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20 Years of great cars, great stories, and great people!
What started as an idea to produce honest, straight-forward car enthusiast television grew into a world-class shop with an amazing and inspiring Team building important cars for owners who love them. Without the tireless dedication of our team – starting with family, friends, and automotive companies that believed in us – the V8 Speed and Resto Shop would never exist as we know it today. Check out the timeline to see the humble beginnings and how we’ve grown over the past 20 years! Thank you for your support!
V8 Speed and Resto Timeline
This 1967 Chevrolet Camaro convertible is receiving a variety of repairs and upgrades at the V8 Speed and Resto shop. Plans call for a new fuel injected engine and automatic transmission, restored subframe and all new suspension, upgraded Dakota digital gauges, a complete under hood detail and paint treatment and more.
If you’ve tuned into a live audio stream of an SCTA race, you’ve probably heard the coverage and insights of Seldom Seen Slim, also known as Jon Wennerberg.  But did you know he’s also a motorcycle record holder?  Tune in to hear the stories from the salt on the Bonneville Up To Speed Podcast!
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Discover the V8 Speed and Resto Shop, a premier destination for Classic Car enthusiasts. Our skilled craftspeople specialize in building dream cars. With meticulous attention to detail, we offer custom restoration and performance solutions that bring automotive legends to new levels. Explore our photo galleries showcasing our extensive portfolio of custom-built, upgraded, and restored Hot Rods, Classics and Muscle Cars. We’re here to connect people to the best times of their lives through things with wheels!
Over 250,000 Photos, Thousands Of Videos Of Our Work Await Your Exploration
Click through the photos galleries below to follow along with the build stories of these special cars, many have videos as well. We photo document every car we work on so our global customers can stay in-touch with the latest updates whenever they wish.
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1966 Chevrolet Chevelle SS396 LF - Sheetmetal repair, bodywork, paint, fuel injection install.
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Everybody wins at the MCACN show!
This time, Mike “Q-Ball” Clarke shares his experiences at the 2019 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals (MCACN) show in Chicago. Mike stepped up to host some of the premiere unveilings and to help produce Muscle Car Of The Week videos with the V8TV team. He also shares the hard work and amazing high score of the 1967 Pontiac GTO restored by the V8 Speed & Resto Shop team, which made it’s public debut at the MCACN show as well. It was a jam-packed weekend, making for a jam-packed episode of the V8 Radio Podcast! Oh yeah, there’s trivia, too!
Almost Famous
The story of this 1962 Buick Electra convertible is a fascinating journey through automotive history and personal milestones. Featured in one of the earliest episodes of V8TV, the Electra initially received attention for its engine work and a disc brake conversion.
In 1998, automotive enthusiasts David Freiburger and Rob Kinnan, known from Car Craft and Hot Rod Magazines, bought this Buick for a Car Craft Magazine project focused on creating a “cheap and fun” weekend cruiser. They gave it a fresh tune-up on the original carburetor, applied a vibrant bright yellow paint job, and enjoyed driving it around before putting it up for sale.
The Buick’s Next Chapter
Paul, a friend of the V8 Team, purchased the Electra from Freiburger and towed it from sunny Southern California to his home in the Midwest. He enjoyed the car for a couple of summers until the original Buick 401 Nailhead engine failed. With limited resources at the time, Paul opted to replace the engine with a small block Chevy V8 that he had on hand.
Life events, including a new job and starting a family, took precedence, and the Buick remained in storage for nearly two decades. Now, the Electra has arrived at the V8 Speed and Resto Shop, where the V8 Team is set to complete the engine conversion and restore this classic car to its former glory, making it a driver once again.
Almost Famous Again – V8 Radio Podcasts
This Buick Electra has been the subject of several episodes of the V8 Radio Podcast, we welcome you to click and listen (and subscribe!) to hear more from Paul himself!
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Engine Performance, Fuel Injection and Suspension Upgrades add More Fun to the Fish!
This clean 1972 Plymouth ‘Cuda came to the V8 Speed & Resto Shop looking for some performance upgrades, so our team installed some Edelbrock aluminum cylinder heads, Dougs Headers, and topped it all off with a Holley Sniper EFI fuel injection system. We installed disc brakes up front, and added a set of YearOne 17″ Rally Wheels wrapped in BFG tires. We built a custom exhaust for the car, and updated the dash with some AutoMeter gauges. Overall, it’s a great cruiser with show-stopping looks.
We’re happy to help you with your Muscle Car project, and you can contact us at http://www.v8speedshop.com/contact or by calling 314.783.8325. The V8 Speed & Resto Shop is an authorized dealer and installer for thousands of performance products, and our team is top-notch. We look forward to hearing from you!
The V8 Speed & Resto Shop is a full-service classic car and muscle car restoration service ready to perform everything from simple maintenance on vintage cars to full frame off restorations and modifications. Whether you are seeking a stock restoration, a pro-touring muscle car, or a custom restomod, the V8 Speed & Resto Shop in Red Bud, IL, can help. Contact us today to put the V8 crew to work for you. Transport services are available.
Contact the V8 Speed & Resto Shop with all your Classic or Muscle Car needs today!
817 S. MAIN STREET – RED BUD, IL 62278