Look like a real nice clean shop, congrats. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Hall Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:43 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Kettle, pot, black, this is getting old real quick
Started in ~93, our house was built with a 4 car garage to go full time in '97 Then our neighbor hood got upset by the constant flow on MB's in and out of the neighborhoof, so he bought a 3 bay garage in ~99, in 02 we demolished the old garage and built a modern 4 bay facilty, then expanded to 6 bays in ~04 Pics from around the shop available here: http://www.easttennesseeonlinemarketing.com/jareks/jareks.html Never met the owner - our guy is Craig Wilson, he's a pretty young G-Tech Grad. You may know or have heard of Pat Evens, the "advisor" over there - I think he used to be the shop foreman over at RBM, raced 16V's. Mike On 10/24/06, Rusty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, I worked for them as sales manager from 1976 till 1985. We have a > less than amicable relationship. Not many folks still there from when I > was, but the owner, Mrs. Shelton has a real long memory. Oh well. I have > never heard of Jarek's, when did he open up? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Hall > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 12:16 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Kettle, pot, black, this is getting old real quick > > Jarek's Car Service in Knoxville - we buy most of our parts from GAP in > Atlanta - no doubt you've heard of them. > > Mike > > On 10/24/06, Rusty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Mike, what is the name of your dad's shop and where is it? I might > know > > him. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Hall > > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:18 AM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Kettle, pot, black, this is getting old real quick > > > > > > Glad you asked. I started working on MB's when I was 8 years old - > > thats > > about the time my dad, who was trained in Europe as a mechanic, > started > > working on MB's part time at our house. By the time I was 12, I could > > do > > (and did do) almost any type of maintence on 123, 126, 201, 124, and > 107 > > chassis. I have worked at my father's shop 50-60 hours a week every > > summer > > since I was 15, diagnosing, repairing, and test driving MB's. That > adds > > up > > to about 4,000 hours of MB repair. I have attended training seminars > > and > > conferences related to MB repair - my most recent certification is for > > CAN > > bus diagnostics and repair and engine diagnostics and repair on 111, > > 112, > > 113, 137, 271, 272, 275, & 648 motors. I have rebuilt 616's, 617's, > > 603's, > > 602's, 103's, 104's, 11 7's, 116's, 119's, 111's, 112's, and 113's. > > I've > > done core evaporators on 123's, 124's, 107's, 129's, 126's, 210's, and > > 140's. Although we outsource most of our tranny rebuilds because we > > don't > > have a dyno, I have done a complete soft parts on my personal 722.3. > > I've > > also dismantled 123, 124, 126, 210, and 140 chassis cars for parting > > out. > > > > Lest you think I'm some meathead mechanics son, I also maintained a > 4.0 > > in > > highschool and scored a 1570 on my SAT's, which landed me at the Mass. > > Institute of Technology (MIT) where I spent 2 years studying > engineering > > before transfering back home to the University of Tennessee, where I'm > > currently studying Finance and Statistics, (while working part time at > > my > > dads shop to pay for my education). I also own my own small business > > that > > specializes in online automotive sales. > > > > Now that I think about it, I'm probably not qualified enough to say > > anything > > related to the repair, diagnostics, or operation of Mercedes. > > > > Oh well, > > Mike > > _______________________________________ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com