For 35 years Mickey Lauria, the founder
and president of Total Performance, Inc., has been on a fun
filled, fantastic adventure. During that adventure Total Performance,
a manufacturer of hot rods and supplier of hot rod parts,
has grown to become one of the premier hot rod shops in the
United States, delivering over 2500 turn key hot rods to satisfied
customers all over the world. In 2004 Total Performance was
awarded the Industry Recognition Award and in 2005 Total Performance
was voted Business of the Year by the Street Rod Industry.
In addition Mickey is a proud member of the Street Rod Hall
of Fame.
Last year Mickey's continuing adventure brought him from
Wallingford, CT, home of Total Performance, to Palm Coast,
FL to escape the Northeastern winters. Not long after settling
in Mickey visited Bruce Rossmeyer's Destination Daytona
and the adventure took another turn. After meeting the enterprising
Bruce Rossmeyer, the enterprising Mickey Lauria signed an
agreement to develop a Total Performance Hot Rod Showroom
at Destination Daytona. Over a year in the making, Total
Performance's Destination Daytona showroom will celebrate
a "Grand Opening" on March 2nd, the opening day
of Bike Week 2007. The Grand Opening will continue through
the big Right Coast Association car show scheduled for March
16, 17 and 18th at Destination Daytona.
The showroom will feature turn key hot rods and muscle
cars. As Mickey says "there ain't no motorcycles in
this store". Total Performance specializes in the infamous
T Bucket Roadster, and has been leading the industry in
the development of this type of hot rod for 35 years. T
Buckets are, exciting, 'riding in the wind' hot rods, similar
to the free spirited, in your face, ride found when cruising
the highways on a motorcycle. T Buckets come in various
stages of construction, from basic kits to finished cars.
In addition to T Bucket Roadsters, Total Performance recently
introduced the King T track roadster. The King T is an economical,
entry level hot rod, with kit prices starting at $6,995.00.
Kits, as well as complete hot rods and muscle cars, will
be on display and for sale at the Destination Daytona showroom.
The adventures of Mickey Lauria took another turn recently
when he opened Total Performance Hot Rod Parts, on US 1,
just 4 miles north of Destination Daytona. After co-sponsoring
the very popular Cruisin' Destination Daytona cruise in
held the 3rd Saturday of each month Mickey witnessed the
popularity of hot rods and muscle cars in the Daytona area.
Seeing a need for a full stocking hot rod shop, Mickey stepped
up and opened Total Performance Hot Rod Parts. In addition
to offering customers hot rod parts from all of the major
manufacturers, Mickey worked out a deal to make the full
line of YearOne muscle car parts available to area enthusiasts.
YearOne is the nation's number one supplier of muscle car
parts and muscle cars are currently the fastest growing
segment in the high performance car hobby, and the Southeast
is the hot bed of muscle car mania. If you are into muscle
cars, stop by and check out the YearOne line.
At 66 years old Mickey says he continues to have fun and
his adventure is just beginning as he is looking forward
to filling the needs of all of the area's car enthusiasts.
Destination Daytona is located at US 1 and I-95, Exit
273. For further information (386) 437-996
