Performance automotive warehouse ?

[jetboatperformance]

25 years ago It was near Thousand oaks are The catalogs were my toilet reading like a kid with a Christmas catalog , Looks like the may have reinvented themselves via Speedway Motors https://prw-usa.com/about/

 

[monkeyswrench]

PRW, or PAW? PAW had the 4 page ads in Hot Rod, crank and piston kits, heads and intakes, all the fun stuff!

 

[jetboatperformance]

PRW, or PAW? PAW had the 4 page ads in Hot Rod, crank and piston kits, heads and intakes, all the fun stuff!

Your right Maybe I was conflating the two I loved my catalogs

 

[wzuber]

PRW is located in the perris/Moreno valley area I believe. They make some pretty nice looking parts from what i've seen. Not really run any yet. Prices seem reasonable for comparable items. They may use a Chinese mfg. facility for some of their stuff..

 

[4Waters]

I remember PAW also known as Home Mechanics Warehouse, the owner didn't want to do internet sales thinking people want parts now, not next week, the rest is history. I liked PAW

 

[Runs2rch]

I remember PAW also known as Home Mechanics Warehouse, the owner didn't want to do internet sales thinking people want parts now, not next week, the rest is history. I liked PAW

Back in the 90's it was our go to spot when we needed parts now.

 

[4Waters]

Back in the 90's it was our go to spot when we needed parts now.

Yup, went to the one in Thousand Oaks and the one on Topanga. I had to pick up an oil pump at the Coldwater location once

 

[Runs2rch]

Yup, went to the one in Thousand Oaks and the one on Topanga. I had to pick up an oil pump at the Coldwater location once

Played with the Lucas Oil and K&N displays frequently hahaha

 

[4Waters]

Played with the Lucas Oil and K&N displays frequently hahaha

Standard, I spent a lot of time at Hawaii Racing buying shit from @bonesfab as well

 

[Runs2rch]

Standard

I want to go back! Simpler times.

 

[Kbach]

Standard, I spent a lot of time at Hawaii Racing buying shit from @bonesfab as well

It’s a bummer Joe passed away and they closed down the front retail portion of Hawaii Racing. Sounds like they’ll be doing car builds/work out of the back still though.

 

[Kbach]

Don’t forget about Super Shops on Van Nuys blvd either!

 

[4Waters]

It’s a bummer Joe passed away and they closed down the front retail portion of Hawaii Racing. Sounds like they’ll be doing car builds/work out of the back still though.

I did not hear he died

 

[4Waters]

Don’t forget about Super Shops on Van Nuys blvd either!

Also in Thousand Oaks, PAW took over the store

 

[Kbach]

I did not hear he died

Ya, probably 5-6 months ago. He wasn’t doing good for a while. From what I understand one of the guys that worked for/with him bought out the inventory/debt and he’s keeping the back part open.

 

[Kbach]

Also in Thousand Oaks, PAW took over the store

I don’t remember that store for some reason. I was a valley kid so we were always at the one on Topanga and then Mason (I think?) when it moved.

 

[4Waters]

I don’t remember that store for some reason. I was a valley kid so we were always at the one on Topanga and then Mason (I think?) when it moved.

Shit, I forgot about the warehouse on mason

 

[4Waters]

Ya, probably 5-6 months ago. He wasn’t doing good for a while. From what I understand one of the guys that worked for/with him bought out the inventory/debt and he’s keeping the back part open.

That's too bad

 

[bowtiejunkie]

PAW's catalog was massive. Great dreaming material. I bought an unassembled 350 Chevy engine kit from them in 1998 for my 1971 Chevelle. My buddy helped me asemble it that summer. It's still going strong, never had any issues with it.

 

[Smupser]

PAW was the go to catalog before summit came about.

 

[coolchange]

Cool showroom

 

[Willie B]

...Bought a lot of stuff from PAW… I had forgotten about the one on Coldwater… I do remember the one …I hink it was in Chatsworth… maybe on Plummer???…

 

[Orange Juice]

Don’t forget about Super Shops on Van Nuys blvd either!

Lopers, in Phoenix was great. in the 70’s and 80’s. .
Things are changing, but nothing that enough money and time can’t handle.
I buy my flared fittings and steel braided fuel and brake lines from them, cause they have a great selection.
They occasionally have cheap t-shirts

 

[Luvnlife]

I bought a lot of shit from PAW.Super ShopsSpeed CenterShit I just showed my age.

 

[Luvnlife]

There was another one. Off the 91Maybe Speed o Motive. Maybe by Paramount Blvd?

 

[bonesfab]

Hawaii Racing, Service Center's, Super Shops, speed o motive. Blair's speed shop, PAW, J&M performance. Almost all gone now. Pretty sad actually. And Summit is now a billion plus a year company.

 

[4Waters]

...Bought a lot of stuff from PAW… I had forgotten about the one on Coldwater… I do remember the one …I hink it was in Chatsworth… maybe on Plummer???…

The one in Chatsworth was on Topanga Cyn just north of Rosco

 

[mjc]

I just looked J&M speed center closed last year permanently. Bought from them for years.

 

[Captain Dan]

Also in Thousand Oaks, PAW took over the store

Super Shops, 4550 University Avenue IN San Diego. I can still hear the radio ads.

 

[Romans9]

Ah man, you guys have no idea. Most of you had performance stores in your back yards…..

I grew up in a rural Kansas town. PAW was my favorite add in Car Craft and I ordered new catalogs whenever they came out.
Went to the bank, picked up cashiers checks and would mail them off and patiently wait for the deliveries. Man those days drug out…..

Had a Stupid Shop, I mean Super Shop in Shawnee Kansas we would drive to and listen to the morons they had working their talk about things they knew nothing about.

Open up the 4 page PAW centerfold add and dream about all the parts I wanted but couldn’t afford……..

 

[Willie B]

… Anybody remember House Of Chrome… Henry’s in Glendale…Shelly‘s in Santa Monica… And of course, C/T Automotive on Lankershim about three blocks from my house…

 

[TimeBandit]

Definitely a thread for the good old days section.

I went to Hawaii racing the week after Joe passed away. I hadn't been in years since he had the larger building off Madera.

Saying hi to Joe was half my reason for going.

I ended up seeing that knucklehead in Chatsworth who has an attitude bigger than his store. He didn't have what I was looking for either.

Now it's Jegs, Amazon or Summit for most things.

I can still picture either KLOS or KMET blasting on the radio at super shops on Van nuys boulevard in the '70s.

Or filling a nitrous bottle at service center on sepulveda after chilling it in the beer fridge at the liquor store nearby all day.

 

[bonesfab]

Definitely a thread for the good old days section.

I went to Hawaii racing the week after Joe passed away. I hadn't been in years since he had the larger building off Madera.

Saying hi to Joe was half my reason for going.

I ended up seeing that knucklehead in Chatsworth who has an attitude bigger than his store. He didn't have what I was looking for either.

Now it's Jegs, Amazon or Summit for most things.

I can still picture either KLOS or KMET blasting on the radio at super shops on Van nuys boulevard in the '70s.

Or filling a nitrous bottle at service center on sepulveda after chilling it in the beer fridge at the liquor store nearby all day.

Depends on what you are looking for I have a ton of parts. New and used. An fittings, Msd and Holley parts.

 

[HBCraig]

Speaking of old shops/places, what was the truck place in the 80s and 90s off the 605 near City of Industry/Irwindale area?
I lowered my truck from that place.
I can't remember

 

[bonesfab]

Speaking of old shops/places, what was the truck place in the 80s and 90s off the 605 near City of Industry/Irwindale area?
I lowered my truck from that place.
I can't remember

Traders. Trader Tim.

 

[Smupser]

Traders. Trader Tim.

Memoirs of the infamous trader Tim’s 72 shortbed that sparked the trucking scene to go to the next level

 

[Rennsport]

In the San Jose area while a senior in HS we had super shops and speed merchant. Speed merchant much more of a hard core speed shop. Super shops more commercialized and chain like, because it was. I worked at a smaller speed-ish shop Santa teresa auto parts. Never did get a full paycheck I bought so much stuff for my chevelle builds.

of course I bought from PAW as well.

later down in SoCal spent many hours hanging out at Vic Hubbard Speed and Marine. Great times.

 

[Eliminator21vdrive]

Ah man, you guys have no idea. Most of you had performance stores in your back yards…..

I grew up in a rural Kansas town. PAW was my favorite add in Car Craft and I ordered new catalogs whenever they came out.
Went to the bank, picked up cashiers checks and would mail them off and patiently wait for the deliveries. Man those days drug out…..

Had a Stupid Shop, I mean Super Shop in Shawnee Kansas we would drive to and listen to the morons they had working their talk about things they knew nothing about.

Open up the 4 page PAW centerfold add and dream about all the parts I wanted but couldn’t afford……..

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Hey hey hey I worked at SS and prided myself on product knowledge and comparability and went to Mallory/Erson in sales and tech support.

But yes they had a bad rep for not knowing much. It was a tire and wheel shop with a speed shop front.

 

[coolchange]

 

[Sleek-Jet]

Ah man, you guys have no idea. Most of you had performance stores in your back yards…..

I grew up in a rural Kansas town. PAW was my favorite add in Car Craft and I ordered new catalogs whenever they came out.
Went to the bank, picked up cashiers checks and would mail them off and patiently wait for the deliveries. Man those days drug out…..

Had a Stupid Shop, I mean Super Shop in Shawnee Kansas we would drive to and listen to the morons they had working their talk about things they knew nothing about.

Open up the 4 page PAW centerfold add and dream about all the parts I wanted but couldn’t afford……..

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This... I lived in the far corner of Colorado, everything was mail ordered. The PAW catalog was dream fuel, don't think I ever ordered anything from it though.

One of the highlights of any trip to Vegas or Phoenix/Tucson was a morning driving around to the speed shops.

 

[Kylemenz1]

I grew up in Simi Valley. My buddies and I would go to PAW about once a week to look at the built “crate motors” on their show room floor. They also had complete Top Fuel, Funny Cars, and Hot Rods hanging on their walls in the show room. PAW and Hawaiian Racing were go to spots. Even though I never bought much more then a fuel pump or spark plug wires. Haha.

 

[HBCraig]

Traders. Trader Tim.

That's it! Loved that place. Had a 1980 El Camino that I put the IROC kit on and used their products.

 

[OkHallett270]

Funny this thread popped up. I just watched Frieburgers new video on this subject yesterday. He visits the location of a couple of the places mentioned in this thread. Super Shops and Blair’s and Glendale Speed Center. It was a pretty cool watch.

 

[Bigbore500r]

Also in Thousand Oaks, PAW took over the store

I never knew there was one in TO, but used to go to the 3 in the valley all the time. The main warehouse in Northridge was the coolest. Nothing better than rolling out of there as a youngster with a rubbermaid cart full of engine parts to build a motor.....better than christmas!

 

[Bigbore500r]

If anyone in Ventura Country / LA County needs over the counter high performance parts and accessories, plumbing / fittings or custom hoses - check out my friends buisiness DMP performance warehouse. Derek is a good dude, they specialized in fasteners, custom hoses and fittings, and then over the last decade expanded into selling over the counter high performance parts and accessories to fill a void in the area. With Hawaii Racing gone, they're pretty much the only game in town for alot of stuff.

DMP Fasteners, Performance Parts Race Supply Shop

Performance Race Parts, Free Shipping With Purchase of $100.00 or more

www.dmpfasteners.com

9421 Winnetka Ave unit p, Chatsworth, CA 91311
(818) 775-9804

 

[mjc]

Went to Summit in Sparks couple months ago. Haven't been in a speed shop in a long while so good to see some stuff on the shelves.

 

[jeteater1]

Spent way to much of my pay check there , because Blair's speed shop was to expensive. Then took them parts To JMS in Monrovia on Huntington to build my 4v 351c.

 

[bonesfab]

If anyone in Ventura Country / LA County needs over the counter high performance parts and accessories, plumbing / fittings or custom hoses - check out my friends buisiness DMP performance warehouse. Derek is a good dude, they specialized in fasteners, custom hoses and fittings, and then over the last decade expanded into selling over the counter high performance parts and accessories to fill a void in the area. With Hawaii Racing gone, they're pretty much the only game in town for alot of stuff.

DMP Fasteners, Performance Parts Race Supply Shop

Performance Race Parts, Free Shipping With Purchase of $100.00 or more

www.dmpfasteners.com

9421 Winnetka Ave unit p, Chatsworth, CA 91311
(818) 775-9804

I have a lot of what he has also. That dude does not like me for some reason. I don't think I have ever really spoke to him, but the vibe that comes off him.

 

[4Waters]

I never knew there was one in TO, but used to go to the 3 in the valley all the time. The main warehouse in Northridge was the coolest. Nothing better than rolling out of there as a youngster with a rubbermaid cart full of engine parts to build a motor.....better than christmas!

Where the Auto Zone is on TO Blvd. it was a Super Shops before that

 

[RVR SWPR]

Hawaii Racing, Simi always alotta help and interesting place to walk into. Constantly would come up with what we needed. Distributor & wiring for our 4Cyl Ford Industrial motors. Amazing inventory on their shelves. Sorry they gone.