Went there with my 55 chevy when I was 17 years old. Im 75 now . It was like going to Disneyland , walking through through all the 4 speed tranys laying on the floor saying take me for only two hundred dollars. Me and my buddy used to go there just to window shop and drool. I still have the colored picture from an edition of hot rod magazine from the mid sixties of there 55 orange chevy gasser (Tabasco) hanging on my wall with my 1\18 model car collection. its a supper cool place Buck read more

I've had three jobs done for me at Blair's by Phil and bought all kinds of weirdo parts from them for a assortment of strange cars over the years.( Like where else do you get a mallory dual point distributor for a MK9 Jaguar or lighter tougher pushrods for a TR3 or special con rods for your model A crank conversion in a model T?) The three jobs were putting a 350/350 combo in a 1937 Oldsmobile. they did a GREAT job and yeah it took forever, but one of the clever things they did was rearrange the steering and they actually made the steering much more responsive and tightened up the turning circle. That was awesome. The next job they did I had designed some turned aluminum parts and yes they took forever but they are gorgeous and the price was REALLY fair. The most recent job they did I had bought a 454 powered 1941 Lincoln Continental and was having horrific problems with the electronic ignition constantly failing. Phil knew that the parts made by that company were junk. He recommended a better electronic distributor and coil set up and changed them in a day. About 10% than a average shop would have charged, but i'd already spent more than that at regular shops trying to get it fixed and in towing five times, so I would have been smarter to just go see Phil in the first place. They had it done in a day and its run great since, Phil doesnt know it yet but he's going to be building me a really odd specification SBC for my 40 Ford Truck....... I dont know why yelp says I'm in Frisco, I live in Altadena.. read more

Blair's Speed Shop - 454 in 41 Lincoln - Auto Parts & Supplies Near Me - Pasadena, California

Excellent. Classic shop. Quality and experience Keep up the good work guys Love my vehicle read more

I've had work done and bought parts at blair's over the last 40 years. Yes, SOMETIMES depending on the workload in the shop some jobs can take a long time. Dropping the 350/350 into my 37 Oldsmobile took a LOOONG time and was months overdue. Other jobs have been ahead of schedule and BELOW the estimate. Phil will work on el wierdo obscurum cars that literally no one else in the area will even touch. Try to find someone to diagnose your recurring electronic ignition problem on your 454 in your 41 Lincoln Continental. No one else will even talk to you, Phil diagnosed it, replaced the ignition, tuned the car up in a day. Need roller rockers and shorter stiffer pushrods for a 1956 Triumph TR3? Phil can get that for you. Need your Banger model B engine balanced and fitted with insert bearings and 8:1 comp pistons? Phil can do that. Blow up your M-22 transmission? Phil can fix that. Want disc brakes on the rear end under you hot rod? Phil and Blair's can and WILL do that. Urethane suspension retrofit bushings? Not an issue here. This is the holy of holies the sanctum sanctorium of all things autootive. read more

Great shop! Phil helped me right away with a new fuel line on my 55 Chevy bel air was able to get to get it fired soon as I put the new line on thanks for the help! read more

They scam with the noz be aware !!! I've been there yesterday and I filled up 8pounds and seems like I got 4 pounds they will take your money so make sure not to get scammed check out car fidelity they also sell bomb noz and won't scam you. read more

After learning my lesson and being ripped off by US Precision Machine in Truckee, California, I decided to go w/ Blair's Speed Shop (a local shop in the SGV). Met with Phil and discussed the complete rebuilding of my 454 Big Block for my 21' Hawaiian Jet boat. Now as you probably already know, BOAT stands for Bring Out Another Thousand. I ended up bringing the boat to Phil and they went to work. Phil recommended a few extra things and installed an oil cooler to help extend the life of the engine. Long Story short. .It did take longer than what he had told me, but was worth the wait. Three Summers later and the Big Block/Jet Boat is still roaring at high RPM's. No Engine Problems whatsoever. Phil and the crew at Blair's are top notch...Keep up the good work fellas! read more

You know that poster of the guy holding his belly and the caption is " you want it when? " and he's laughing his ass off ? That's Phil. Do yourself a favor and read the negative comments listed here, it will potentially save you many thousands of dollars if you're looking for a good, reliable mechanic to do ANY work on you vehicle. I don't know why this shop has a reputation for good work, or for that matter any work at all. Phil will never give you a hard number on anything. Why ? So he can wiggle and obfuscate about anything he says. Phil will never give you an exact date. Why? Because Phil never gets anything done. He will kick the can down the road with one bullshit excuse after another. But he always has time to hit all the industry shows and don't forget about the river. My experience with Phil just ended thankfully, I handed him my car years ago along with a significant amount of " good faith money" pffft what a joke. Phil gave me a receipt and a promise. I'd go by every few months to check up on the progress and I'd get more promises, more bullshit stories, and the bums rush out the door. That's what you'll get too. Phil has a folksy way of just flat out lying to your face, I don't know how this guy sleeps at nite or more to the point, how he stays in buisness. It should be called " Blair's inert shop" because nothing ever gets done. The same cars are still sitting there as when mine was there. I finally had to tap out and sell everything, he just flat out starved me out he sat on the work so long, I finally had to admit to myself that I'd been duped and was out all the money I saved for my build and sold out for pennies on the dollar. No matter how many times I asked Phil for build sheet he wouldn't give me one, just one more bullshit story after another. Gross. So to add insult to injury, when I finally sold my car that I had for 15 years and no longer had anywhere to put it because it was in pieces, the new owner called up Phil and surprise! He wouldn't give him a build sheet either! Just more of Phil's bullshit. Then the cherry on top, Phil asked him what he paid me for the car which is absolutely none of his business, but Phil felt it was so he told the new owner that he had paid too much! Thanks Phil! What a class guy ! ( I gave him a more than fair deal and he was happy with it) Then he tells him that it wouldn't make the horsepower that he promised ME it would make. Phil is an expensive shade tree mechanic with less scruples. Avoid at all costs. PS: I ran into a guy last year that said Phil had his car for years also. read more

Blair's Speed Shop rocks!!! I have a 1965 Ford Thunderbird that I wanted to replace a couple of items in the engine: - exhaust manifold - intake manifold - carburetor - distributor I asked a couple of friends at work and they recommended to me that I take my car to Blair's Speed Shop in Pasadena. BEST choice I made for the car. Phil the owner was great on the subject matter of what I wanted to do with the engine. He recommended parts and things that would help with the performance of the engine. THUMBS UP for Blair's Speed Shop. If you need any engine work or anything for the engine I recommend Blair's Speed Shop. read more

He is the biggest ripoff in town. I went in and had work done and it was over double what he said it would be. Stay away from Blairs.

If You Own a Muscle Car, This Is Where You Want to Be Yeah, they are slow, but it's essentially a two man shop with some backlog. So you have to be patient. It honestly might take a month. But they are detail oriented. They know classic muscle cars inside and out. The technology is not strange to them. They've redone my engine, tranny, front end, and rear end. Bottom Line: Best mechanic for muscle cars in the area. read more

Nice guys. I passed by this place for years since high school and never really even thought to go in until today really helpful easy-going and boy did they help me out on my 64 Corvair today big time. He could've easily have gouged me on a couple parts that I needed to make a repair any didn't at all highly recommend them. read more

Super nice guys! Phil and Ivan are always good for a quick gear head chat whenever I pick up methanol. Very knowledgeable folks!

I am currently a customer at Blair's, they are installing a 427BBC and a 5spd tremec trans in my 66 chevelle. Now after asking around, i had heard good things about Blair's, but time progresses on this job, i am losing patience and beginning to question my choice. That doesn't go to say they aren't good at what they do, but here's the break down: Originally Phil told me he could install my engine and get the car running within 3 weeks, i explained to him what the job entailed and he even took a look at the car before we began. We are now closing in on THREE months, and hes telling me he needs more time. I find this very frustrating as I had plans for the car to be elsewhere but was unable to pull through because the car was sitting at Blair's. Now i will admit, we did have to buy a lot of parts here and there for the build, and i do understand that that takes time. But what I did not understand, is that Phil would tell me what parts he needed to order one day, and a week later i would come in again and he still hadn't ordered them, why? No idea, he just kept telling me, "oh yea, ill get to it". He then started new jobs while my car was sidelined, pushing my build back even further, what the deal is on that, i am unclear on. But i found that extremely frustrating that my car was now put on hold and was told he didn't have time to work on for weeks on end because of another job he had now started. Well now he finally tells me we are in the final stages of the build, and that we are close to finishing, yet he cant tell me (even a ballpark) how long we have left, how much work there is still to do, or how much this might cost. I AM BLIND and this is getting to be an open checkbook and i DO NOT APPRECIATE his lack of determination to figure that out for me. I have asked on multiple accounts to please get me some numbers, something in writing, some records of his time he has spent so far, or an itemized list of the parts hes bought, and he is UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANYTHING OF THE SORT. It has become quite frustrating to work with him, and now i am coming in EVERYDAY to check on progress hes made. Now in the past two days, they managed to install my: Headers, Starter, Radiator, alternator, power steering hoses, and get some wiring done. Now to me that means, hes spent a total of 16 hours doing all the above, which doesn't make any sense, That should all be a days work at LONGEST. And the fact he is unable to provide record of the hours spent on what, is very daunting... He could theoretically "install my alternator" and charge me 4 hours of labor and I would never know. I will post an edit after this build is complete to see how Phil works with me on this frustrating matter. I have lost my patience, I do not want to be that customer who is a pain to work with, but this is unacceptable by my standard and i will not be disrespected and taken advantage of because he may feel i am not knowledgeable on the matter. EDIT 5/11/15: Blair's finally got the car back to me a few weeks ago, so it took them about 3 1/2 months to complete the work they originally told me would take 3 weeks. Phil did work with me a little. He gave me 25% off his labor, but the cost was still well over what we originally anticipated and was not revealed to me until the day i picked up the car. Now that same day i took the car home, i realized the power steering pump was leaking pretty bad; very frustrating as i had waited 3 1/2 month to get my car back only to find out that it must go back. Phil said he would fix the issue at no cost, BUT i also noticed the motor was sputtering and felt as if it was losing power at higher rpms. The motor was built by Pacific Performance Products out in Anaheim and was dyno'd and broken in by them; i witnessed the motor running at idle and high rpms myself and knew that at the time of delivery it was in optimal running condition. Phil said they "tuned" my engine, i don't know why that was necessary but now it must be fixed as it obviously does not run properly. BUT Phil says that he may have to charge me for the fix... I am extremely frustrated at this point and am very disappointed with Blair's business ethics and professionalism. I WILL NOT BE COMING BACK. read more

Owner operated- nice guy. They almost always have methanol on hand although I usually call ahead to make sure before I head over there. They are great about loading my 5 gallon jug into my car after filling it. read more

Phil and Blairs are legends, its no surprise this shop has been around for decade after decade serving the crankiest of drag racer customers who can be difficult as hell in the best of times. I hope the place thrives for another 50 years. read more

To All this may Concern,this is in regards to getting NOS Bottles filled at this Merchant. I was a new customer frequenting this establishment for Nos Refills. I had 4 separate occasion fills done. I am very experienced working with NOS. I noticed inconsistent performance after getting fills. If a NOS pumping station is not maintained,or the Large fill bottles changed before they reach empty,you can get a partial liquid air and or water and contamination in the fill,by looking at the cleanliness and store display of this facility,which is very dirty and unorganized,this NOS problem is highly likely. Also I noticed my bottle fills did not feel weight correct, 3 weeks prior to this report I went in with an Edelbrock 10lb bottle with 5lb Nos partial filled. I wanted the bottle to be filled to full capacity,an Empty 10lb bottle whether it is NOS,Edelbrock,NX or any major brand weighs 14 pounds 12 ounces empty. A young guy approached me,I asked him to preweigh,tell me the amount,then fill to capacity. He returned saying it had 5lb,He then supposedly filled it up,returned it to me,saying it was full at 10lb Nos,I picked it up,and noticed it felt the same. I said"are you sure you filled this?"He hesitated and said yes, He then Charged me 5.50 per lb x 5. I knew it was not full. I then came home,then took the bottle to my Friends new digital scale at World Gym,I first put a 10 pound weight on scale,it was perfect reading. I then weighed the bottle. The bottle weighed 22.2 lb,a full bottle weighs 24.12lb,this was 2lb 10oz short,this was not only a lot short,this also results in less bottle pressure which is important for correct performance. The next day I called and asked for PHIL the owner,I had to call back half hour later because he would not come to phone.He answered,I said very nicely,thank you for discount on case of oil,he said your welcome,Then very nicely I said,however we have a problem with the NOS fill,that it was short almost 3lb,he became very defensive and rude,just come get your money back and I will not fill for you again! I said,I am a 53 year old man,this is not how you treat your customers. I was hoping he would just,say come back in and I will check it,if so I will fill it correct,however not the case. I am doing this report now because earlier today I took the bottle to a more reputable facility,ORME BROS,as it was to see how much more NOS it would truly take.I chilled it first,The bottle received 4lb and now weighs 26lb. My Main concern is correcting issues as no business can be perfect all the time,but when you become combative and self right about transaction dispute it results in unfair disatisfaction. read more