that I actually learned how to drive on. My mom would not let me drive an automatic until I turned 16!" she shares. "And my uncles and my cousins are all mechanics, and my mom is a huge car enthusiast, so I grew up watching them work on cars, seeing them in the shop."
"I never saw a girl do it, but I always was like, 'I want to do this,'" she adds.
Sweeney proves she's equal parts talk and action — her TikTok account Syd's Garage is where she chronicles herself actually doing the work on various vehicles (namely, her red 1969 Bronco, Cherry, and blue Mustang, Britney.)
The idea for the account, which has over 1.5 million followers, first struck Sweeney during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when she says she became "obsessed" with car auction sites.
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She'd always wanted a Ford Bronco — her dream car — so eventually, she "pulled the trigger." As the actress recalls, "I was like, 'I'm going to do it. I am going to teach myself how to work on this car.'"
