PETE & JAKES OPEN HOUSE

After taking a year off, due to Covid, Jerry and Jason Slover invited everyone to come by PETE & JAKES Hot Rod Parts for the Annual Open House event….and boy did hot rodders come out! Even though the open house isn't until Saturday, that didn't stop the early birds coming into town for the event to stop by Pete & Jakes on Friday afternoon, while things were getting set up. Saturday morning saw a long line of cool cars and trucks heading into the parking lot and the grassy areas all around

Story & Photography by Jimmy B

After taking a year off, due to Covid, Jerry and Jason Slover invited everyone to come by PETE & JAKES Hot Rod Parts and boy did hot rodders come out! Even though the open house isn't until Saturday, that didn't stop the early birds coming into town for the event to stop by Pete & Jakes on Friday afternoon, while things were getting set up. Saturday morning saw a long line of cool cars and trucks heading into the parking lot and the grassy areas all around

Pete & Jakes.

While Jerry & Jason focus on hot rod parts at Pete & Jakes, there was a little of everything at the open house, from hot rods to high end sports cars and everything in-between.

The weather was perfect for the day...sunny but not too hot with a little breeze to make it just right.

The whole Pete & Jakes team pitch's in to help on the event. They went out of their way to make sure that everyone had a great time. Oh yes...they fed everyone too! The hot dogs were flying out from under the tent and keeping everyone happy.

Jerry and Jason opened up the whole facility, for everyone to check out. From the fabrication shop where all these great parts and frames are made, to the shipping area and also one of the highlight, Jerry’s memorabilia all over the place! Real working juke boxes, and one off collector pieces from Norm Grabowski were on display for everyone to admire and desire.

One of the big features of the event

each year is the auction for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. This charity is near and dear to Jason and Jerry. All kinds of cool stuff was up for bidding, from custom pinstripe panels to 2 killer guitars with custom paint work on them. After everything was sold, they raised over $11,000.00 for JDRF...AWESOME.

Check out just a small sample of what the day was here and make plans to head to Peculiar Missouri in 2022 for the Pete & Jakes Open House event….you will be glad you did.