Carl Morrow, 80, and his wife of 54 years Diane, have decided to retire after over 50 years building high-performance engines for street use and racing.
Based at 384 North Beach Street, Dayton Beach, Florida, Carl’s Speed Shop has been a popular Bike Week fixture and an internationally renowned ‘go to’ for petrol heads of all kinds. Now though, Carl and Diane have announced that they will retire on March 9th 2018, the opening day of Daytona Bike Week, with the building and everything in it available for sale.
“It is time to sell and move on”, said Diane. “Ideally, we would like to sell our business as a going concern, but we just have to find the right buyer, and that is not so easy these days. We have so much stuff here, so we have decided that we will sell it all at our RETIREMENT SALE during Bike Week.”
A disciple of “reliable, real-world performance” since opening the doors in 1969, Carl's Speed Shop has become known for records set, exploits on the Drag Strip and Bonneville Salt Flats, and an approach to reliable, useable horsepower that translates to high performance Harley street bikes.
Well known for his 2” (50.8mm) constant velocity Typhoon slide carburetor design (as equally at home on a 1200cc Sportster as it is on a 131” Big Twin), Carl and his son Doug have been cranking out some of the best regarded custom builds, Dyno tuning, engine repairs and upgrades, performance parts, cams, heads and valves in America for decades.
Carl’s first shop was in Big Daddy Roth’s shop at Maywood, California, where he rented space for $50.00 a month. He then moved to Whittier, California, next door to Whittier Harley-Davidson, and also taught Motorcycle Mechanics for high school students; Carl has a teaching credential from U.C. LA.
Early collaborations included with Mel Magnet of Rivera Primo fame, with both men pioneering the use of Jaguar SU carburetors on Harleys. Carl’s dream was to invent a carburettor, and the result was the still popular Typhoon.
www.carlsspeedshop.com
