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Ernie's Service Center has meant quality automotive care to the greater Santa Cruz County area since 1971.
Ernie Devonshire Jr.was a high honors graduate in multiple courses in the U.S. Army as a wheeled vehicle mechanic.
In doing such, he was offered a lease from the Atlantic Richfield Oil Company for an ARCO service station in Felton. He became the youngest ARCO dealer on the west coast at the age of 20. During the Arab oil embargo of 1973-1974, Ernie did a superb job of rationing his gas and maintaining a steady flow of fuel to the San Lorenzo Valley residents. After his daily rations had been depleted, keeping his customers needs a priority, Ernie kept his station open by focusing his business on being a complete automotive repair and service facility.
As the business continued to grow, Ernie partnered up with his dad Ernie Sr. in 1975. They expanded the business to include a second ARCO station in Ben Lomond, but due to service limitations by the Atlantic Richfield Company, Ernie and his dad opted to branch out and build their own automotive repair center to better serve their customers' needs.
Ernie and his dad pulled their assets together, and purchased the lot on the corner of Mount Hermon Rd. and Graham Hill Rd. in the Felton Fair Shopping Center.
Building permits were granted and in 1978 Ernie's was officially under way.
Ernie's dedication to customer and employee satisfaction, his tedious attention to detail, his hands on approach, and his ability to stand firmly behind all the work done under his supervision, led to a more than agreeable business that the San Lorenzo Valley prided itself on. More and more people started to notice the care, commitment, and productive service that Ernie's continued to provide year in and year out. Over time Ernie's has worked to become a shop that always exceeds the highest standards set by the industry.
After 17 years of dedicated service to the business, in 1992 Ernie Sr. was bitten by the travel bug and decided it was time to retire. Ernie Jr. wished his dad a happy retirement and the following year welcomed his oldest son Ryan aboard as a new employee. Ryan has worked diligently in all phases of the business, listening and learning, acquiring the skills necessary to share the responsibilities and become a partner \ owner of Ernie's Service Center. In 2003, a new partnership was formed between Ernie and Ryan. Today they continue to maintain the high standards of quality, dependable service that has always been a part of the name Ernie's.
About Ernie's Service Center
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