About Rose Auto Service
Rose Auto Service has been in business since 1922, we are Four generations strong. Our Grandfather, Joseph Rose who later became known as "Pop" by everyone first started working on cars in the early 1900's at the automobile club of Philadelphia. Pop was a special mechanic he was blind, he lost sight in his first eye around 1913 while playing. He then lost sight in his other eye while working on a car on Thanksgiving day 1924. He opened up his own shop at "A" and the Boulevard where he worked for around 20 years with his sons, Norman, Brian and other employees.
Around 1955 "POP" and his youngest son "Brian" opened Rose Auto Service at the present location on 822 Bleigh Avenue. Pop retired when he was 84 and was featured on channel 10 news as the"84 year old blind mechanic".
Brian has been working on cars since he was child, he was an expert auto mechanic and his specialty was collision repair. Brian worked as a Mechanic in the army during the Korean War, and retired when he Was 74 he still visits and helps out the shop frequently.
I am Joe Rose the third Generation in the business and have been working here since I was eight years old. My son Jim is the fourth generation and sometimes serves as our Service Writer.
Let me introduce the other people at Rose Auto, John Witherspoon has been with us for over 20 years, he is married and loves to fix up muscle cars as a hobby. Brian Ward is married, has a daughter and loves to fix up cars also. The technicians at Rose Auto Service have over 80 years of experience fixing Foreign and domestic vehicles.