Today Highwood Auto Repair is at its current location near Port Matilda, PA, in a much larger building than the home garage.
Mechanical work is performed on all makes and models, both foreign and domestic. We also supply tires, tire mounting and balancing, batteries, tune-ups and welding.
Experience ranges from a 1923 Rolls Royce transmission, to mechanical repairs on Corvettes, Mercedes, BMW's, Volvos, as well as restoring the mechanical systems on collectible autos for show. Your family car will receive the same close attention.
Custom aluminized exhaust systems and mufflers are a speciality. We have our own pipe bender and can manufacture exhaust pipes for autos, and for buses up to 4" pipe.
Highwood Auto Repair had its start in August of 1981.
It was the dream of George Morton-Moncrieff, the owner, operator, and chief cook and bottle washer of the organization.
George's experience with automotive repair began in his youth and finally found solid footing when he was hired as one of the crew on the Carson Baird Racing Team out of Laurel, Maryland in 1974. George had become the Crew Chief of this winning team before Chrysler, then in serious financial trouble, canceled all racing contracts in the fall of 1978.
They had sucessfully raced and won with a Dodge Colt in the IMSA Road Racing series in 1976. Chrysler also had sponsored a Plymouth Arrow for the IMSA series which the team took to the winners circle in both the B.F.Goodrich Challenge as well as the Goodyear Challenge. This team was also racing a Dodge Aspen in the NASCAR series during this same year.
After the racing contracts ended and the gas lines grew longer in the greater D.C. area, it was decided by George and his wife to settle closer to her family in Central Pennsylvania. They moved in July of 1979.
Having worked for an area auto repair shop George felt compelled to work for himself, one on one with customers, so he could explain and educate each customer about their vehicle. And so he began working out of the little, one car garage at his house in August, 1981.
