William Jalensky:  

I always wanted to be a mechanic when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a crazy idea. As it turns out, they were wrong. Since I can remember I just loved cars. My brother and I would sit on our porch and tell what kind of car was coming... now they all look alike, that would be a trick! I started working on my parents car since I was 12, I put a carburetor on our 1965 Rambler Wagon. After graduation I got a job a Sears and was made full time when I tuned 18, that was a big deal back then! Sears sent me to Chicago for training on tuneups and front end work. I then went to a Dodge dealership where I was getting training in Chicago on carburetors and many area's of the new cars. I never said I'd work for American Motors but I got my Journeyman's Card in Industrial Truck Repair and worked in skilled trades for 9 years. As I worked on fork lifts and any gas power or DC electric powered material handling equipment. I continued my education keeping up dated on the changes to the new cars engines and computer control systems. In 1986 I opened my own business AFB Performance Automotive and ran it for 20ty years. I managed to get tested and receive an ASE Master Certification in 8 area's of the automobile. Also after graduating I started drag racing my car. In 1975 I bought a 1970 AMC AMX and in 1976 made it in to a drag car. In 1984 after racing at the Grove I started to travel in the Midwest Div. 3 of NHRA Sportsman Class. I did that until my last ...Expand for more