engine rebuilders

i have a 40 hp 1200 i need rebuilt to stock, prob going to Steve at proFlow since he did such a good job on my splitcase but hes backed up for a few months -I want to get back on the road!

any other recommendations?

Chuck at Import Auto Service (IAS) Forest Park. He does a good job and is reasonable.
404-363-3738

Herrell bug parts in carrolllton Ga
770-836-0749
ask for lindy or Fluffy
they do ALL of my cars if i dont do it my self

I like Hurrel Bug Parts in Carrolton as well.

where are you located?

i'm in Tucker,

in carrollton ge its down I20 not to far from the Al line

zabo wrote:i'm in Tucker,

Zabo, there is a guy right there in Tucker. Po Volks off Hugh Howell. I think it use to be Northlake Service Center Inc. Should be in the phone book.

71_georgia_beetle wrote:

zabo wrote:i'm in Tucker,

Zabo, there is a guy right there in Tucker. Po Volks off Hugh Howell. I think it use to be Northlake Service Center Inc. Should be in the phone book.

Is that new ownership? Everytime i ever called Northlake they were always in a pissy mood and didnt want to talk to ya.

dbcox wrote:

71_georgia_beetle wrote:

zabo wrote:i'm in Tucker,

Zabo, there is a guy right there in Tucker. Po Volks off Hugh Howell. I think it use to be Northlake Service Center Inc. Should be in the phone book.

Is that new ownership? Everytime i ever called Northlake they were always in a pissy mood and didnt want to talk to ya.

Yeah I think it's a new owner. He renamed it to Po Volks.

71_georgia_beetle wrote:

dbcox wrote:

71_georgia_beetle wrote:

zabo wrote:i'm in Tucker,

Zabo, there is a guy right there in Tucker. Po Volks off Hugh Howell. I think it use to be Northlake Service Center Inc. Should be in the phone book.

Is that new ownership? Everytime i ever called Northlake they were always in a pissy mood and didnt want to talk to ya.

Yeah I think it's a new owner. He renamed it to Po Volks.

Cool maybe he is nicer.I hate having to order everything, I like to use locals if i can get to them .

IS it a new owner? Can anyone confirm?

I vowed never to go back to northlake again.
My wife was returning an unused still in box rear wheel bearing for me because they sold her some Korean junk.

They yelled/berated her for abt 10 minutes in front of my son and called her a liar saying they would never sell that at their store.

To her credit, she held her own and they finally gave her a refund minus some absurd restocking fee.

If anybody has the low down on this place let me know.
Its abt 5 min from my house.

I ran accross Po Volks just this week - as a referal from a friend who mentioned he just happend to pass by it recently. I went out there during lunch on Tuesday to pick up a new throttle cable. The guy was really nice and helpful. He told me when I left that it the part did not fit to bring it back. They have a parts counter and parts in the back - no showroom. You have to ask for the part and he will get it for you. No browsing .

Here is the address and phone number from my receipt:

PO Volks Home
4473 Hugh Howell Rd
Tucker, GA 30084
678-691-2671

If it was someone nice and helpful it must have new owners. Hopefully he can seperate himself from previous experiences and gain some old customers the old owners lost.

i just gave them a call - they said it was the same people from northlake

i really wish i could buy from them - would save me a ton of shipping from WW

zabo wrote:i just gave them a call - they said it was the same people from northlake

i really wish i could buy from them - would save me a ton of shipping from WW

Don't cave in man. If a business treated my wife that way, there is no way I'd go back and give them a penny of business. Think of those shipping costs as peace of mind that you will be treated with respect.

That sucks - you can go out to Hurrell Bug Parts in Cartlton. http://www.herrellbugparts.com/ They have a decent showroom and will do just about anyhing for a beetle. Also they have a decent graveyard. They have always been helpful and retruns or exchanges have been no problem at all.

fluxcap wrote:
Don't cave in man. If a business treated my wife that way, there is no way I'd go back and give them a penny of business. Think of those shipping costs as peace of mind that you will be treated with respect.

thanks

Damn that sucks.Thats prolly why they changed their name, for treating people the way they do. I wouldnt go back either. Guess i wont be giving them a call afterall.

yea another guy on sevwc_atl had this story to tell abt them

"I drove my bug in to Northlake to upgrade from a generator to an
alternator. Picked my car up, then went back to get my generator
(which was fine). Kenny looks around, doesn't see it, goes around
back and pulls one off the core pile of generators that he's got
piled up and says it's mine. Later, one of his employees told me
that a car came in that needed a generator, and Kenny told them to
put mine on that car. Let's just say they didn't my a$$ much after
that......"

If your looking for parts there is two stores I have nothing but high respect for them. One is in Marietta Ga. on Fair Ground Street and Roswell Rd. ( Foriegn Auto Parts of Marietta) and the other one is in Mableton on Veterans Memorial Hwy 1731 ( IMPART) 770 948 8353.

These stores can get you just about anything.

I used to work at Impart for 7 years.

Would save you from going all the way to Carrollton

Theres a guy in Scottdale ,ill have to go out and look up his name. Ive got a few parts from him, he seemed pretty good. He deals with all foriegn cars not just vws anymore.

There is a place in Gainesville here's the web site allaroundrestos.com

Not to hurt anyone's feelings, but nowadays, the best swingaxle bearings I can get (FAG) are made in Korea. It stinks, but even the Germans are outsourcing in order to improve profits. I hate it.

thnks clyde- I should have been more specific- the ones we were returning were not FAG - cant remember now what brand but i had done some research at the time and found the ones they sold us were substandard.