LOS ANGELES CA. IS THE CAPITAL OF CUSTOM CULTURE. SUPERCO HAS BEEN APART OF THAT CULTURE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON QUALITY NOT QUANTITY. OUR UNIQUE ONE OFF CUSTOMS AND HAND BUILT PRODUCTS ARE METICULOUSLY CRAFTED AND DETAILED IN EVERY ASPECT. SUPERCO CONTINUES TO PUSH THROUGH SOCIETIES WANNABES OF FADS AND TRENDS WITH TRADITIONAL EAST LOS ANGELES CUSTOMS CULTURE. OUR FOCUS IS TO PROVIDE OUR CUSTOMERS WITH FUNCTIONAL DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE IN ALL OF OUR MERCHANDISE. WE ARE NOT FASHIONABLE OR HIP, BUT PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR CREATIONS AND CULTURE. REMEMBER YOU CAN'T BUY CREDIBILITY AND YOU CAN'T BUY COOL NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE COST. EITHER YOU HAVE THE GOODS OR YOU DON'T!
Our Story
BENJAMIN RABANAL WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HAUULA HAWAII. HE CAME TO LOS ANGELES IN THE EARLY 50'S WITH A HANDFUL OF OTHER HAWAIIAN SOPHISTICS SUCH AS BOOGIE KALAMA, BLUE MAKUA, BLA JAMES, DONALD TAKAYAMA AND THE PATTERSON BROTHERS. HIS GOAL WAS TO SHAPE SURFBOARDS AND RACE MOTORCYCLES IN LOS ANGELES. HIS FIRST GIG WAS WITH GREG NOLL AND BING COPELAND IN HERMOSA BEACH WHERE HE WOULD SHAPE DURING THE DAY AND REPAIR MOTORCYCLES IN THE EVENING. HE OPENED UP HIS FIRST SHOP AT THE NOLL FACTORY IN THE LATE 50'S AND BUILT TT BIKES AND RACED THE AMA CURCIT WITH LEGENDARY RIDERS DEWAYNE KEETER, DAVID "SWED" SAVAGE AND DICK MANN. HE RODE BIG WAVES AND FAST BIKES UNDER THE NUMBER 75 PLATE "THE FLYING HAWAIIAN".
IN THE EARLY 70'S I WATCHED THE SCENE UNFOLD. THE WHOLE CUSTOM CULTURE MOVEMENT WAS STARTING TO GAIN MOMENTUM. IT WAS ALL ABOUT LOWRIDERS, HOTRODS AND MOTORCYCLES IN THE MID 70'S, AND THE BOULEVARD WAS WHERE IT WAS AT. YOU COULD FIND IT ALL THERE EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT FROM DUSK TILL DAWN. IN THE 80'S I OPENED MY FIRST SHOP CALLED WORLD WIDE HYDRAULICS IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES ON FLORENCE BL. WE SPECIALIZED IN AUTOMOTIVE HYDRAULICS, RESTORATION AND CUSTOMIZING. IN THE EARLY 90'S A FRIEND CAME BY THE SHOP AND ASKED ME IF I COULD BUILD A HARLEY DAVIDSON TO MATCH HIS CAR WE JUST FINISHED FOR HIM? I REPLIED "YES" AND BUILT HIM A 1979 SHOVELHEAD. IN 1994 I JOINED LIFESTYLE CAR CLUB IN EAST LOS ANGELES. IT WAS THERE THAT I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND PAINT AND DETAIL IN CUSTOM CAR AND MOTORCYCLE CUSTOMIZATION. I MOVED MY SHOP TO DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES IN 1999 AND WAS GIVING THE NAME ‘SUPERCO” BY KELLY “RISK” GRAVAL. IT IS WHERE WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING, DESIGNING AND CREATING EVERYTHING TILL THIS VERY DAY. THROUGH OUT THE YEARS SUPERCO HAS BEEN A FORCE IN THE CUSTOM CULTURE BOTH IN AUTOMOTIVE AND MOTORCYCLE. WE ARE NOT THE BIGGEST OR THE BEST SHOP OUT HERE. WE ARE JUST US AND WE ARE HAPPY TO BE JUST THAT.