Specialties
Hot Rod costomizing, maintainance, and repair, Installation of premium quality remanufactured engines with 7 year 70K mile warrenty at a reasonable price. Automotive, Light, and Medium duty gas truck repair, Tune up, brakes, driveline and axle, ABS, AIR BAG, heating and air conditioning, electrical, lighting, steering, suspention, and transmission repair. Gone Fishing Auto also sells and installs aftermarket accessorie (Headlights, marker light, tail light, grills, hoods, reciever hitches and lift kits ). Classic Car repair and restoration, Custom Exaust work. We do not work on 2006 and newer vehicles with drivability problems where powertrain control module must be reprogramed, we do not work on diesel engines.
History
Established in 1998.
John and Tom started this business as a hobby and named it Gone Fishing Auto because they planned on spending more time fishing than doing auto repair. The business has been to busy for them to go fishing ever sence. Tom has been a Master Mechanic sence 1977. They specalize in building, maintaining and costomizing Hot Rods. They also work on all makes of personal vehicles, Tune up, Brakes, Engine, Drive train, SIR Air bag systems, Small engine (ie. lawn mower, lawn tractor, tillers, chain saws), Boat motor and Motorcycle repair. Although Gone Fishing Auto work on brakes, drive train, and HVAC systems of all year, make and modles of vehicles, they do not do computerized engine and transmission diagnostic work on vehicles newer than 2006.
Meet the Business Owner: Tom R.
I was born in Thermopolus, in 1956, attended school in Laramie , recieved my training at The Family Training Center in Glasgow, MT AFB in 1977. I worked for Rolph and Wood Chrystler Dodge in Bozeman MT, and started my own shop in Riverton, then I worked for Hallum Cadillac-Chevrolet in Lander, returned to Riverton in and worked at 4 Seasons Motor Sports. I moved to Gillette in 1995 and worked at Lakeway Power Sports and have been self employed at Gone Fishing Auto for the last 16 years.