A 40 year old man fulfilled a 19 year old dream and started his own automotive machine shop. He started in a 2 car garage behind his home with a portable boring bar and a portable crankshaft grinder. He and his wife were the only 2 employees often working long hours to offer special service to their few but very valuable customers. Soon valve equipment was added and a part time employee was needed. The garage became very small and a new building site would soon be needed. A 40X60 building was erected in 1967 at the current location and C&P Machine was on its way. New equipment and more employees were added and by 1972, the company was out of space and a 60x120 addition was added. More new equipment and more employees, C&P was becoming the largest automotive machine shop in the Ft. Wayne area.

By 1983 it was time to add on again and C&P had become an engine parts warehouse along with the largest machine shop around. Another expansion in 1987 and still another in 1992. Today C&P Machine has over 30 employees and 25,000 square feet of machine shop and engine parts warehouse. We have 4 crankshaft grinders, 3 vertical cylinder boring machines, 3 Sunnen automatic cylinder honing machines, main line boring equipment, magnaflux equipment, crank welders and polishers. surface grinding equipment, plus a well equipped modern cylinder head rebuilding department. C&P's machine shop has become the largest custom engine rebuilder in the tri-state area. Our parts department distributes Federal-Mogul, Sealed Power, Fel-Pro, Melling, Clevite "77", Tucker valve seats, Sterling pistons, plus a complete line of truck, tractor, performance, passenger car, and industrial engine parts.

The dedication of the employees of C&P Machine has allowed this locally owned family business to grow through the years and continue to offer the service our valued customers have grown to expect. Thank you for visiting our web site. We are looking forward to serving you in the future as we start our third generation at C&P Machine.