Alberta, Canada
Waterloo Ford Lincoln
11420 - 107 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5H 0Y5.
403-423-4330
Service Writer: Lawrence Messer
Mechanic: John Kramps ( Also works on CASCAR Ford Taurus )
Parts Man: Rick Murch
Arizona
Pete Kobasic
Supreme Auto Care Center
4141 E. Washington
Phoenix, AZ 85034
(602) 629-0238/(602) 672-1395
"Not only is Pete an expert in SHO's but he does his magic at a rate
which is 20% less than the local Ford dealers. I recently had him
change the plugs in my 95' SHO. It took him less than one hour to
complete the job and that was without removing the intake manifold."
1/2002 Update - Pete Kobasic no longer works at Supreme Auto Care Center and
apparently the shop name has changed also.
California
Nick Chrimes
BaySHO Performance
1680 Almaden Expressway, Suite G
San Jose, CA 95110
408-295-4778
Date of recommendation: 10/25/95
David Li
Hoffee's Garage
981 Chestnut St.
San Jose, CA 95110
408-293-3144
Date of recommendation: 6/21/96
Alignment Shop
VANOWEN BRAKE & WHEEL
11576 Vanowen Street
North Hollywood, CA 91605
818-765-4893
Ask for Jim.
Colorado
Clutch, valve lash adjustment. Owner has an '89 with a supercharger.
Gary Belland
B&G Motorsport and Performance
Denver area
Need updated number! - Voice
303.880.9940 Mobile
A list member reports problems contacting B&G - if anyone has
updated contact information, please let me know!
Date of recommendation : 7/5/99
I'll SHO You Performance
11568 Hooker Court
Westminster, CO 80030
303-469-1557
A list member reports that I'll SHO You does not do mechanical work.
Gary Morrell (yes, THAT Gary Morrell),
Colorado Springs, CO
(719) 589-8929
Gary was a longtime participant on the SHOtimes list, and has extensive
knowledge of the SHO.
Date of recommendation: 2/1/2002
Pellman’s Automotive Service, Inc.
2560 49th Street
Boulder, CO. 80301
Phone – (303) 938-4050 Fax (303)998-0091
Connecticut
Enfield Ford
65 Hazard Ave Enfield, CT 06082-3810
(860) 741-3481
Ask for Thomas Gorman.
"They made the rather unpleasant task of clutch replacement as pleasant as it could be, offering high end customer service, excellent mechanical skill and LOW PRICE."
Florida
Don Donnelson is the ultimate SuperSHO Doctor. If anyone lives in the
Central Florida area or finds themselves visiting the area, I urge you
all to look up Don Donnelson. His email is 1badsho@thenuthouse.com .He
has a garage full of all kinds of SHO high performnace parts and he is
currently working on another SuperSHO. He is a certified FORD/SVT
tecnician and is the ultimate SHO fanatic. I highly reccommend him.
-Robert Treto
And another recommendation for Don D:
At 196k miles, the Yamahammer in my '92 gave up the ghost due to a worn out rod bearing. I made a decision to hire Don Donelson in Port Charlotte, FL, past president of the Sunshine SHO Club and die-hard SHO afficionado to replace the motor, and had my car towed 3 hours to his place. Don is very meticulous about his work and pays a lot of attention to the most minute details. In a nutshell, I had Don replace my motor with a 3.2L with 3.0L intake cams, 96 brake upgrade in front, new brakes in the back, new Ford clutch and various other changes. I am most pleased with the work he did for me. Contact Don at 1badsho@thenuthouse.com or feel free to contact me with questions.
Cheers, Carl Prochilo gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org
Date of recommendation : September 5, 1998
Extreme Motorsports
Jacksonville, FL (Orange Park)
904-213-4002
Reader recommended - "Have done 2 clutches for me... Great Job and priced
very reasonable.
They also do custom work and can do just about any maintaining....
60k svc included. I've been real happy and have no complaints.
Ford Master Mechanic on hand there. He knows his stuff."
Self-recommended date : 03/10/2000
MP Automotive
15410 NE 21 AVE
North Miami Beach
Florida 33162
305-945-1070
"My name is Antonio Moneo I own an 89 sho and also have an automotive repair shop. I am fully licensed insured and "ASE" certified. I have torn down my SHO hundreds of times. I have raced it blown it rebuilt it and continue the cycle. I'm currently looking for another one. My last car ran a best of 12.5 @ 107 mph at Moroso Motorsports Park. To date I have not heard of or seen a faster one."
Georgia
Ford Performance Specialists
8810 Bright Star Road;
Douglasville, GA 30134-1430;
Phone: (770) 949-7191;
Fax: (770) 577-9310;
Date of recommendation: 9/15/96.
This is a body shop.
Steve O'Neill
Perimeter Ford Body Shop, Atlanta
Illinois
My personally recommended mechanic.
Dave Walk
Automotive Specialist
1801 Ogden Avenue
Lisle, IL 60532
+1.630.810.0014
Date of recommendation: 5/15/97
My personally recommended body shop:
Dale Kubis
Kubis Auto Body Shop, Inc.
20 West Naperville Road
Westmont, IL 60559
630 964-5352
Iowa
Gregory Smith, Service Manager
Noble Ford-Mercury
947 Highway 65-69 North
Indianola, Iowa 50125
Phone 515/961-8151 or 800/383-1400 (Iowa only)
Date of recommendation: 8/1/97
Mark Reams
Tiger Ford Ltd.
916 West St.
Grinnell, Iowa 50112
Mark is a Ford and ASE Certified Certified Master Technician and a certified
Master Engine Machinist. He's also also currently building a GT40 replica
powered by a 92 SHO engine and transmission.
Date of recommendation : 8/20/98
Bob Walton
Walton Car Service
1808 Leland Av
Des Moines, Ia 50315
(515) 287-0044
Louisiana
City Park Shell
3494 Esplanade Avenue.
New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 488-1720
Mechanic: Harold
Ask for Harold. They don't specifically specialize in SHO's, but know the differences between a SHO and a regular Taurus without being reminded. Has done plenty of SHO specific work.
Maryland
ProTech Automotive
Gaithersburg, MD
301-208-1347
Used extensively by MASHOC members.
Minnesota
Mike Courtney
SHO Shop Distributor/Installer
Owns an '89 (those are his adjustable rear lateral links in the SHOcago
photo gallery).
Courtney Truck Service
14205 62nd St West
Eden Prairie MN 55346
(952) 934-0931
Missouri
HMH Autosport
713 S.E. 291 Hway
Lee's Summit, Missouri, 64063
Phone 816-525-0930
Fax 816-525-7247
Dennis Kinnison, service manager.
New Jersey
Bob Schickler- Owner
Brunswick Automotive Professionals
1490 Rt 1 North
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
(732) 545-6300
http://www.brunswickautopros.com
"Bob and his mechanics are top notch will all their SHO repairs and maintenance. He even has two SHO's himself!!"
New York
SVO Motors
1576 61st Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219
http://www.svomotors.com
(718) 256-2750
Ask for Dominic
Date of recommendation: 9/3/97
Highland Transmissions
88 North Highland Ave.
Ossining, NY 10562
914-945-0800
Ask for Sal or Joey Credendino (owners)
Date of recommendation : 08/10/99
Dee Pat Automotive
900 Middle Country Rd.
Selden, NY 11784
(516) 698-1058
"Ask for Al or Bill, the owners. They have 2 mechanics, Tony and
Steve, that have done wonders for my '94 SHO. Clutch work, 60K overhaul,
performance mods, welding, etc. Although Al recently sold his SHO,
Bill still loves his '91"
Date of recommendation : 07/17/99
CarSmart Automotive Group
699 Central Ave
Cedarhurst, N.Y.11516
(516) 374-1234
"The staff at this shop has kept my 90 white SHO running well for years and it currently has 318,000 miles and counting. When my gearbox blew up, one of the mechanics here rebuilt it himself saving me a fortune. It has almost 120,000 miles on it since the rebuild and feels like new."
Ohio
Eric Cahalin
Rickety Engineering
4392 Mellinger Rd.
Canfield, Ohio 44406
E-mail; egor96@aol.com
shop: 330-270-0460
office: 330-793-1173
fax: 330-793-1327
Date of recommendation: 3/7/02
Tony Carubba
Marshall Ford East
Mayfield Hts., Ohio
440-449-1000
workouts out of his home
Seven Hills, Ohio
home: (440) 838-4038.
Date of recommendation: 5/2002
Mike Bizily (pronouned BIZ-LEE)
Classis Ford
7799 Mentor Ave.
Mentor, OH 44060
"Any SHO owners taking their car here for service should ask for Mike and can
rest assured your SHO will be in good hands."
Oklahoma
Reynolds Ford, Inc.
Interstate Drive
Norman, OK
Date of recommendation: 6/5/97
Jeff Miller
Jeff's Auto Service
Hwy 70 West
Lone Grove, OK 73443
Work Phone: (405) 657-2066
Home Phone: (405) 657-8283
Directions: From I-35 the shop is approximately 5 miles West of Ardmore on the north side of the road.
Pennsylvania
If I may be so bold as to communicate for the greater good, I think I got excellent service out of McCandless Ford/Lincoln/Mercury in Mercer, PA without getting ripped off and they are not that far from Pgh, off I-79 & 80. Alternator destroyed, wheel bearings ruined & full of silt, fuel filter split, rear swaybar endlinks gone. CV joints, ATX, engine all holding up fine so far. So much for transition from urban to rural life. I'm stingy with compliments, but I think they did a commendable job and didn't fix anything that wasn't broken. Try to book when they don't have every local and state police cruiser in there.
Amy Patterson
Brown-Daub Ford
Nazareth, PA
Service Advisor: Jeff Mehrholz
Date of recommendation: 7/22/97
Woltz & Wind Ford, Inc.
2100 Washington Pike
Heidelberg, PA 15106 (Pgh South Area)
Service Writer: Kenny "K.D."
Mechanic : Chuck
412-279-4551
Date of recommendation: 8/25/97
E&B Auto Repair
Thompson and Butler Streets
Philadelphia.
Ask for Ed.
215-743-4121
Tennessee
Burchett Ford
Lebanon, TN
+1.615.444.8221
Shop Foreman: Lance Davis
Texas
Hillard Auto Park
Fort Worth, TX
817-370-5200
Date of recommendation: 10/25/95
Hindman Automotive
Fort Worth, TX
817-244-8812
Date of recommendation : 5/16/99
Arlington Import Service
407 N. Cooper St.
Arlington, TX 76011
(817) 277-1922
"They've done clutch, front-end, brake and a/c work on my car, and while
they're not the cheapest guys in town, they do great work and are still
cheaper than the dealer."
Date of recommendation: 8/9/97
Powers Automotive
Chris Powers
102 Fairview
Houston, TX 77006
+1.713.523.7273
Date of recommendation: 6/7/97, re-recommended several times since....
Jerry's Automotive
8080 Antoine Dr
Houston, TX 77088-4302
(281) 999-1461
Mechanic: Sergio Perfetti (owns a SHO himself). The shop is in far northwest Houston. [Editor's Note - this is where I have all of my non-warranty work done.]
Here's an example of a Houston SHO owner's experience with this shop :
"I have a 93 auto w/81K on the speedo. I noticed a loss of power (until 4,000RPM) and the shifting of the automatic transmission was lagging behind normal response. After it became very pronounced (lack of power) I parked it and had a dealer tow it in. I will not mention the dealer. They kept my car 4 days and told me "it would be $4,200 plus tax to repair, what do you want to do?" I called Sergio at Jerry's Automotive. After describing my situation, he said have it towed to his place and he'd look at it. I had it towed from the dealer to Jerry's Automotive and ---To make a long story short--he replaced my timing gear, timing belt, a pin and a seal. and $419 later, I was in business again."
Date of recommendation: 11/21/97
Tommy Hawley
Service Manager
Central Ford
4410 Westheimer
Houston, TX 77020
+1.713.960.9800
[Editor's Note - this is where I have all my warranty work done]
Date of recommendation: 01/08/2000
Randy Woods at
The Master's Touch
8855 W. Freeway Suite 201
Fort Worth, TX 76116
817-560-1963
Comments on a clutch replacement - "Did a great job. Arlington Import
(SHO Fame member) quoted me 12 hours labor. I e-mailed Sergio and called
Doug Lewis, both said 8 hours. Randy quoted 8 and it took him longer,
despite the fact that he done others. I recommend him for entry because
he's fair, competent and knowledgeable on SHO's."
Date of Recommendation : 07/23/98
Pollard Friendly Ford
South Loop 289 & Indiana Ave
Lubbock, Texas
(806) 797-3441
"They know what they're doing when it comes to my SHO, and they resolved
a couple of customer service issues to my satisfaction. They'll get
my business every time!"
Virginia
Race Prep Motorsports
777 Seahawk Circle
Virginia Beach, VA
(757) 430-2655 Note: Shop is out of business.. anyone have a new recommendation?
Washington
The Clutch Connection Incorporated
406 SE Everett Mall Way
Everett, WA 98208-3259
+1.425.355.5969
"Price was half of what the dealer charged and they guarantee their work. Have a reputation for working on high performance/race cars."
Wisconsin
These folks will be very familiar to SHO Registry members. They receive regular accolades on the mailing list.
5308 B King James Way
Madison, WI 53719
Voice 608-277-8161
Fax 608-277-9232