Silver Lake Auto & Tire Centers

Specialties

General Auto repair, tires, diesel repair & towing

History

Established in 1973.

Our History

In 1965, sixteen year-​old Walter «Wally» Garlock sought an opportunity to go to work. There were plenty of part-​time positions in Milwaukee for the willing and able, and Wally met the criteria. After looking into various job possibilities, the service station business presented a challenge. It wasn’t the $ 1.15 per hour wage that offered the incentive for spending hours pumping gas, pushing a broom and shuffling in oil-​dry. It was the outlook of a future for Wally in the automotive repair business.

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Some years passed, during which Wally served two years of military duty and, upon returning home, resumed employment at the same service station under new ownership. Wally’s position went from part-​time to full-​time with added responsibilities, an occasional pay raise, and was a learning experience that prepared Wally for his own business venture. So on November 15, 1973, with $ 2000 he had saved, another $ 2000 from his parents and the same amount in inventory borrowed fr