Introduction and Historical Overview

multiple generations and completely different phases of motorsports. It's all lived through this building. Back in the day, these were for the drag racers. Our dome had a shop in the end. Gurnie Eagle engine. There's there's an off. We did some offies, but basically we did the Cossworth DFX engines. Those pictures have been up here since probably 1970. Well, when the day comes that this is nothing but a bus stop. So, we're standing here in Vanise, California with Ed Pink, Lake Speed Jr. Ed is about to show us his historic engine shop, which won't be here for that much longer. What's about to happen to everything here? Well, uh, the city is going to take over all this property here, and it goes from Vanise Boulevard to Sabova. The Olympics are coming here in 2028. So, they're going to turn this all this property into bus terminals. We were given notice that uh we're going to have to move. So far, they haven't given us a date yet. We're looking for a building uh where all this is going to go into. But right now, we're still at the original place. How long have you been in this building? Since 1965. Wow. 65. Yeah. So, all the Top Fuel stuff, all the indie car stuff, all the sprint car stuff, all the road racing Porsche stuff, all that was built here. Yep. There's a lot of history here. Want to go see it? Yeah. Yeah. Let's go. I want to see it. Are all these cars on the wall things that you've had involvement in? All the pictures on the wall are cars that that this company has built engines for over the years. Wins. Yeah, I know. That's too funny, right? And Jimmy's in here. He's the general manager of the company. You got the modern office. He's got my office, which I don't want anymore. This is Tom. He's the parts man. He's the one that handles he handles all the parts. There's more pictures in here. Who's the picture frame manager? There's a lot of those. Originally, it was my wife that did did it, but now it's up to Tom and his group to take care of it. This picture right here is the second SEMA show at the convention center. Oh, yeah. That we had a booth in the show. And that's a picture of our booth. The second SEMA ever. Yes. The first one was at Dodger Stadium and then the next one was at the Anaheim Convention Center and that's where that's at. Is this you in these pictures up here? Oh yeah, that's me. Yeah, that's that was our first dino that Vic Elrock lent me. Oh, really? Yeah. I didn't Vic senior. Vic senior. We like to throw in old pictures along…