About the Store
Welcome, my name is Chris
Shemwell.
I am an imagineer and an entrepreneur with a vivid imagination!
One of my passions is American exotic cars.
When I bought the cars my mind raced with ideas of how
to improve them. At first I tried to go online and buy the things I
wanted but in most cases they didn't exist or they were far too expensive.
So, as is my nature I set out to make them for myself. I started making
the parts on my own or contracting a craftsman to hand-craft some parts just
for my cars. Since that time I have made dozens of upgrade parts and
accessories for my vehicles.
I starting getting so many compliments on them that I thought I would try
and reproduce some of the parts in a 'limited' production mode, and thus The
Prowler Store was born. Unfortunately, when you do this it is hard to
ever recover the up-front development costs. The factory must set the
machines, do layouts & drawings, mock-ups, etc...so I have to say I am
obviously not in it for the money. I just love the cars and being
creative with them. And...I like sharing my ideas with others!
My favorite part is the 6 piece A-Arm kit for the Prowler.
I looked at and drooled over the "chromed" A-Arm set for a long time. But I
just couldn't justify such a large expense. I thought there had to be
another way to do this that wasn't so expensive. I started
investigating the chroming process and the companies that do this. It
was very expensive, it takes a long time, you have to send your parts to
them and wait to get them back, and it doesn't last forever. Chrome
chips, peels and is vulnerable to dings and dents.
I wanted something that looked as close to chrome as possible without the
expense and disadvantages of chrome.
I didn't want to have to take off any parts or wait months to get them back
and have to re-install them.
As I mentioned it had to be affordable. Eventually I developed the
highly polished, high quality, heavy grade, stainless steel kit.
It sure beats chroming the parts for over $2600.00 or so.
I was very pleasantly surprised at how good the products came out. The stainless
steel is bright and as shiny as chrome. I think it looks awesome and I
wouldn't dream of owning a Prowler without this kit installed.
I have every part that I have for sale mounted on my cars. And I
wouldn't have it any other way!
I hope you have a chance to enjoy these upgrades and accessories as much as
I do.
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About me
If any of you are interested
in my background. I majored in Industrial Technology and Architecture at the
University of Eastern Michigan. I spent seven years in the U.S. Army as an
Regular Army Infantry officer. Serviced in the 3rd Infantry Division.
When I got out I started some small businesses that
grew to be very large businesses. I earned four INC 500 awards for the
fastest growing corporations in the USA over four consecutive years.
I sold those businesses and started over - making more businesses from
scratch.
This time I chose to work with something I really like - American exotic
sports cars. Although I have several other businesses (non-car related) I run,
these are my favorite.
Here is a list of our other sports car accessory sites:
www.HotCarAccessories.com
Covers our line of accessories for the Chevy Corvette C-6 & C-7,
Chrysler Crossfire, and more.
www.TheViperStore.com
World's largest selection of Dodge Viper (1992-2015) Accessories.
www.NewChallengerStore.com
Largest selection of parts and accessories for the new Dodge Challenger
(2006-2015)
www.FordRaptorStore.com
Everything Ford Raptor!
www.TheCamaroStore.com
ALL Camaro (2010-2015) parts store
I will be happy to answer any questions you may have about my products
simply email me at:
admin@TheProwlerStore.com
Very Best Wishes!
Chris
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