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In 1956, Nate Sherman opened the first Midas muffler repair shop in Macon, Georgia, with a vision of quality, service and a promise of for as long as you own your car. Since then, Midas has expanded to offer repair and maintenance services on shock absorbers, brakes, tires, batteries, radiators, and heating and cooling systems. [...]

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Founded in 1978, Grease Monkey centers provide preventive maintenance that meets manufacturers’ recommendations for most makes and models of cars, with no appointment necessary. Since 1998, the company has offered a Monkey Shine program–a car wash adjacent to and in conjunction with the Grease Monkey Center.

Former aerospace employee W. David Isley founded Dr. Vinyl in 1972 in Kansas City, Missouri. He and his wife, Marcia, worked with local restaurants, repairing torn, burnt, chipped and peeling vinyl booths and chairs, but soon discovered there were many similar repairs to be done at car dealerships. The couple did repairs for clients in [...]

Sam Meineke began with a single store in Houston in 1972. The company has since become a subsidiary of Part Industry Corp. and part of a British-owned, multifaceted group that supplies automotive and agricultural components and systems.The initial concept of providing quality exhaust service at discount prices has expanded to include complete brake service, oil [...]

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Robert Morgan opened the first AAMCO in Philadelphia in 1963 and quickly expanded into franchising in November of that year. There are now 700 AAMCO centers in the United States and Canada.