An auto mechanic (or car mechanic in British English and motor mechanic in Australian English) is a mechanic who specializes in automobile maintenance, repair, and sometimes modification.
A book of instructions, esp. for operating a machine or learning a subject; a handbook
(manual) a small handbook
A small book
A book of the forms to be used by priests in the administration of the sacraments
(manual) requiring human effort; "a manual transmission"
(manual) of or relating to the hands; "manual dexterity"
able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice"
grant freedom to; free from confinement
loose: without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
Without cost or payment
With the sheets eased
Willits Automotive Services
Willits Automotive Services (335 S. Main St.) closed within the past couple of years and the buildings are now vacant. They offered "complete one-stop service & repair - no job too big or too small". We are looking northeast across Main Street (Highway 101).
In the late 1930s this was the site of Roy's Signal Station, and by 1950 Roy also offered an auto court. Historical information from Diane Hawk, Touring the Old Redwood Highway: Mendocino County (Hawk Mountaintop Pub., Piercy CA, 2001), p. 78.
Taylors Auto Repairs
Route 30 in Paradise PA - Came across this abandoned repair shop. Tried to capture the feeling of the place.