History

Jack Brown

It was in 1949 that Jack Brown sold his interest in one of the largest bakeries in Pennsylvania and moved to Flint, Michigan to found Brown & Sons Automotive. With the postwar boom in the automotive industry and the central role Flint played in it, Jack Brown started in on the growing automotive parts business. Brown and Sons beginnings were humble, Jack began by peddling parts out of the family stationwagon and storing parts in his garage.

In 1954 Brown & Sons made the move to its first store and warehouse facility. With sons George, Jim and Pete now an integral part of the business, things began to grow at a rapid pace. While George and Pete peddled parts from stepvans covering

a sixty mile radius, Jim ran the retail and warehouse operations. As the business continued to grow, Brown and Sons moved to its current location in 1970.

Our original store

In the mid-eighties, Georges' sons Nicholas and Peter joined the company full-time to have three generations of the family working at the same time. In 1984, a full machine shop was added to the business, the shop does a wide range of work but specializes in high performance race work, both machining and engine building.

To this day Brown and Sons has remained a family business. Although we've come a long way since working out of the back of a stationwagon, the basic principles in which we run our business has remained the same, treat the customer with respect. At our company it has been honesty and integrity that has kept us in business for over half a century. It is with this commitment to our customers that keeps them coming back generation after generation. Please take the time to browse the rest of our site. If you have any questions or are interested in any of our services, please give us a call.

Nicholas Brown
Brown & Sons Automotive

Nick & Pete leaving on sales calls

Jack, George, Pete, and Jim

Pete, George, and Nick