Valley Speed Shop Location / Facilities




					Location / Facilities Nostalgic Shop Facility Our shop facilities are in the nostalgic Almquist Building located at 1515 16th Avenue in Central City Nebraska. The shop, built in 1922, houses design, manufacture, assembly and sales functions. Full welding, and fabrication operations occur here. We also have complete CNC machining capabilities and state-of-the-art fabrication equipment to insure perfect fit and finish for your car. We're located on the historic Lincoln Highway, the true first trans-continental highway traversing New York to San Francisco which was in place years before Route 66 was completed. Stop by our facility anytime during business hours for a tour to see how we've renovated and preserved a nostalgic building, all while building the car of your dreams! Maps To Our Location Mapquest® Street-Level Map Mapquest® Regional-Level Map Almquist Building History The structure was built in 1922 by Oscar Almquist, an area leader in concrete and public building construction. Currently the building has 11,000 usable square feet on 2 floors. It's vintage elevator is used to move car frames, rolling chassis and parts for fabrication and final assembly. Almquist, a Swedish immigrant, also built Central City's present middle school, Hards Memorial Library, the Presbyterian church as well as several other buildings across Nebraska, Kansas and several other midwest states. The Almquist building in Central City was originally designed to take advantage of the ease of obtaining supplies and shipping with its proximity to the Union Pacific right-of-way and the Lincoln Highway. Almquist intended to house his burgeoning contracting business and auto dealerships to promote the sale of personal automobiles. The structure was originally designed for 6 stories, however the economic conditions in the mid-20's and the stock market crash of 1929 left the building in its present 2-story elevation. Over the years the building has housed the Almquist-Dorrance Paint Company, Almquist Auto Company, Oakland Automobile headquarters, T.B. Hord Grain operations, and a farm implement dealership. The building was last occupied in 1977 by a Pontiac dealership until we began our loving restoration in late 2003. Back To Top Of Page Home \| Heritage \| Services \| Buy A Car \| Products \| Consigment Showroom \| FAQs/Tech \| News \| Polls/Vote \| Contact Us \| Links