History Some history from a local speed shop

Water transfer decal

folding business card with gear ratios

 

Cool!

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Their envelopes
Earlier location

 

I’m nowhere near Alabama, but I’ve heard of that place somehow.
Cool find!

 

Follow them on FB. They've been selling off what's left inside the store. Some very cool and hard to find parts.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057246019474&mibextid=ZbWKwL

 

Neat stuff.
A guy I know has been helping them clean up
The panel truck is still around.

 

They were on American Pickers

 

HAMBer "pinstriper", last active on here about 3 years ago must still be clearing out the warehouse. He hung with us at the HAMB Village at the Charlotte Auto Fair about a decade or two ago. I do recall him pinstriping someone's personal defense item one evening. He and his kids are good people.

vic

 

If you search, you'll find a few threads about that shop.

 

I am sure that I am among the many people, that admire and would want to buy that "KICK ASS"
G.M.C. long bed panel truck. I would love to know more about it, and what its current power train is.
I would assume that potentially some one in the family will get it.
Grinning to myself, I will start the bidding at $4000.00, CA$H !
Thanks for posting from Dennis.

 

It’s in a racing museum now.
Talledega.

 

Anthony you spoiled the fun I was going to bid $4500 cash or Silver
It’s sad that many speed shops have closed.
Dan

 

I betcha that’s it. I watch that show, and that name rang a bell when I opened this thread.

 

Yep. Pickers visited.
lots of old parts still there.
I got the stickers and business card from my neighbor that knows the owners well. He’s grabbed a lot of NOS odds and ends from em

 

Just walking into that place would be like a Museum. It is sad the loss of the local speed shop and hobby shop. The hobby shop was my speed shop before I got my license.

 

Hey @anthony myrick.
Thanks for the location of the GMC panel truck.
The good and bad about such museums is, the good thing is, the truck is saved and its sheltered from the elements.

The potential bad element is, it's not being driven and being allowed to do what it was designed to do!

If I were fortunate enough to own it, I would make sure it was functional and safe to operate, also fix or repair what ever it needed, keep the paint exactly as it is, drive it up and down the west coast to a various cool car and hot rod events!

I would also have a cool reader board that shared the history of the truck and as much information and history of the former owners!
Thanks from Dennis.

 

I live south of Birmingham and a few Saturdays ago, after breakfast down town, I found this place. I had always heard of it and went looking for it. Pretty cool looking place but as it is in an older section of town, the area looks rough. I would love to see the inside of this place. Ever since the other speed shop closed up about 12 years ago, Birmingham hasn't had one. And can you think of a better name for a speed shop?

 

Who was the other one, SECO? I bought a lot of stuff from them back in the 80's, they even had a store in Tuscaloosa for a while. Haven't thought about them for a while...

 

Yes
A few up blocks on the North Side of town
A super shop was outside of Birmingham in the Center Point area (I think that’s close anyway)

 

Picked this up last night from my neighbor.
Think he said he came from Rocco and Cheaters

GTO

 

Thanks for this, Anthony! Always a thrill to go to a Speed Shop in my youth, I guess this is as close as you will get now a days!!

 

Here’s the sign

looks like they left the inside of the panel truck as is

cool

 

Very cool! Bet that sign went for big money, but sure would be fun to have!

 

a friend of mine picked us up some old stock parts from them when someone was selling out the old inventory about 20 years ago (20 years ??? )

 

neat stuff, thanks for sharing! Amazing it lasted all these years

Looks like early Corvette, too. I guess they made them a few different ways, the early ones were sealed one piece, later used a replaceable paper element?

 

Not sure. But for $20, I’m in

 

Does yours come apart? Just curious...

 

Yes