Grand Falls-WindsorSince 1969

Ran by the same
family for three
generations.

1 Earle Street. Monday - Saturday, year-round. Same phone number since 1971.

Phone
709 489 2282
Hours
Mon–Fri 9–5 · Sat 9–flex
Where
1 Earle St, Grand Falls-Windsor

What comes through the bay

The kind of work most cars need, done by people who've been doing it a long time.

Cars, trucks, the occasional classic that turns heads on the way out. If it's on the road in central Newfoundland, there's a fair chance we've had it on the lift at some point.

Pull up, drop off the keys, we'll call when it's ready.

  1. 01Exhaust
  2. 02Brakes
  3. 03Suspension
  4. 04Tires
  5. 05Oil changes
  6. 06Diagnostics
  7. 07Air conditioning
  8. 08Engine repair
Orville Penney at the P&T Auto parts counter
Orville Penney, 86, at the counter. He opened the shop when he was 30.

The long version

The shop is older than most of the cars in it.

In 1969, Orville Penney and a partner opened Penney & Thistle Auto Limited behind the Foodland on Lincoln Road. They sold American Motors and Renault, did alignments out the back, and ran ads in The Advertiser with the same phone number we still pick up today.

1970s advertisement: 'To have your car aligned and balanced see Lionel Wheeler at P&T Auto Ltd., Rear of Foodland, Lincoln Rd., Grand Falls. Phone 489-2282.'
Lionel Wheeler on alignments. Same number on the bottom of the ad — 489‑2282.

The name shortened to P&T Auto Limited in 1971, when the business incorporated. The dealership signs came down years ago. Today the work is repair and service: brakes, exhaust, tires, diagnostics, the things that keep a car on the road through a Newfoundland winter.

What didn't change was the family running it. Three generations now, in a shop that still has the red stripe painted across the cinder block at chest height — same as it was when Orville opened the door.

View old ads and clippings

In the bay this week

What it looks like now.

A red Jaguar XK convertible between the lifts.
A late-1950s Ford Thunderbird up on the lift.
The chrome tail section of a Thunderbird under the lift lights.
P&T Auto Limited storefront on Earle Street with cars parked out front.

Drop in

1 Earle Street.
Grand Falls-Windsor.

Or call, either way we are happy to help.

709 489 2282ptautoltd@gmail.comGet directions →
Shop hours
Mon – Fri9:00 – 5:00
Saturday9:00 – flexible
SundayClosed