Wow you are working hard on this and you are already so far ahead! Thanks for the entries, we definitely want to stay with the #35 'automotive font' we love that. Just make it a little larger.
On the gradient, I wanted to flip it black to red if we moved 'mcreynolds' above the emblem but your designer's eye was right I think, the words do look better together underneath and you had the gradient right also from red to black. :) Sorry.
The client (and now his wife also) likes the more detailed emblem of #35 while my wife and I like the simpler #32 haha. We are trying to get more feedback from others. We love the 'bling' on the M in the emblem.
I think the client will agree with me that the fonts in #32 and #35 are working well together. I think you have them in the right place also, it keeps the eye from wandering around. If you could flip the gradient back from red to black again with these fonts and make the 'automotive' a little larger I think we would have a winner. If we could see that in both emblem styles with the 'bling' on the M, I will track down the client tomorrow and see what he thinks. Great work, thanks! You are the man!