THE LEGEND OF THE SAAPE...

Those of you younger crowd who may not be aware of who the SAAPE is, well, legend has it that one day, back in the mid 40's Trans-Dapt's founder, Willie Garner, was going off "top end" with one of his buddies on the Prairie Highway on the great plains of Texas. Suddenly, and seemingly out of nowhere, Willie glanced out of his side window to a see a strange creature running alongside of them. It was ape like, but bright yellow and reddish-orange in color, with distinguishable stripes on its rear end. The creature kept pace with them for a couple of miles, then as if it were only toying with them the whole time, it suddenly rifled ahead of the racers so fast, it blew them both into the weeds.

Once the SAAPE got that first taste of competition, it became common for him to challenge the fastest cars, trucks and street rods anywhere, anytime.

Word spread fast through Willie, his friends and other racers who encountered and inevitably lost to the SAAPE. Match-ups and defeats to the SAAPE happened so frequently, it became a common expression that when a person saw a very fast car, they'd comment. "Hey, that thing runs like a striped-Assed Ape!"

When Willie moved to California and began Trans-Dapt, he joined forces with the SAAPE who shared his knowledge of speed with him. Today, the company still displays the SAAPE in its company logo, as a symbol of the speed and performance built into every performance part it shares with hot rodders and auto enthusiasts around the world.

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