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Chassis Shop Story

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Our Foundation is Deep

I’m Stu Spears, founder of The Chassis Shop. This is more than just my story; it’s ours.

As with most great stories there is a spark that starts a fire. My passion for mechanical devices was ignited over 50 years ago, at the age of eleven, when my father hand sketched a diagram on the basics of how an internal combustion engine worked. My innate knowledge of mechanical devices was catalyzed. Many great teachers and mentors that followed were also influential in cultivating my life long ambitions in motorsports. 

Throughout my youth I was heavily involved in my own racing efforts, and after completing school this passion for performance led to the birth of The Chassis Shop in a small 1,000 sq ft garage. It didn’t take long, and the good news of our customers’ successes grew to span the globe with the use of our custom built race cars and our wide range of innovative products. Our successes have resulted in forging deep associations with some of the greatest names in all forms of racing.

Now more than four decades later we are still moving forward as leaders in our industry, and our facility houses some of the latest advanced technologies. I’m also pleased to share that I’m an owner still very involved in all aspects: designing, testing, on the shop floor, working closely with customers, and you might even catch me on the phone. We've not been dilluted by an equity group buyout, and I’m still very passionate about making a positive impact in our exciting world of high performance motorsports.

The Chassis Shop’s commitment remains the same today as in our humble beginnings: we're focused on performance and delivering cutting-edge products to you at fair price. We've grown to become the One Stop supplier for specialized fabrication and performance motorsports components. Our team is assembled of the best people that you’ll find - making all the difference when you do business with us.  


The Violator purple and yellow funny car with an exposed blower, parked on a driveway outside a shop

Bowen Family Racing's "Violator" nitro nostalgia funny car

Beast Mode black and orange pro mod launching at a drag strip with spectators behind the wall

Hot Rod Drag Week Champion, Tom Bailey's 1969 Camaro,
"Sick Seconds 2.0" 

White drag car with blown supercharger and scoop, drag wing on roof, front wheels lifting off the start line as it launches past blurred spectators

Skinny Kid Racing's second generation 1972 "Hurst Oldsmobile" 

An Online Experience designed for you

We’ve had a presence online since the early nineties when business websites were just becoming en vogue. Since that time we’ve applied the same performance logic to our website development that has fueled us since the day we incorporated back in 1986. We’re running full throttle - optimizing our Online Web Shopping Experience daily to be even more informative and easier to use. We invite you to check back often.


We're the Real Deal

We go to great lengths to get things right – whether you are standing face to face in our showroom, talking over the phone or placing an order online. Your satisfaction is important to us, when you need to talk to someone, you can always call us – yes in this modern world of digital communication we still answer our phones!

On behalf of the entire talented Chassis Shop team, we look forward to helping you soon.


Respectfully,Signature of Stuart P. Spears

Stuart Spears, Founder & Head Honcho


PS:  We thought you might enjoy a trip thru time as observed in these legacy images found in our photo archives.


Black and white collage of Chassis Shop history: dragster chassis under construction, seats, wings, headers, welding and the parts counter


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