Just out of high school in 1977, John Antich founded Antich Automotive at a gas station at 14th and Broadway in Eureka, California. After a number of years, the company moved to a larger building at Al's Truck Stop, still on Broadway, but then relocated again, to Broadway and Hawthorne, when Al's closed in the late 1980s. (If you’re from
Just out of high school in 1977, John Antich founded Antich Automotive at a gas station at 14th and Broadway in Eureka, California. After a number of years, the company moved to a larger building at Al's Truck Stop, still on Broadway, but then relocated again, to Broadway and Hawthorne, when Al's closed in the late 1980s. (If you’re from Eureka, you’ve probably seen us around!) Even with the location changes, our customer base stayed strong, and Antich Automotive continued to grow.
In 1995, John took our current owner, Michael Connerley, on as a partner. The partnership was founded on John and Michael’s mutual desire to provide high quality, honest auto repair to the Eureka community. The partnership blossomed into what would become the largest independent auto repair shop in Humboldt County.
In 2005, we were forced, by growth, to move to our current location at 101 2nd Street in Old Town Eureka, and in 2008 John decided to sell his interest in Antich Automotive to Michael and move to Redding, California. In 2010, Michael was fortunate enough to hire Susan Hall to the position of apprentice mechanic, and discovered the next generation of Antich Automotive.
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