they were the vw scene… the owner started the company in 1961 as a vw owner and hotrodder…
http://www.cbperformance.com/Feb2007a.asp
New and used Beetles were being sold. The hot rodders took a shine to the homely creature. SCAT exploded. We added more and more manufacturing capability. We stuck to performance parts, rather than accessories. Accessories were EMPI’s fortey, hard parts were SCAT’s/ Some key accomplishments along the way: 1996, SCAT started to make crankshafts and expanded carburetion to dual zeniths; 1967, started to manufacture degree pulleys; 1968, SCAT developed with ISKY the 1st hydraulic lifter which was a drop-in, no machining, 1st merger collector exhaust system, Bug Spray ram induction kits, etc.; 1969-1973, SCAT got together with Billey Mitchell, today owner of World Products, largest manufacturer of aftermarket blocks and cranks for V8s. Over the period he built four drag cars and we built the engine components. The 3rd car was the 1st pan car to run 10.50s, 10.40s, etc. The Thunder Bug held every NHRA and IHRA record in every class it could run. The way the car was built set to the standard for today. For the next 20 years no one ran as fast or understood how innovative the cars were. All but the 1st car still survives today. Out of the drag racing came the flange crank, a must for any serious drag racer, and the original H-Beam rods. All this before 1972. In 1975 came the first aftermarket engine case.
