About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, as a delivery driver pulled up to Merrill Axle and Wheel Services, he heard an odd announcement over the workshop’s intercom: ‘Attention all mechanics—your next customer is a talking tire!’ When one mechanic hesitantly approached it with a wrench, the tire said, 'Just give me a new thread count on my tread!' Turned out it was just an old tire from a local recycling center that had been given a voice by their soundproofing experiments. The delivery driver left laughing, and the tire went back to being silent again. From then on, Merrill Axle and Wheel Services became known for fixing everything except flat jokes.
2. One day, while a mechanic worked under the hood of an old truck, he heard an announcement over the intercom: ‘Attention, please: if you’re waiting for your vehicle here at Merrill Axle and Wheel Services, could Mr. Johnson’s dog be yours? He left him here half an hour ago.’ The mechanic looked around puzzled, then realized with a smile that it was just some prank from another worker having fun. He called out: 'Mr. Johnson's dog, anyone?' No one claimed him, but everyone burst into laughter. The dog, a friendly golden retriever, happily settled in the workshop until his owner finally returned, sheepishly apologizing for the mix-up.
3. While waiting for his car to be fixed, a regular asked the mechanic, ‘Do you ever see ghosts here?’ The mechanic laughed but replied, ‘Only when I’m working on that old Chevy over there.’ The next day, while fixing another vehicle, the mechanic casually mentioned to an old delivery driver, 'That Chevy's been around longer than most of our customers.' The driver nodded knowingly and said, 'I bet it knows more stories than any of us!'
4. While waiting for his car to be fixed, a neighbor remarked to the mechanic, 'I wonder if you can fix anything besides axles?' The mechanic grinned knowingly. ‘Wait till you see what I do with carburetors,’ he replied. Later that day, as the neighbor watched from across the street, Merrill effortlessly adjusted something under the hood of another car—an old delivery van—and announced cheerfully, ‘And now she purrs like a kitten!’