Charlie’s Service & Muffler Shop

Specialties

Auto & RV repair

History

Established in 1985.

For Charlie DuBose, Charlie’s Service & Muffler shop officially started when his wife handed him some keys.

«My husband had been working in the automobile industry his whole life,» said Vicki DuBose. «Where he was working at the time, I felt we’d go under working there or we could go under doing this. We decided to jump into this. I talked to the guy who owned the building, I got the keys, handed them to my husband and said, ‘Here’s your shop.’ «

That was 20 years ago, and since then the shop at 1901 N. Main has been replaced by a much larger building housing a crew of nine mechanics plus office personnel, including the DuBose’s two children.

«We opened with a small, little two-​bay gas station. We did gas and service,» she said. «Since then, we have a new building at the same location. We now have six bays. Two are large enough to put in motor coaches.»

Charlie’s Service & Muffler does all kinds of work on autos and RVs. It performs warranty work on Alfa Leisure and other coaches.