The year was 1973 and two friends were building a pair of ’34 Ford three-window coupes. The finished cars made the cover of Rod & Custom magazine in 1974. What was to follow made hot rod history.

The two cars - “The California Kid” and “Jake’s Coupe” - have totaled up almost 250,000 miles through the years. As rolling laboratories for our product line, they reside on our showroom floor for visitors to see and enjoy.

From the friendship forged among the blood, sweat and welds of these two rides was born Pete and Jake’s Hot Rod Repair, which later became Pete & Jake’s Hot Rod Parts. Opening its doors in 1974, Pete and Jake’s has continued its long-standing reputation for building quality hot rod suspension components. Components designed not only to be admired but used.