This is wonderful. Seems you all like these pages as much as I enjoy doing them.... I am getting a couple of pictures a week these days. Please keep them coming.

Let's welcome Andy McKinnon (Andy-CA) He is 44 years young He says he's been working on cars for around 30 years but only 23 of them was he paid professionally. He is ASE certified. He concentrates his efforts in the areas of drivability, electrical, drive axles, manual transmission and a/c repair. Recently he made the move to a Chevrolet/Honda dealership. He's been there for 8 months. For all 23 years Andy was independent repair tech. He was foreman for 6 of the last 12 years at his last employer. He always took a great deal of pride in the fact that he could find and fix most problems on most cars. Recently he came to the realization that it is simply too damn hard and damn near impossible to know everything about everything with wheels on it. Not to mention the individual expense involved in tools and information required to be a "do all for all" kind of tech. The final push for him came after a customer, whom he been trying to go the extra yard to "help" out, got in his face for something he didn't even touch and was no way related to his previous repair. Bottom line....."I was tired of trying to make chicken salad out of chicken s**t for people who don't appreciate the effort and only want everything for nothing." So there I am. I chose my new shop very carefully. I chose this dealership for two reasons. The first, I have complete confidence in GM's inability to design and build a vehicle correctly. Therefore I have job security. Secondly, I love to work on Honda's!

Hi we are Bill and Cathy Kunst from Barnesville Ga. We have been married 17 years and have a daughter, Brandi who is 16. Bill started working on cars for a living in 1985 ,cutting his teeth at tune-up shops, dealerships and emission testing firms. He now works with his brother Paul at a small shop here in Barnesville. His hobbies include playing music, reading, swimming, and surfing the net. Cathy has been a State Certified Master Cosmetologist for 15 years and she and her mother own and operate a beauty salon here in Barnesville. She is Majorette coach for the local High school Marching Band ,which takes up a lot of time in summer & fall ,as they are a very competitive bunch and have a room full of trophies to prove it. Her hobbies include crafts, aerobics, and playing on the computer. Our collective interests include fishing ,hiking ,camping and traveling to places we've never been.

This is David Kline (Dave-Md) He's been fixing cars for about 12 years. Currently employed at Dan's Automotive in Baltimore, MD. We specialize in drivability and emissions. I enjoy drag racing and NASCAR, trains, snowmobiling, reading, my dogs, and my Kids! Robin is three and Jeff is one. That's my wife, Crystal.

Scott A. McElhiney (Scott-WA) ASE L1, iATN sponsoring tech, sole owner, lead tech, service writer, janitor, etc.. of Sam & Sam Enterprises, 8015 McKinley Ave., Tacoma WA 98404. Sam & Sam Ent. has been my independent shop specializing in emissions repairs and drivability problems for about 4 years now. Sam & Sam was named for my initials and, my wife's (Shelley A. McElhiney) initials.... since it's start two more Sam's have been added to the brew.... Sean A. McElhiney (the cute one in the picture, 3 1/2) and Sam the dog... short for Such A. Mutt. It confuses the hell out of some of my customers... but when the phone rings in the evening with someone asking for 'Sam', I know it's someone looking for work to be done.

From top left to right: Rob Jenkins (Robj-Mi) service manager, Rick May, truck service manager. Israel Moreno, lube tech and parts driver. Ron Lighthiser, automotive tech. Steve Pant automotive tech. Kneeling Left to right, Carl Challander, parts man. Dave Powell, lube center manager. Tom Cassaday, lube tech.

Rob himself is 31 years old. He went to ITT Tech School in Ft. Wayne, IN. He is ASE certified in all areas but three, painting & refinishing, structural repairs and school bus special equipment. He has been wrenching professionally since 1984. His shop is a full service repair center, servicing and repairing cars, trucks and semis. We have a Pronto auto parts store in the building and also have a full basement Pennzoil quick lube. We works 24 hour a day during the week and 8-5 on weekends. We employ 3 big shot managers, 3 service writers, 7 lube techs, 3 parts people, 9 HD techs, 10 auto techs, 7 truck washers and 2 fuel pumpers in my department.

This is Chris Dreyer and his wife Steph. They are both part of the mirc day crew. Sometimes known as Chris-VA and lately just VA. He started working on cars for a living in march of 1974.

Steph and I had the twins born Nov 20 1991 they were premises. On March 1st of 1993 we opened our own shop and named it after the twins, B&K B=Brenden K=Kimber yes boy and girl on 12/18/96 Bryan was born. The rotten dog, is named Precious. She goes to the shop with us. The customers will now ask where she is. She sits on there laps while getting there car work on.

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