This is one fellow enthusiast you just have to meet!
(Schedule of appearance times TBA)
Meet Pete Chapouris
President of the So-Cal Speed Shop in Southern California
World Renowned Hot Rodder • Racer • Innovator • Entrepreneur
• Industry Leader… and all around nice guy!
· Builder of the infamous chopped & flamed ’34 Ford 3 window coupe dubbed ‘The California Kid’
· Inducted into the Hot Rod Magazine Hall of Fame as one of the ‘Top 100 Most Influential People’ within the high-performance industry.
· Former VP of Marketing with SEMA and founding member of the Street Rod Marketing Alliance - a council of SEMA.
· Has designed, built or restored countless award winning cars, including the ‘ZZ Top Eliminator’ for Billy F. Gibbons, and the Doane Spencer Roadster which took 1st Place in the Inaugural Hot Rod Class at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
· Land speed records were set at the Bonneville Salt Flats by 4 different cars in 5 years - all built by Pete and the So-Cal crew.
· Award winner and Hall of Famer many times over… yet he’s still just one of the guys!