New Street Auto Service

12/15/2023

Tonight's old car repair - 1957 Holley Carb bowl. We can handle a lot of different problems!

05/20/2022

Share Memories and Support the Family.

05/18/2022

After a valiant 6 year battle with cancer, Chris Chrisman peacefully passed on Monday morning May 16th. Chris literally grew up at New Street Auto with his Dad and became a hard working mechanic with a racing passion. Paul built "Chrisie's" first car by hand to get him going in racing. We all appreciate the friends, family, and customers checking in and always asking about him. He's in a better place now. RIP Chris.

03/10/2022

Another great early advertising fan for our now New Street Auto Service Garage!

03/10/2022

A wonderful write up on our garage history! Now with 4 Generations! (well, the youngest visits but got a few years before he's working since he's 2 1/2!). Stop in, Paul turns 95 this year and it's not uncommon to see him at the shop some afternoons! We often have some old time projects in a bay now alongside modern repairs.

As always, we are here for your cars mechanical needs, brakes, inspections, alignments, tires, etc! Give us a call!

At one time Gogel’s Blacksmith Shop was located on the corner of Schuylkill Road and New Street. William H. Gogel was born in 1883 and died in 1933. He sold the place to William H. Good around 1926. Good established his automobile garage there. In 1935, a tremendous fire at the garage burned it to the ground. The origin of the fire was unknown at the time.

“The Good Service Station with Two Machines and All Equipment, Totally Destroyed in Sub-Zero Weather This Morning” was the headline in a January 1935 newspaper from Phoenixville. Fire Chief Keffer estimated the damage to be $10,000 or more and Good only carried $2,500 insurance. He said he would rebuild immediately, and a temporary shed would be set up. 75 firemen fought the fire keeping it from reaching the 10 gas pumps. They were hampered with frozen fire plugs and ran lines to the school fireplug. Everett Collopy, a Spring City truck driver, was struck in the chest with a stray rifle bullet that had exploded in the garage. Good sold rifle bullets stored on a shelf inside. Everett survived but several vehicles inside were destroyed.

The garage was rebuilt using insurance money but due to a lengthy worsening heart condition Good sold his business to Harry B. Fry in November of 1937. This was only two years after the fire. Fry, the new owner, had operated the Mingo Garage for 12 years before coming to New St. He would run the New St. garage from 1937 until August of 1961 when he retired. Paul Chrisman purchased the business in 1961 and gave it a new name; “New Street Auto Service”. It is still in operation today.

As a side note I would like to say that Paul Chrisman is a long-time member of the SFAHS, and I have known him for over 50 years. When I was sixteen, the first car I owned (in my father’s name) was an old 1947 Jeep that we towed home from Phoenixville. We dropped it off behind Paul’s garage. I was at his business the next morning to tell him who I was, and that the car parked in his lot belonged to me. I explained that we needed to get it running and inspected and as soon as I got the registration and license, I would drop it off. I would like to thank Paul for the photo and the newspaper clipping about the fire that made this story complete. WCB

04/10/2020

Need service and dropping off after hours, grab an envelope in the key drop and enclose your keys and registration/insurance to drop in for us to handle the rest!

04/10/2020

New or old, we are here to service all your vehicles! @ Spring City, Pennsylvania

03/31/2020

During these difficult times, We are open! If you are experiencing any issues with your car or would like to take car of some needed maintenance in the downtime, give us a call! Take care of your inspections while driving is limited. We are here to help!

03/19/2020