One of the oldest auto repair shops in Tucson.
McElroys opened in 1927 as a neighborhood tire shop on South 6th Avenue. Nearly a century later we are still at the same address, with the same name and the same promise — honest work, fair prices, done right.
Casi 100 años cuidando los carros de nuestra comunidad.
From a tire shop to a Tucson institution.
In 1927 Tucson had a population under 30,000, Speedway was a dirt road, and cars were still novel enough that fixing them was a trade you learned by doing. That is the year McElroys opened its doors on South 6th Avenue selling and repairing tires.
The shop grew the way the city did — gradually, then all at once. Tires became brakes. Brakes became engines. Engines became everything. Through the Depression, the war, the post-war boom that turned Tucson into a real city, and every technological shift from points and carburetors to on-board diagnostics, the shop stayed on the same corner and kept doing the same thing: fixing whatever came through the door.
Nearly a century at one address is the part nobody else in Tucson can claim. Chains arrive and leave. Independents open and close. We have been here through all of it, which is why three generations of South Tucson families have brought us their cars — often the grandparents first, then the parents, then the kids with their first beater.
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The short version of a long history
McElroys opens as a neighborhood tire shop at 2104 S. 6th Ave., serving what was then the edge of Tucson.
Tires give way to general repair as cars get more complicated and the neighborhood grows up around the shop. The address never changes.
A full-service shop with ASE-certified technicians, a nationwide warranty, and 1,013 reviews averaging 4.9 stars — still independently owned, still on the same corner.
A note on the 1984 listing
Some local directories list McElroys as founded in 1984. That is incorrect and the owner is having it corrected. The shop has operated at 2104 S. 6th Ave. since 1927.
The team behind the wrench.
Conozca a su equipo
Dago
Dagoberto Enriquez leads the shop with decades of experience under the hood and a reputation built on trust.
Brenda
The first voice you'll hear on the phone. Brenda keeps everything running smoothly and treats every caller like family.
Chris
From diagnostics to custom exhaust work, Chris has the tools and the patience to get it right.
Anthony
"Anthony was great — did the brakes front and rear and my Yukon drives great." That is a real customer review, and it sums him up.
Pedro
Pedro Reyes has the kind of experience you only get from working on the same cars, in the same climate, year after year.
Zander
Zander Ruedas learns the trade the way most good mechanics do — in the bay, next to technicians with decades between them.
What we believe about this job.
Tell people the truth, including when it is cheap
The fastest way to lose a customer for a generation is to sell them something they did not need. We would rather tell you the pads have 10,000 miles left and see you in a year than book the work today. Over 99 years that arithmetic has worked out.
Quote before the wrench
You find out what it costs before we start, not when you come to collect the car. If we open something up and find it is worse than it looked, you get a phone call and a decision, not a surprise on the invoice.
Speak the customer's language — literally
We are on Tucson's south side and we always have been. Se habla español is not a sticker on the door here; it is how a large share of our conversations actually happen. Explaining a repair badly in someone's second language is not explaining it at all.
Old cars are not a sideline
Being the official classic car mechanic of The Drive Tucson is something we are genuinely proud of, but the deeper point is that we never stopped doing this work. Carburetors were current technology when this shop was already decades old. See the classic cars page for what that means in practice.
"We have always received great service at McElroys. They are very knowledgeable, honest and friendly."
Real certifications. Real warranty.
Every mechanic at McElroys holds ASE certification — the industry's gold standard. As a member of the Certified Auto Repair network, the work we do here is backed by a nationwide warranty honored at 35,000+ shops. Wherever the road takes you, you're covered.
About the shop.
What is the oldest auto repair shop in Tucson?
McElroys Complete Auto Repair at 2104 S. 6th Ave. is one of the oldest continuously operating auto repair shops in Tucson, Arizona. It opened in 1927 as a neighborhood tire shop and has operated at the same South Tucson location for nearly 100 years.
How long has McElroys been in business?
McElroys opened in 1927 and has been serving Tucson families for nearly 100 years across three generations, growing from a neighborhood tire shop into a full-service auto repair operation at the same South 6th Avenue address.
Is McElroys still family owned?
Yes. McElroys is family owned and independently operated. Dagoberto Enriquez, known to everyone as Dago, is the owner, and the shop is not part of any national chain.
Do you speak Spanish?
Sí, se habla español. Llámenos al (520) 623-1921. We have served Tucson's south side community for nearly a century and are proud to help Spanish-speaking customers in their own language.
Talk to a real mechanic.
No call centre, no runaround. Tell us what the car is doing and we'll tell you what it needs — and what it doesn't.
Se habla español. Llámenos al (520) 623-1921.