Original Northeast Speed Shops?

He also ran a speed shop

 

Frank Maratta also ran a speed shop in Hartford, CT. Behind that was his body shop.

 

Anyone remember Square Speed Shop in Floral Park, New York? I believe the guy running it was Ray Bopp.

 

i know old thread but does anybody remember a new england speed shop that ran a hilborn injected pontiac in something, around 1960.
randomy i just called hilborn to have a setup i have traced and it was originally sold to new england speed shop in may of 1960, just curious if anbody remembers them running a car or has any info

 

Frank Del Roy's ,Bordentown, New Jersey

 

New England Speed Equipment had two locations;one on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston and the other on Route 1 in Saugus.I don't recall any car that they ran that had a Pontiac in it.Seems to me there was a Pontiac powered rail running around that time period but I don't recall if it had Hilborn on it.Jack Brady(HAMB name Church Key)might know;he is more well versed on vintage racers than I am.Send him a PM.

 

Sandy's on Rt 66 just outside Northampton MA. Little office and a couple old buses for storage. Office was still there when I went by a few years ago, everything else gone.

Original shop truck was still around and pictures were here on the forum a few years ago.

 

All new Heading with tons of info at Dover Site JUST FOR SPEED SHOPS !
http://www.doverdragstrip.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=48

 

hey,


How about Don's Speed Shop Rt. 1 Edison NJ, Central Jersey Speed & Machine New Brunswick Ave. Fords NJ, and Duffy's Performance out of Red Bank NJ.
There was also one on Rt 27 S. in New Brunswick NJ, but the name escapes me.

 

Just for the record: 1 / 14 / 2010
Bill "Willy" Strickland ran a speed shop in New London, CT in 1972 because I bought his 1924 T roadster pickup ( see Hot Rod magazine Dec. 1959) that same year. He
later moved to a larger store also in New London called CWS speed shop which stood for "Cee Willy Strickland". Willy passed away at around age 42 after an unexpected brain problem took place. This guy will be missed !
Thanks,
Tom Imp

 

Speed Unlimited,, Whitehouse Station, NJ

 

Red Barn Speed Shop Ludlow Mass. Last I knew still in business, Triangle Auto Sales on Boston Rd in Springfield, sold nothing but musclecars in the early 70s. I remember going by there one night and seeing 7 Plymouth Superbirds & Charger Daytonas lined up. Johnsons Performance Center in Concord NH. The original owned by "Skookie" Johnson. He raced a 55 Chevy with a 389 Pontiac engine. Johnsons is still in business but Skookie is gone. I used to own the engine out of the 55 but the back half of the block was gone from a flywheel explosion. Blew up and went up through the dash & out the windshield & started an electrical fire in the process... You guys are bringing back old memories. I used to have a Ridgerunner tunnel ram back in the day. I'd also love to buy a "Dyno Tuned by Debs" decal if anyone knows where to get one. I remember the sign over the dyno that said they weren't responsible if they blew up your engine.

 

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almquist
langhorne speed shop


Langhorne speed is still there and open.
Cool old speed shop.

 

We had Pfeiffer's Speed Shop in Albany and Schenectady NY. Had to be more, especially in Schen., but can't remember right now.

 

anybody remember the name of the shop across the street from Riverside park speedway in agawam ma?? Think dick chapman owned it. roundy round guy.

 

41 Fastback, Rememeber Pfeiffer's midnight madness sales? The had a fuel coupe parked in front of the store on Central Ave. in Albany?

 

Yeh. I remember those sales, but never went to one. I think they were on a Fri. or Sat. night. I was always out with my buddies looking for girls in bars. The good old days.

 

Anyone remember, or have a photo, of Lou's hamburger joint not far from
thr dragstrip?great burgers.

 

My dad used to be sponcered by D & D performance centers of connecticut when he used to race ct dragway

 

You might be thinking of Harry's Place in Colchester:





Great Burgers!

 

I ust remembered, there was a place called, "Northeast Speed Enterprises", and they sponsored at least one Hemi isuper stock car that I know of, I still have a picture of it in the pits at Lebanon Valley Dragway in 1964. I think "Wild" Bill Rubin was driving it. Also, check out the www.doverdragstrip.com site, there's a whole section in the forums about east coast speed shops from back in the day, and many of the old speed shop owners are active on that site.

Nosurf, what I remember about Conn Dragway is that we'd eat at Friendly's after the races in '68. I was about 15, and it was pretty much the first time I'd eaten at a resturant, my family simply didn't eat out. But we were winning or runner up just about every weekend that year in the heads up super stock show they ran, so we had a few extra bucks, plus we'd have gotten home pretty late for Mom to be cooking dinner for us.

 

just found a 2 page catalog from a visit to Mrs mac`s speed shop in Bangor Me. 504 valley ave.I think this was the closest speed shop for us, east of Toronto in the late fifties.the cruiser skirts were $25.00 a pair.i do not know if you can read this scan;the old paper is pretty faded.

 

speaking of northeast speed shops anybody remember dragcraft engineering in bedford ohio?any info?

 

Pretty sure it was Lou's, unless Harry bought the place. Lou didn't have
an open front counter. It was diner type counter and stools with a pinball
machine there. We had some games on that! When things got busy,old
Lou would say," Ma, go wake up Billy!"

 

Don's Automotive Specialties STILL in operation...Oldest Speed Shop In New England.One of our Forum Members says the Attic is FULL of old skool parts ! ...Contact them at 860-666-9156, Newington ,Ct. Still have their roadster they entered first day of Dover in 1961 .
http://www.doverdragstrip.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=1566

 

We always went to

Dons Speed Shop in Metuchen / Edison NJ

and

Cailfornia Speed and Sport
299 Jersey Ave # 2
New Brunswick , NJ 08901-3295
(732) 545-0311

Been open since 1956

Gary

 

Richie's Speed City was in Springfield, Mass. and was a Speed Shop and Hobby Store/ Slot Car center all under the same roof.

 

Motor Clinic
Route 44
Avon, Ct

Sold speed parts,tires,wheels in the 60's and early 70's. In ground dyno, 4-5 lifts as I remember.

 

I used to love stopping by Don's, on the Berlin Turnpike, to shoot the breeze and learn a thing or two, or just stare at the motors on stands in the front corner.

 

In the Germantown section of Phila use to Frank Bash Speed Shop i think on green st. Back in 1965 the bus i took to Dobbins tech went by there i would get off bus spend time in store and used to be garages on side street that guys were working on there cars.