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11795 Applewhite Rd, San Antonio, TX 78224
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1227 Basse Rd, San Antonio, TX 78212
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Mon - Fri Sat - Sun Closed - Categories
- Auto Repair & Service, Auto Body Parts, Auto Engine Rebuilding, Auto Oil & Lube, Auto Transmission, Automobile Accessories, Automobile Machine Shop, Automobile Parts & Supplies, Engine Rebuilding & Exchange
- Services / Products
- Family Owned since 1968 All of our extensive inventory is available for mail order. If we don't have it in stock, we will get it for you. Complete VW Machine Shop Service Including: Line Boring, Valve Jobs, Resurfacing, Porting & Polishing, Custom Work. VW Engine & Transmission Rebuilding. VW Diesel Repair VW Race Engines: Including Winning S.C.O.R.E. Legal Off Road Buggy Motors Show Quality, Award Winning Restoration Services, including Upolstery, Paint & Bodywork
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- Brands
- Bugpack, EMPI, Volkswagen
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- Other Information
Appointment Needed: No
Brands Serviced: Volkswagen
Services: Inspection & Diagnostic Services, Brake Service, Auto Body, Transmission & Drive Train Services, Customization or Restoration Services
Free Estimates: Yes
General Info
Back in 1968, a young man, fresh from his tour of duty at Ft Bliss, Texas, had a dream. Rudy Inamoto had a passion for fast cars and dreamed of working on them, and racing them. Not just any automobile however, he had a particular fondness for European sports cars. Austin Martins, MGs, Porsches, you name it, he worked on it. Along the way, he started working on a few Volkswagen Beetles, which brought back memories of Southern California and his very first car. Not content on just repairing, he wanted to see just how fast he could make those little bugs go, especially when it came to drag racing in the quarter mile. Soon, VWs were all he started to work on. He forged friendships and business relationships with many of the industry's greats. Gene Berg , Dean Lowry, Fumio Fukaya, Ed Fulton, Darrell Vittone, and many others. He even acquired a few "famous" race cars including the The Deano Dyno-saur, and the Race Shop's 850 Fiat Spyder. Various publications have featured his rac e cars including Hot VW' s , VW & Porsche, VW Classics, and most recenlty Ultra VW. Back in the day, he set many world race records. Seeing a VW Beetle blow the doors off a V8 was commonplace for Rudy Inamoto and the crew of Competition Motors. He even raced what was arguably the very first front wheel drive drag car, a 1977 Volkswagen Scirocco. His best 1/4 mile time in that car was 13.65 secs at 100 mph. That was back in 1983, without nitrous or a turbo! In 1996, he built a "Pro Sedan". A 1973 Super Beetle body on an all
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