Seattle, Wash.--There might be places with more books on vehicle repair than
Books4Cars.com but it's doubtful. Moreover, those places might not benefit from having a man in charge whose background includes a stint as an engineer working on the Corvette.
Alex Voss said he started what is now an internationally known repository of about 40,000 automotive books, CDs, and other learning devices about 10 years ago with his wife, Ruthie. What had began as an avocation became a major source of income, he said.
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Seattle--Bill Van Amburg, senior vice president of WestStart-CALSTART, is a man with a bit of a problem. He's promoting hybrid work trucks, yet they're still standing in the shadow of hybrid cars.
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Bellevue, Wash. -- Car Nutz, since its spin-off as an enhancement to neighboring specialty and sports car dealership Park Place Ltd. in the mid-90s, has established itself as the go-to place for those on the east side of Lake Washington who want to enhance the look or feel of their car.
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The only thing that the latest version of Jeep's Wrangler Rubicon lacks for serious off-road traveling is a snorkel – just in case you find yourself driving through a river that turns out to be a bit deeper than expected. Everything else is part of the package.
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The idea of stock car racing used to revolve around cars that looked, essentially, like cars you might see on the street. Back at the start of NASCAR, the now defunct Hudson Hornet dominated racing; and the cars raced by Marshall Teague weren't that much different than what you'd see on the street, saved for hotter camshafts and bigger venturis on the carburetors. In fact, a performance package available for consumers became available, based on what was raced.
A similar result came out of "King Richard" Petty's 1964 victories with the Hemi-powered Plymouths. Chrysler had to offer the second generation of Hemi-head V8 to consumers to ensure its legality in stock car racing; thus was born the 1966 Plymouth Belvedere with Hemi power.
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Torrance, Calif.--Back 40 years ago, when Mel Marks founded the company now known as Motorcar Parts of America, he sold parts to the K-marts of the world, said Motorcar's current president and CEO, Selwyn Joffe.
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