Murray Motorworks

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, an early bird delivery driver arrived at Murray Motorworks with a crate of rare parts. As he unloaded the truck, he noticed something odd—a small, old key hidden among the boxes. He pocketed the key and continued his work. Later that day, while fixing someone’s classic car, he accidentally locked himself inside the workshop. A concerned neighbor brought him some snacks through the window, laughing as they tried to figure out how to get him out. The whole town ended up gathering around, telling stories and sharing jokes until the locksmith finally arrived—making it one of those cozy, quirky moments that made Murray Motorworks famous for years to come.

2. One foggy night, a neighbor driving home noticed something odd: ‘Hey, isn’t that headlight over there blinking in Morse code?’ Curious, he pulled up next to it and saw an old mechanic, Murray, waving and saying, 'Just testing out my new blinker circuit!' Turns out, Murray was working late on his classic cars and had accidentally left his workshop light on in Morse code mode. The neighbor laughed it off as just another quirky thing about Murray’s Motorworks—after all, who else would use Morse code to signal their parking lights?

3. On a particularly humid afternoon in the garage district of Detroit, a mechanic’s apprentice heard a strange noise coming from Murray Motorworks’ old workshop. Curious, he peeked inside and found an ancient toolkit moving on its own across the dusty floor. As he watched, one rusty wrench even managed to open an old toolbox by itself, revealing a single screwdriver that pointed directly at him. Startled, the apprentice quickly left the workshop, but later that evening, while fixing his bike, he discovered the same screwdriver wedged securely into his tire. To this day, locals say if you leave something important behind at Murray Motorworks, it’ll mysteriously return—if you believe in such things.

4. At dawn, when most mechanics were just brewing coffee, a delivery driver pulled up to Murray Motorworks with a mysterious box marked only ‘For Repair Only.’ The box contained an old, rusty keychain that read ‘Happy Birthday,’ and inside was a cake for Murray’s favorite mechanic, who had forgotten his birthday again. A neighbor later joked, ‘Next time, maybe they should deliver a new engine instead of dessert.’