Earl Fouts is the man famed for the introduction of AN plumbing being brought to the motorsport industry, Born in Kansas in 1921, Fouts later moved to California where in the early 1960`s he established Earls Performance Products in Lawndale. The large surplus of high quality military (Army-Navy) A.N. hydraulic products was being sourced and supplied to custom builders, hot rodders and race teams to full fill their fluid transfer needs, as this military source dried up Fouts looked to develop his own products and range which he supplied globally to Formula One Teams, NASCAR, NHRA, the list is endless and the products are still used globally to today.
Bob Fouts, Earls son took over running of the company and established independent distributors for Earl's around the world, with agents in Indianapolis, Australia, Japan and UK. later in the 1990s the company was sold to Holley who still own the brand today.