I've had great success with John Crawford, who has two shops in the east bay:
Moraga Auto Care & Service, in Moraga, and
All Service Automotive, in Walnut Creek. He'll be putting a new TKO-600 in our '67 Camaro next week.
John is honest, reasonably priced, and--best of all--he's one of us. He used to drive a sweet '68 SWB, and is currently bringing a '54 panel back to life. I give him my highest recommendation.
Elijah
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