Back then we had " Charlei's Speed Barn" that oddly, was on the access road of the LIE around 220th St. if recall correctly. Of course B&R was around then, "Competition Speed", my friend's shop in Jamaica was where I usually went-----and there was a tiny speed shop on Northern Blvd (can't rememebr the name) that had a handful of cars that ran pretty well. Thinking back, "Charlie's" sponsored Scott Shafiroff when he had his GT-1 Camaro, my friend's shop sponsored several cars---an A990 Mopar, A/MP Camaro, 2 Chevelles & Nova & he also had a really cool sleeper '66 Impala with the Camaro's spare engine (496 cu in.) hooked to a clutch-turbo that did prety well on the street.
Somehow I recall the shops in Brooklyn & the Bronx having better cars & of courseplaces like "Speedwin", "Motion" & a feew others on L.I. seemed to have more professional set-ups to me. I DO recall a REALLY cool Anglia from S&S Speed shop (Bronx?) that ran a killer small-block Chevy.