Thank you to all of our amazing customers who voted us your Favourite Auto Mechanic! We have been happy to serve you for the past 40 years and look forward to serving you in the future.
About Huntsville TIRECRAFTAuto Center
Located at 172 Main St West. If you exit Highway 11 at exit #219 and head east in towards town you will pass the Super 8 Hotel and Service Canada and find them on the left side of the road next to Enterprise Rent A Car. If you happen to be in downtown Huntsville take Main St West heading west go out past the Tall Trees Restaurant and Ecno Lodge Hotel and you will find them on the right overlooking the water.
Dan Shirtliff and his wife Joanne moved to the Huntsville area from Toronto in the last 70s. Their plan was to stay a year and return to the south and now that year has stretched into several decades. Dan started off repairing anything that people would bring to him from cars, forklifts, transport trucks and trailers. This diverse customer base allowed him to grow the business quickly. When the opportunity came along for Dan to purchase a 6,000 sq ft shop he jumped at it and TIRECRAFTHuntsville and Auto was started. The location has never changed from 172 Main St West but at the time the business also had fuel pumps out front which attracted even more new customers. In 2007 the gas pumps were removed which allowed more parking.
TIRECRAFTHuntsville and Auto has always kept pace with the times as radiator and gas tank repairs were less in demand the business refocused on other areas such as vehicle undercoating. Today they have the latest technology in Hunter Road Force Balance and Hunter Laser Alignment systems. Tire storage of customer’s winter wheel and rim packages has become a growing part of the business in the last 10 years.
Brian Zubatiuk has been with TIRECRAFTHuntsville and Auto for numerous years. Both he and Dan have a passion for racing. Dan raced in the CASCAR Super Series and in 1996 Dan won the Eastern Series Championship and the National Series Championship. Brian was Dan’s lead mechanic and this passion for excellence and performance that racing demands are the founding pillars of TIRECRAFTHuntsville and Auto and the service they provide.
TIRECRAFTHuntsville and Auto has gotten away from the large transport truck business and has focused primarily on automotive repairs and tires. Preventive vehicle maintenance is the now the guy focus to ensure your car or truck run like new and will last for many years. They offer oil changes under the Castro Lube Express banner and Rustblock Rustproofing to protect your vehicle. You can list the full mechanical services except Emission Testing.
If you require anything for your vehicle from an Interstate Battery to performance and custom wheels from famous names as Fastco and Robert Thibert look no further than TIRECRAFTHuntsville and Auto. You can rely on decades of experience in the Huntsville market that you will get the right products and service from a knowledgeable dedicated staff. Two of the mechanics at TIRECRAFTHuntsville and Auto started off as coop students and later served their apprenticeship under the watchful eyes of Dan and Brian.
At Huntsville TIRECRAFTwe…
- Support the community of Huntsville through our involvement in local groups and organizations such as Minor Hockey, Huntsville Otters Junior C Hockey, the Canadian Breast Cancer Society, the Huntsville Hospital Foundation and the Table Soup Kitchen Foundation Foodbank.
- Provide our team with the support and guidance needed to help them become the best possible providers of automotive service.
- Treat every customer with total respect and making sure that they understand how much we value their business.
- Make sure that each and every customer feels comfortable coming to us with anything, knowing that we’ll provide honest advice at every turn.
