When American Autoparts was established in 1973, the business was little more than a corner shop with a tea chest of spares and a lot of enthusiastic ideas. In the mid-seventies we attended many of the early custom car shows and drag race events to spread our customer base. Now, 30-plus years on, we are one of Europe's leading suppliers of American vehicle parts to both trade and retail customers.
Having outgrown our original Wallington premises, we moved in 1978 to Thornton Heath, South London, greatly expanding our stock and, importantly, acquiring our own workshops.
Then, in 2007, we relocated to our current purpose-designed facility in Redhill.
With our move to Redhill, we were able to establish a sister business --- American Motor City --- specialising in sales of selected US vehicles. AMC complements the services provided by American Autoparts and is able to offer customers the kind of parts and service backup other dealers can only dream of.
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In the very early 1970s, just at the time American Autoparts opened-up their first store in Wallington, Surrey , co-founder Mike Lintern was using a (rare) RHD '56 Chevy Bel Air as day-to-day transport ---to the consternation of the local traffic police. At the time Mike's day-job was with Link House Publications as assistant editor of Caravan Magazine and a regular contributor to Custom Car Magazine .
During the 1980s managing partner Dick Gransden headed-up a project to put a 500+bhp Chevette on the street! The car packed a 377cubic inch small-block Chevy, with narrowed 12-bolt rear-end and Hewland drive shafts and was trailered to the NEC Birmingham for its debut. However, requested to demo the car's power for the cameras --- before suspension bugs had been ironed-out --- Dick was able to complete little more than a short blast before the beast went out of control and crashed.
Holmethorpe Trading Estate - 74 Holmethorpe Avenue - Redhill - RH1 2NL.
Telephone: 01737 780 888 Fax: 01737 778 999
e: sales@americanautoparts.co.uk
We are open 9am to 6.30 weekdays,
closing 1pm Saturdays
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