The Hot Rod Service Company

If you want to ignored and disrespected go to this shop. First time meeting the owner he was nice enough, showed my wife and I around his beautiful shop and talked to us for a few minutes said to call him the following week. I called and left numerous messages which never got returned so I drove to his shop two weeks later and it felt like we never met ! He saw me standing in his shop waiting for him but he ignored me never said anything walked right past me slammed his office door and never came out, I waited 15 minutes !!! I finally left. I will never go back. If you have any respect for yourself I wouldn’t recommend going there. From what I hear around town I’m not alone.

Jeff gets one star for flaky attitude and response.
I met with the owner Jeff about reassembling a project car for which I had all the parts. I had problems with a previous shop so I was looking for someone competent, prudent and who valued integrity. Jeff seemed to understand and said he could do the job.
I called him back in a few weeks to schedule a drop off, but Jeff said he needed another week to «create room» for the car. So I called back after another week but couldn’t reach him. He doesn’t answer emails so the best way to reach him is by phone. I left a message with a young lady but didn’t hear back.
Another week passed and I called back. Still couldn’t reach Jeff so left another message. Called again and finally got through. Jeff apologized for not following up, then said he needed another week to take the car (going on 2+ weeks now).
Called back after another week and couldn’t get through again. Left a message and as usual didn’t hear back. Called and left another message a few days later, but never heard back. Called again and Jeff said he still needed more time (going on 3+ weeks now).
Called back the following week and same thing happened … left a message and never heard back. At this point I’m thinking either Jeff doesn’t need the business or he doesn’t care about his word … because after 4+ weeks and numerous unreturned calls, I still had no idea when or if the guy was actually sincere about doing the job. If so, he sure does make it difficult.
Bottom line was that I was impressed with the facilities, but not the flaky attitude and response. After already having a bad experience, this was a red flag. I went to Mike Hennessy instead who’s done a FANTASTIC job and probably costs a LOT less.

Hot Rod Service Co recently finished a bunch of work on my 66 Fairlane convertible including: a transmission swap from an AOD to a Tremec T5, replaced bench seat with buckets, tilt steering wheel, new wheels & tires, new leaf springs and replaced my stock door handles with some Kindig-​it smooth door handles.
They did an excellent job on all the mechanical stuff and the whole crew was very friendly, clean, professional and truly made me feel like they cared about my ride and they job they did for me.
As any work on an old car is done there is always some minor thing that comes up, when I brought up for instance the clutch didn’t fully engage, they had me come right back in and fixed it immediately.
This Hot Rod shop has been a well kept secret in Campbell, CA and now it’s time to get the word out and reward them for such a good job.

i stumbled across this place one day doing a search looking for a place to take my chevelle for some extensive steering and carb work.
i’m not a millionaire and my 1966 chevelle is not a show car, but its a driver with lots of love and money in it. the guys took her in and did an AMAZING job on a flaming river rack and pinion set up where they had to fabricate parts to get it to steer just right and they pulled it off to the 9’s!
it required a lot of trial and error but they found the solution and stayed well within the budget doing so which actually costed them many hours of their own time which they did not charge for. (flaming river couldn’t offer up a solution for lowered cars, but these guys figured it out in spades)
they also made the chevelle run like i’ve NEVER achieved. i’ve had 3 other pros work on her and nobody took charge like these guys. the car runs night and day different than before. went from ‘sleepy grocery getter’ to ‘melt the tires off’ kind of gal.
these guys are a no bullsh*t company, they are solid people that get it.
rich their service manager, and most likely the person you’d talk to on the phone if you called, is also a key component to this shop. he’s insanely personable, and knows his stuff. it was an absolute honor to have had these guys wrench my car.
jeff the owner is awesome to boot. his business model of just helping out a fellow hot rodder is unmatched. he takes on all types of rods, expensive or cheap. oil change or blower installed, it doesn’t matter.
when you have a critical investment like this, this is THE place to take your baby. they do it RIGHT. period.
thanks HSC.

This is the ONLY place to take your classic car. The shop is extremely clean, well thought out and a safe place to leave your baby for complete restoration, fabrication or just an oil change. The workers are top notch trained craftsmen, Rich the Manager is friendly & easy to work with & the owner Jeff is an honest stand up guy. They did an LS engine swap in my Blazer plus a bunch of other stuff to completely upgrade the Truck.