Street Performance Speed Concept Tapestries
Description: Among the dealership-based supercar builders of the 1960s and ’70s — including Yenko, Nickey, Grand Spaulding Dodge, and Royal Pontiac, most of these dealerships of the muscle era offered what was known as a 'supercar' service, which essentially provided a brand new, stock-bodied vehicle with plenty of extra horses, using either a highly tuned factory power plant or a high-performance crate engine. Baldwin Chevrolet took a slightly different approach, taking new Chevys sold through is dealership in Baldwin, New York (Long Island), and then delivered them to Joel Rosen’s Motion Performance speed shop (also in Baldwin), where they became street-legal, turn-key drag cars. many of which had optional wild custom body kits
Description: Founded in 1964 in Columbus, Ohio, Nationwise was a chain of auto parts stores in the United States. In 1974, Nationwise partnered with Columbus-based engine builders, The Rod Shop, sponsoring a series of highly successful drag racecars. In stores, a Rod Shop section was created as kind of a speed shop inside of a parts store. In addition to go fast goodies from all the big names, Nationwise also sold Rod Shop branded performance parts. These parts were typically embossed with NRS (Nationwise Rod Shop), making them easy to identify by collectors, even decades later. The Rod Shop partnership ended in 1987, and less than a decade later, Nationwise became insolvent, and closed all stores on Sunday, October 15, 1995 at 3:00 PM.
Description: Sun, sand, and superchargers collide in this retro-styled tribute to California car culture. “Coastline Speed Shop” channels the golden age of beachside horsepower, where palm trees sway and boost builds rule the boulevard. With bold aesthetics and a nod to Santa Cruz’s surf-meets-speed legacy, this design kicks off the Throwback Series with laid-back grit and high-octane charm.
Description: Discover how Baldwin Chevrolet, in collaboration with Joel Rosen’s Motion Performance, transformed 1960s–70s Chevys into street-legal drag cars with high-performance crate engines and wild custom body kits—outpacing rivals like Yenko, Nickey, and Royal Pontiac. ### **Baldwin Chevrolet & Motion Performance: Long Island’s Muscle Car Revolution** During the 1960s–70s muscle car era, dealerships like **Yenko**, **Nickey Chevrolet**, **Grand Spaulding Dodge**, and **Royal Pontiac** dominated the “supercar” scene by upgrading stock-bodied vehicles with **tuned factory engines** or **high-performance crate engines**. However, **Baldwin Chevrolet** of **Baldwin, New York (Long Island)** carved a unique legacy by partnering with *
Description: Hurst Performance, a legendary Pennsylvania-based performance parts company, began its journey in 1958 as a manufacturer of motor mounts for engine swaps and floor shifters. Throughout the 1960s, the company steadily expanded its product line, becoming a key name in the high-performance automotive industry. Among their iconic innovations were the Hurst wheels, Line/Loc systems, and Swifter Shifter gloves. The company also expanded its footprint by acquiring Airheart Brakes and the Schiefer Manufacturing Company, known for producing high-performance clutches and other driveline components. Hurst floor shifters became synonymous with precision engineering, reliability, and standout design.
Description: This Pennsylvania-based performance legend started out as a maker of motor mounts for engine swaps and floor-shifters back in 1958, but they steadily expanded their product line through the 1960s. Hurst wheels, Line/Loc, and Swifter Shifter gloves were developed among other items, and later, Airheart Brakes and the Schiefer Manufacturing Company, which made clutches and other driveline components, were acquired. Hurst Performance floor-shifters were skillfully engineered, reliable and stirring in appearance, plus, their marketing was in tune with the times, catering to the flourishing muscle car movement of the 1960s. Their shifters infiltrated the drag racing, stock car racing, off-road racing and many other areas of motorsports.
Description: in 1964 and tells four separate stories, one of which is that of John Milner, the head honcho of the racing scene in the first film, as his drag racing career advances. John's story follows him and the Milner Racing Team crew through a series of personal and professional ups and downs, culminating in a fatal finale. This Milner Racing Team design is a replica based on a screen used tee, ensuring it's accurate to those seen in the film.
Description: By the early ’60s, Bill Jenkins had developed something of a cult following among East Coast racers, who knew that a Jenkins Competition engine significantly increased one’s odds of winning races and when he wasn’t building race-winning engines, he was winning races driving his own cars, further cementing his name in the drag racing history books. Accepting that he gained greater satisfaction as a builder than as a driver, Jenkins hung up his race suit in 1976 to focus on research and development, though remained a team owner through the 1983 season before shifting his attention to his Jenkins Competition business full-time, where he and his crew built engines for motorsports of all kinds. Even into his mid-70s, Jenkins was said to be activ
Description: John Bandimere, Sr. built his first race car in 1937, an old coupe running a flathead V8, which he raced in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb to a ninth place finish. Always known as an innovator, Bandimere went on to become a nationally known expert on supercharging, and began manufacturing and selling speed parts as Bandimere Auto Parts in Denver, Colorado. In 1958, Bandimere purchased land just west of Denver, where he and his family began constructing a drag strip that was to be used to augment their auto parts business. That small drag strip on the hill would become Bandimere Speedway, or as many call it, Thunder Mountain. The drag strip would grow and eventually eclipse the speed shop, with Bandimere focusing on its operation full time.
