HISTORY

In 1936 Garland Cogdell and Luther Harrell ran their own welding shop on Gillespie St. until 1942 due to the draft. In 1945 Luther Harrell started Harrell’s Radiator Shop after his tour of duty during World War II. Starting out as just a two man shop we have grown through the years. In 1978 Charlie Harrell came back into the family business, incorporated it, and decided to grow the auto parts distribution piece of the company. Today, we are in a new state of the art service center and radiator shop still carrying on the family tradition with Brandon Harrell coming to work in 2003. Our facility has state of the art computer diagnostic equipment as well as a nice waiting room with a television. Also in the past two years we have added a bus and truck garage to service the surrounding community. These days we are more than a radiator shop, our mechanics will do anything from an oil change to putting a new motor in your vehicle on anything from a compact car to a tractor trailer.