Company Description

Fritz got his first job at Owen’s Texaco in Billings when he was 16 years old and finally got his drivers license. Owen Baldwin said that Owen’s was a “service station”, not a “gas station” many times and it really struck home. He worked there all the way through high school (Billings Central Catholic High School). After high school graduation in 1970 he took off to be a hippie (unlike his five older siblings who went to college) and was soon back in Billings looking for a job.


He got a job at MacIntyre Motors (Pontiac/ Cadillac dealership) where he worked with a very good crew for a few years.


He then moved to Fairfield, Mt. and worked for Mills Motor (Ford dealership). After a few years he moved to Great Falls to work for Rice Motors (Cadillac/Jeep dealership) on Central Ave W. That was just fine until they moved to 10th Ave South and took on all the foreign cars and he became “#207” instead of “Fritz”.


On November 9th, 1979, he started Fritz’s Auto Repair in a garage behind his house. Three moves later we are settled in at the former Swains Spring Service building at 523 2nd Ave S and have no plans of ever moving again.