Marcel's Custom Metal in Corona Ca .... you may not have heard of it, but they've built more Ridler Award winners and AMBR winners than any other shop

Learned from Street Rod Premiere, Eric Geisert's article on page 13

JR Competition has a couple special offers for hot rodders and performance engine owners

JR Competition had it's 1st annual open house... cool place! Lotsa Space! and can do about anything needed to a street, strip, or show car

2080 Wineridge Place, Escondido. West of the 15, off Valley parkway, take a right (north) to Auto Parkway, left (west)  to Anderson, http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2080+Wineridge+Place,+Escondido&oe=UTF-8&hnear=2080+Wineridge+Pl,+Escondido,+San+Diego,+California+92029&gl=us&t=m&z=16&vpsrc=0

They can take care of restorations, engine upgrades, head porting, etc etc speed shop stuff

 A signed NASCAR tire is really damned cool, but having a catering truck show up for your open house is bitchin!

Hot Rod Headlines has done the legwork and you can take a vitrual shop tour of about 100 of the best hot rod builders in the US

http://www.hotrodhotline.com/feature/shoptour/

It has photo galleries of Winfield, Alloway, Foose, Trepanier, Starbird, Rolling Bones, Alan Johnson, Coddington, and 90 more I'm not familiar with, but have work of such good quality that you might want to learn about the ones in your area.

Thanks Brian for getting me to look this up!

Welcome to LaJolla Independent BMW service

the above and the other cars in the showroom are a private collection and not for sale

It's a 1951.. .yeah, I had to ask.

With this spare parts collection for restoration, I think if they need it they will have one on hand to use for those hard to get parts

http://www.bimmerdoc.com/
and for some really informative and good read, go through their blog, it's amazingly interesting... and I'm not a BMW guy... unless it's an Isetta of course. http://sandiegobmw.wordpress.com/

Read this one example and you'll agree: http://sandiegobmw.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/bmws-your-college-kid-and-cars/

Always get a second opinion about car repairs, and never go to any shop that doesn't come recommended by a trusted car guy... I saved Mick $2500

Mick called me up one afternoon a couple weeks ago telling me that the BMW dealership told him the 2004 Mini was soon going to need a new clutch, and it had a cracked radiator, a blown head gasket... and would cost about 3500 to repair. Nothing was under warranty.

I told Mick to ditch the dealership, go to the PRO in transmissions... Don Wang, DRW transmissions http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/04/not-just-transmission-mechanic-dons-gn.html

Mick was treated to an honest mechanic for a change, and they set him straight. The head gasket did need to be replaced... and the trans in the Mini was fine. The guy who took it for a test run told Mick, "I'm gonna be hard on it, that is what it takes to feel it out, and see how it responds... if it feels bad, we'll know it's ready to be replaced."

It responded like a pampered trans with many years of life left.

Score one for honest mechanics, and DRW transmissions.

DRW Transmission Specialties, Inc. 10728 Kenney St. Ste. B, Santee, CA 92071 Office phone: (619) 258-4240 Fax: (619) 258-9105

Good place to get used tires and save lots of money, I've been buying from them since '95

In Miramar, off Santa Fe Rd.