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The year was 1958 and Paul Osmond was 23, fresh out of the Marine Corps and working at an alignment shop in Bethesda, Md. He and a buddy had what Osmond calls the “bright idea” to open a speed shop.

For the uninitiated: A speed shop is a business that caters to customers who are determined to make their vehicles go faster, look cooler, or look cooler while going faster.

They include Osmond, who with his partner, Don Kilby, ran a speed shop in Gasoline Alley called Modifications Unlimited.

It’s been running again for one year, as of this month, with a new big block Chevy motor built by a Missouri speed shop called Dasco Racing Engines.

Early in his career, he was almost unbeatable at Atlanta Speed Shop Dragway, where he earned his nickname by dominating a competition called “King of the Hill.”