thats the one i went to when i lived in indio ....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.
Remember "Super Shops" ??
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Ironbuilt
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In New Jersey we had PCA, Performance Centers of America. Man was it nice to be able to walk in and purchase performance parts and accessories right over the counter. I was also fortunate enough to have a Direct Connection 5 minutes from my house. Ahhhhh the good 'ol days. Now it seems that everything I need comes from the internet.
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There was one about 3 miles from my house in OH, right around the corner from the 69 Super Bee I lusted after.
I never went there because all they had was chevy stuff and any thing I asked about for a mopar was expensive and 6-8 weeks for delivery.
I did a bit of business with Kammer & Kammer, who were Pro Mopar guys near where I went to HS.
Their kids were two and three years ahead of me. One drove a bronze 70 Hemi Challenger, the other a B5 69 Six Pack Bee.
I was super poor growing up and most of my parts came from the JY.
About 5 blocks from the HS was "George's Speed Shop". Proprietor- "Ohio George" Montgomery.
I never went there because all they had was chevy stuff and any thing I asked about for a mopar was expensive and 6-8 weeks for delivery.
I did a bit of business with Kammer & Kammer, who were Pro Mopar guys near where I went to HS.
Their kids were two and three years ahead of me. One drove a bronze 70 Hemi Challenger, the other a B5 69 Six Pack Bee.
I was super poor growing up and most of my parts came from the JY.
About 5 blocks from the HS was "George's Speed Shop". Proprietor- "Ohio George" Montgomery.
I put a warmed over 283 Chevy in my 50 Ford coupe and immediately started stripping the teeth off the cluster gear on my 1st to 2nd shift (three speed on the floor). I'd head out to Dewey's junk yard in Novato, CA and pay him $25.00 exchange for another transmission. After a while he'd have a couple next to his shack waiting for me...lol. Finally saved enough to buy a used Muncie 4 speed. Shorly after I sold the car.
Yep super shops in fresno, and Eddie's Speed Shop...THE places to cruise to. Used to be the only way to get all the high performance parts that are so readily available all over the Internet nowadays... Friday/Saturday nights back in the day it was like a car exhibition... (if you didn't do a little burnout when you pulled out of the parking lot there was something wrong with ya)
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My buds and I called them Stooopid Shops. In this area, everything was Chevy and they had nothing for Mopars.....ever.
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What happened to my "All I Ever Wanted..." post?
It took me about 100 times of hearing that add and the few times they played that song on the radio, they NEVER said who it was.
Doesn't even really sound like the majority of his works either.
It took me about 100 times of hearing that add and the few times they played that song on the radio, they NEVER said who it was.
Doesn't even really sound like the majority of his works either.
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There was a Super Shops in Vallejo or was it Sonoma too
Service Center in Concord,
was much like Super Shops, just a local store
Vic Hubbards in Hayward,
was a great full service performance store too
Tognotti's Auto World in Sacramento,
was a great performance store, I use to love shopping there
Baily Brothers in Napa/Sonoma area,
was a great full service speed store/machine shop
Rex Hutchinson's Sacramento based,
was a good engine builder
Bill Stammerjohn {spelling} Carmichael area,
was great Mopar guy, head porter/engine builder
Champion Auto in SF area,
was a mom & pops operation ran by family & racers
Blair's Speed Shop from San Jose,
was another bigger store
there was another of them big chain performance stores
out here too I just can't remember the name...
back in the day Eddie Hill & Don Gartlits both were sponsored
by Super Shops
Service Center in Concord,
was much like Super Shops, just a local store
Vic Hubbards in Hayward,
was a great full service performance store too
Tognotti's Auto World in Sacramento,
was a great performance store, I use to love shopping there
Baily Brothers in Napa/Sonoma area,
was a great full service speed store/machine shop
Rex Hutchinson's Sacramento based,
was a good engine builder
Bill Stammerjohn {spelling} Carmichael area,
was great Mopar guy, head porter/engine builder
Champion Auto in SF area,
was a mom & pops operation ran by family & racers
Blair's Speed Shop from San Jose,
was another bigger store
there was another of them big chain performance stores
out here too I just can't remember the name...
back in the day Eddie Hill & Don Gartlits both were sponsored
by Super Shops
Ironbuilt
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Man do I miss the days of going to a junkyard and finding good old American muscle. My first car was a 69 Charger in HS and I got a 440 out of a motor home at the local JY. Cost me $500 and it fired right up.
jason lewis
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I worked for them back in the 80's.Beaverton Oregon and Salt lake city.Being a mopar guy was tuff with endless chevy parts around.Toured Erson cams and Mallory in Carson city.It was cool, always had a bead on all the local street racing action.
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I've lived in Novato, alongside the 101. I did a lot of living in Marin Co., Sonoma Co. & the City.
mopar 3 B
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In them days parts were more important than food and rent. Pre wife and kids.
Could buy about anything Mopar and carry it out the same day. Yea I missed the place.
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