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
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