S-O-S Transmissions

Thirty-three years ago a young man from Evergreen Park who had already earned an extraordinary reputation as an expert on all things mechanical, but particularly vehicle repair and service, and even more particularly transmission work, realized his big dream.

He opened a new car, truck and van service, repair and diagnostic business on busy Mannheim Road just North of Lake Street in Stone Park. He named it “S-O-S Transmissions Company,” a now well known name which really only tells part of the story.

That young man was and is Pete Schmidt and he brought with him besides enthusiasm and energy, a singular vision of what his kind of business could and should be.