Collaboration is the important thing to success, and in an business just like the automotive aftermarket, some pairings are a transparent win-win. Such is the case with the newly-announced merger of Aeromotive Group and Roadster Store which is at present taking impact.

Firm Backgrounds

Roadster Store brings to the desk a longstanding 30-plus-year historical past in chassis development, mixed with experience in suspension and efficiency. The model’s web site reveals a gallery of latest creations within the present builds part and highlights choose Chevrolet pickups, tri-fives, Pontiac muscle automobiles, and extra. Roadster Store has demonstrated robust experience in basic truck area and has even created a devoted line of choices for square-body vans that it has named the “Legend Sequence.”

The Aeromotive Group is one other well-known identify and carries a robust portfolio of manufacturers linked to customized automotive builds (a few of that are listed beneath). We often see many of those merchandise present up on high-powered muscle automobiles and sizzling rods up for public sale on AutoHunter. Aeromotive’s web site says, “Each product that leaves our facility has been examined to the strictest requirements and assured for integrity and reliability.”

• Aeromotive Gas Methods
• Compu-Hearth
• Doug’s Headers
• JBA Efficiency Exhaust
• Patriot Exhaust
• PerTronix Ignition Merchandise
• Spyke
• Taylor Cable
• Waterman Racing Elements

Q&A with Key Leaders

Working collectively, group members from Aeromotive Group and Roadster Store will construct on the information and experience they’ve every developed over the previous few many years.

Firm representatives fielded just a few of our questions in regards to the previous, current, and way forward for the group. They have been tight-lipped about particular tasks that will likely be taken on through the first phases of integration, however we have been assured that there are thrilling issues coming very quickly. See beneath for our six-question dialogue:

1) Will there be a Roadster Store presence at SEMA in Las Vegas this yr?

• Sure, we can have a terrific presence at SEMA. Nonetheless, we can have two totally different entities at SEMA as a result of timing of the shut. The Aeromotive Group will likely be in a single sales space and Roadster Store will likely be in its personal. We can have a press convention on Tuesday, October 31, at 3:30 pm.

2) Will the California and Illinois facility places each stay open to help the mixed effort?

• Sure, the present services will proceed as they at present function.

3) What have been a number of the first tasks Jeremy and Phil labored on? 

• Phil was with the prevailing Roadster Store working as a fabricator for 2 years earlier than his brother and father got here collectively to take over possession of RS and collectively run it. For the primary yr or so, they tackled about any challenge: Minor sizzling rod service work, suspension installs, small mechanical upgrades, and so on. They have been primarily constructing 30s and 40s sizzling rods. They accomplished an in depth restoration on a 1971 Dodge Challenger in 2004, and in 2005, they accomplished a 1932 Ford Roadster which on the time was a fairly impactful automotive. 

4) Will Roadster Store become involved with or sponsor any efficiency driving occasions (races, take a look at & tunes, autocross) sooner or later? 

• We’ve simply begun develop 2024 plans and past.

5) What are a few the highest-horsepower customized builds Aeromotive or RS have labored on?

• In the present day, 1,000+ horsepower appears to be the norm. It’s common to see a RS survivor construct roll out the door with a 1,000-horsepower Whipple-charged LS motor. The 1987 Grand Nationwide we lately accomplished made 1,600 horsepower on the crank on E-85 gas and is a fantastic-performing road automotive. RS will debut a 1957 Chevy Bel Air on the 2023 SEMA present with a 1,500-horsepower twin-turbo LS motor. 

6) What sort of on-line catalog, social media, and YouTube presence does RS have so folks can see and listen to a few of your creations? 

• We’re nonetheless sustaining separate social channels so folks can comply with the manufacturers on Instagram, FB, YouTube and the three web sites:

Wanting Ahead

We’re excited to see how this integration brings advancing product strains, improved know-how, and heightened efficiency capabilities to the following era of customized automobile builds. Congratulations to Aeromotive Group and Roadster Store in your success, and we will likely be watching your evolution!

To get in contact with Roadster Store, try the corporate’s Contact Us web page.