Chirco Performance & Restoration

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Toll Free 1-800-955-9795
Local 1-520-722-1984
Fax 1-520-722-4471
Joe Chirco - jc@chirco.com
Don Wiggins - don@chirco.com
Lemorris Harris lemorris@chirco.com
Frank Pacheco - frank@chirco.com
Shipping - Chirco.shipping@gmail.com
Our Pay Pal account is don@chirco.com

Our store address is;

Chirco Performance
9101 E 22nd Street
Tucson, AZ 85710

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I would like to meet Chirco's staff.

It's Chirco's people that make the difference.

Having Fun

Joe Chirco aka "Smokin' Joe": (Founder and Owner of Chirco Automotive)
Joe got his start selling Baja parts at the local Flea Market in the 70's and has grown Chirco Performance and Restoration into a bustling global aftermarket VW and dune buggy parts and accessories business. Joe proudly contributes his business savvy and expertise to his father. You'll never find Joe sitting in an office, you'll find him at the front counter helping customers, on the phone answering questions for our mail order customers, in the service center working on cars, or out at the dunes havin fun. Joe truly enjoys this industry.

Sandy Chirco aka "Papa Santo": (Co-owner of Chirco Performance and Restoration and founder of Tucson Packard).

He's known throughout the United States and around the globe for servicing Packard owner part needs. Not only is he a blast to have around, he's always good for a laugh, and definitely a pleasure to work with. You can find Sandy roaming the back aisles of Chirco working with his antique parts.

See Sandy's web site at Packard Parts Online!!

Twenty plus years ago

Don: (General Manager)

Well, what can we say about Don. Every company needs a bean counter, I guess. We have ordered him a personality and a sense of humor, but they are on back order. When Don first saw the slogan "Drivers wanted" his comment was, "You also need a good 3 & 5 wood for a complete game."

Maria: (Chirco and Tucson Packard Bookkeeper).

Maria’s ability to organize our back office and keep the paper moving to it’s final destination has been the ‘shot in the arm’ we needed. Her pleasant manner, warm smile and dedication is welcome and appreciated. She keeps Sandy and Joe in line.

Johny: (Shipping and Receiving)

You can be sure that when your order is placed, John quick to get that shipment out before the end of the day. John has the hardest job here at Chirco and works evenly at to different tables. In the mornings he is recieving UPS, Fed EX and DHL deliveries and making sure the parts get in inventory. Through out the day he is packaging up boxes and shipping the all over the world. He most answer a zillion questions a day by all of us, did this part come in and did this part go out. When Johny is not at Chirco he is working on his cool '62 ragtop.

Frank: (Senior Counter Associate)

Frank has been around for quite awhile, and we're darn glad we have him. . If you have a question about dune buggy products and accessories, he's your man! He's also well skilled in the needs of all other air-cooled models. His enthusiasm is addicting here at Chirco. He goes above and beyond the call of duty to meet all of our customer's needs. When Frank is not at Chirco, he out working on his large piece of property south of Tucson and mowing his weeds down with his very cool Buggy!!

Bob: (Air-Cooled/Buggy Technician)

Bob is one of our air-cooled/Buggy technicians who takes pride in his workmanship. Mr. Versatile, he can work on most anything. Bob builds motors, works on buggies and restoration projects. He brings over 15 years of experience and is a true asset to our company.

Keith: (Air-Cooled/Buggy Technician)

Keith has got to be the youngest at heart of all the guy's here at Chirco.
Keith bought his first Bug in 1969 and towed the '62 back to Tucson from Iowa with a towbar. When Keith is on a break, it's a lot of fun hearing him share his stories about his racing buggies and all of the work he has done with VW's over the years. He brings almost 30 years of experience and is a true asset to our company.

John: (Air-Cooled/Buggy Technician)

John is one of our air-cooled/Buggy technicians who was one of our customers and wanted to get out of the hustle and bustle of dealership life. Attenion to detail is what makes John such a great guy to work with. Always has a big smile on his face and is always willing to lend a hand. He brings over 10 years of experience and is a true asset to our company.

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Can I get technical/ machanical advise from Chirco?
Yes! We'd be glad to answer any technical or mechanically oriented questions you may have.
Our highly skilled staff is always ready and willing to help.
Just call 520-722-1984 or 1-800-955-9795.

We now have our Tech forums that are very helpful.

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What is the story behind Chirco?

For updates about us, please see our Blog

Joe Chirco has been a Volkswagen fan since his early teens. While still in high school, Joe started selling VW parts at weekend swap meets in Tucson, Arizona as early as 1979.

In his spare time he would drive to Los Angeles and meet with parts vendors, purchase parts, and return home to pass on the great deals to local VW addicts.

In 1984 his business had grown to the point where a work location and warehousing was needed. Thus, the birth of Chirco Automotive, Inc., which includes a 6 bay Service Department at 9101 East 22nd Street in Tucson.

Since then, Chirco Automotive has relied heavily on walk-in trade. Business boomed when Chirco began advertising in 1990 through several national VW and Offroad related magazines. The birth of the Chirco mail order department was celebrated as a result of well designed display ads and great deals, making the name Chirco nationally known.

In early 1998 Chirco launched its first website, www.chirco.com. While only listing a minimum of Chirco's inventory, the website has attracted parts buyers and VW owners from around the globe..... even the motherland, Germany. Chirco is now known world wide as a shipper of quality Performance, Restoration and Custom parts for VWs, Buggies and Sandrails. With the aid of "in house" UPS shipping Chirco has become a stream-lined and customer oriented organization with the most efficient shipping system available for speedy deliveries. A far cry from the good ole days at the swap meet.

Over the years Joe has not only offered the best that VW parts vendors have to offer, but he's also developed a large private label of manufactured products for you to choose from.

In 1998 Joe began the massive and time consuming project of constructing a completely comprehensive VW parts catalog for Chirco. Chirco Performance and Restoration (CPR) was born. The hard bound catalog hit the streets in the summer of 1999.1999 proved to be a banner year for Chirco with the development of this new website. It has been a labor of love. Joe wanted to get back in touch with the community and has launched a site that not only provides customer and technical support, a complete inventory listing of parts for sale.

In 2001, just when life was going well. Joe purchased the assets of his Tucson competition, Off-Road Buggy Supply. This purchase came with a ton of quality used parts. So you guessed it, Chirco now has Used VW Parts. What can be next for Joe?

Joe's commitment to you is to provide the best selection of top quality products at the most competitive prices with the best possible customer service. Our staff is committed to serving you Monday through Saturday to help answer that hard-to-answer question or to place an order for the parts you need.

2002 - 2005 was spent improving our online store and streamling our mail proccess.
We kicked of a new Chirco.com and focused on the inventory control through reports
that our computer systems provide to maintante high levels of parts that move quicker.
We also worked with our vendors to speed up special order parts.
Bye the end of 2005 mail order revenues have exceeded counter sales.

2006 We had really started to notice the strong demand for used parts for restoration projects.
So during the summer we found and purchased three VW junkyard across the country.
This caused us a real problem with storage. We tried to combine them with our excisting used parts inventory and we ended with piles.

2007 - Well you can guess that we decided we needed get our used parts inventory orginized.
We broke ground on a garage for the storage and restoration of used parts.
Our goal is to get these parts also online on the 3rd generation of Chirco.com launched August 1st of this year.

2008 - Has been a whirl wind year so far.
Here are some of the projects we have completed.
Chirco Amazon Store
Chirco Media Blog
Chirco You Tube Video's
Flicker Photo Gallery
Google Photo Gallery

We have tried this year to update all of the existing sites we have.
Again, it's the great customers we have that keep us motivated to strive to be better than before.