Longtime Sacramento auto shop operator rolls into second retirement - Sacramento Bee
Eighty-five-year-old Ed Quint is ready to retire … again. auto shop at 722 12th St. , in Sacramento sold the downtown business in 1996, the end of a 32-year stretch of tuneups, body repairs, engine fixes, restorations and much more at the site. A short retirement stretch of do-at-home chores, leisurely rounds of golf and traveling the West in his motor home ended in February 1999, when Quint came back to take over the faltering businesses and revive it. Quint felt an obligation to the site. After all, it was one of Sacramento’s longest-running businesses, started in 1917. And Quint had been turning wrenches since graduating from Grant High School just after World War II. “We came back and put a sign out telling everyone that the old... Now, Quint says, it’s time to move on. He closed the doors for good in mid-July, auctioned off much of the remaining repair/body shop equipment last week and must be out by the end of this month, clearing the way for Sacramento auto dealership Mel... At its peak, Quint said Porter-Sprague had 22 employees and annual revenue of more than $1 million. Now, maybe Quint can adjust his body clock: “I’ve been getting up at 4 forever. I tried it the other day and still woke up at 3:45. ”. Quint says he’s walking away with decades worth of fond memories. Source: www.sacbee.com
