Chirco Performance Restoration

Specialties

Air cooled Volkswagen and dune buggy sand rail parts. Vintage VW Parts. VW Bug Parts.

History

Established in 1984.

Joe Chirco has been a Volkswagen fan since his early teens. While still in high school, Joe started selling VW parts at weekend swap meets in Tucson, Arizona as early as 1979.

In his spare time he would drive to Los Angeles and meet with parts vendors, purchase parts, and return home to pass on the great deals to local VW addicts.

In 1984 his business had grown to the point where a work location and warehousing was needed. Thus, the birth of Chirco Automotive, Inc., which includes a 6 bay Service Department at 9101 East 22^nd Street in Tucson.

Since then, Chirco Automotive has relied heavily on walk-​in trade. Business boomed when Chirco began advertising in 1990 through several national VW and Offroad related magazines. The birth of the Chirco mail order department was celebrated as a result of well designed display ads and great deals, making the name Chirco nationally known.

Meet the Business Owner

Joe C.

Business Owner

Joe got his start selling Baja parts at local swap meets in the 70’s and has since grown Chirco Performance and Restoration into a bustling global aftermarket VW, dune buggy parts and accessories business. Joe proudly contributes his business savvy and expertise to his father. You’ll find Joe sitting in his office working intently with a Starbucks in hand. He also enjoys working at the front counter helping customers, on the phone answering questions for our mail order customers, in the service center working on cars, or out at the dunes having fun. Most recently, he added a Yamaha 200 to his off-​road collection and has been enjoying going outriding with his son and the rest of the gang.