Remember "Super Shops" ??

[Kern Dog]

We had 2 of them in the Sacramento area.
Their ads in the 80s were all about BF Goodrich Radial T/As...Erson cams, Mallory ignitions..
I was still a Chevy guy back then. You could dang near rebuild a 350 with a weeks pay with parts from those guys.

 

[WileE]

Years ago I did business locally with S&K, Speed Equipment World,and mail order with Gratiot, Honest Charley, and yes JC Whitney.

 

[khryslerkid]

Never heard of them. We had a "Joe the Motorist Friend" back in the day.

 

[Kern Dog]

You'd call them and EVERY clerk would say something long winded like.....
Thank you for calling Super Shops, the home of the $ 39.99 Radial T/A, we will beat anyones price on tires, how can I help you....?

 

[khryslerkid]

You'd call them and EVERY clerk would say something long winded like.....
Thank you for calling Super Shops, the home of the $ 39.99 Radial T/A, we will beat anyones price on tires, how can I help you....?

Sounds like our local Arby's drive through. Just take the order already!

 

[Hikin Mike]

We had 2 of them in the Sacramento area.
Their ads in the 80s were all about BF Goodrich Radial T/As...Erson cams, Mallory ignitions..
I was still a Chevy guy back then. You could dang near rebuild a 350 with a weeks pay with parts from those guys.

Think there was one in Fresno if I recall. I think I bought my Centerlines and tires for my 69 Firebird (didn't have my convertible yet).

 

[mopar 3 B]

Had one that I knew of in KC area.
Anyone remember Cornealsons Racing was well known in southwest Iowa?

 

[NOSTRT980]

I remember K&G Speed( chop your et's) and Ben Pilla Speed Shops. And Bash Speed Shops

 

[crank]

had a couple here in ga.too.i luved those shops as we were into street rods at the time.they had everything.

 

[451Mopar]

We had 2 of them in the Sacramento area.
Their ads in the 80s were all about BF Goodrich Radial T/As...Erson cams, Mallory ignitions..
I was still a Chevy guy back then. You could dang near rebuild a 350 with a weeks pay with parts from those guys.

The Centerline Telstar rims and BFG tires on the Convertible were bought from Super Shops around 1990.

 

[dieseldazzle]

Remember Vallejo and Fremont super shops well!!

 

[5.7 hemi]

There WAS one in Fresno, went there quite a few times, now it's "4wheel parts". Right there on Blackstone next to In and Out Burgers.

 

[cudabee]

Yeah Kern Dog, I lived in Sacto. 70-72. I remember Champion Auto on Florin (probably not a Super Shop) but when I needed serious stuff, seems like I went to a place called Tognetti's ...they had it all.

 

[Dibbons]

I believe there was a Super Shop in Salinas, CA circa 1973-75, Goodies Speed Shop, and another on Market St that had a name change to Dotseth's Specialty Parts (forgot the original name). I remember Tognotti"s or Tognetti's in Sacto (lived in Sacramento 78-79).

 

[Cornpatch MO]

Years ago I did business locally with S&K, Speed Equipment World,and mail order with Gratiot, Honest Charley, and yes JC Whitney.

How about Warshawsky's? They and JC Whitney was the same catalog, but different prices. I heard that they were just around the corner from each other............................MO

 

[Cornpatch MO]

Had one that I knew of in KC area.
Anyone remember Cornealsons Racing was well known in southwest Iowa?

Neil Corneilson Was in Creston. Iowa and I lived there during his hey-day. I spent a lot of money at that place !!................MO

 

[SoCal440GTX]

Bought an Erson cam from Supershops...lobes went flat probably due to a hardening issue. From that point forward I always call them Sig Erson Balsa Wood cams.

 

[Kern Dog]

I believe there was a Super Shop in Salinas, CA circa 1973-75, Goodies Speed Shop, and another on Market St that had a name change to Dotseth's Specialty Parts (forgot the original name). I remember Tognotti"s or Tognetti's in Sacto (lived in Sacramento 78-79).

The store in Sacramento is called Tognotti's. Dean inherited it from his father Don.
Sad story...Sometime in the 90s, The Father and Mother were involved in a Murder/Suicide. I think that I recall the Mother being terminal and the Father in severe depression as a result. The store still exists and seems to stay afloat.

 

[Kern Dog]

EDIT: The Tognotti deaths were in December of 2000.

 

[kiwigtx]

It was a lifetime ago, but I used to go the one in Riverside. I have a receipt somewhere which might be fun to post up here.