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Specialties
Full Line auto parts store
Auto Paint & Body shop supplies
5 bay service center for auto repair
History
Established in 1980.
Lou Welle decided to open his first auto parts store in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. He ran this until 1965 when General Trading (GTC) bought him out. In 1966 Lou moved his business to Minneapolis, and reopened Welle Auto Supply in a rented building at 37th and Central in north Minneapolis, where he sold auto parts and auto body painting supplies. In 1970 Lou built the current store at 48th and Central Ave in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. This is 9 blocks north of the original Minneapolis store.
In 1980, Lou opened a second store, Welle Auto Supply of Blaine at 129thand Central Ave in Blaine, Minnesota.