Family-run · City of Orange, NJ

Honest work,
handed down.

A father, his son John, and the same hands that have kept this block running for over twenty years. We put your car up, we look, and we tell you the truth about what it needs now, next week, and next month. No surprises on the invoice.

Call (973) 672-1441 See what your car needs

4.478 Google reviews
20+years on this block
ACDelcoparts we stand behind
Síse habla español

The honest timeline

We tell you what your car needs,
and when.

It is the reason this neighborhood has come back for two decades. Not everything is an emergency, and we will never pretend it is. Here is how we triage every car that comes through the bay.

A mechanic inspecting an engine under a worklight at Ismael and Son

Fresh oil being poured into an engine at Ismael and Son

A technician performing a wheel alignment at Ismael and Son

If it isn't safe, you hear it today.

Some things we will not let you drive away on. We put the car up, we light it up, and we show you exactly what we found before a dollar is spent.

Brakes & rotors
Steering & suspension
Tires that are gone
Leaks that strand you

Every estimate is explained before we touch a bolt. Se habla español.

What we do

One shop. The whole car.

A full-service garage that has handled whatever rolls in off Park Street for over twenty years. No job too small, no estimate you did not approve first.

01Diagnostics & check-engineWe find it before we quote it
02Brakes & rotorsThe job we never put off
03A/C & heatingCold by summer, warm by winter
04Batteries & electricalACDelco, installed and tested
05Engine & transmissionFrom a rattle to a rebuild
06Tires, alignment & rotationStraight, even, and safe
07Oil & scheduled maintenanceKeeping the regulars on the road
08Foreign & domesticAll makes, every model

The shop

Same family.
Same faces. Twenty years.

Ismael runs it the way he always has, no nonsense and no shortcuts. His son John, the one the regulars ask for by name, grew up under these hoods. Miguel has been on the crew so long the customers know him too. When you come back next year, it is the same people who remember your car.

When the shop moved to 18 Park Street, they painted the word themselves and got back to work. Hands-on and honest, the way it has always been.

A rack of ACDelco batteries inside Ismael and Son Auto Repair

ACDelco parts, on the shelf.Batteries and components we install and stand behind, not the cheapest box we can find.

A hand-painted message reading: We move to 18 Park St. Orange, July 15th — On Park Street, and not going anywhere.

4.478 Google reviews

Two decades of regulars who keep coming back, and tell their neighbors. We read every word, and we earn it one car at a time.

Hands down, I have been going to them over twenty years, from my first car, a 1995 Nissan Maxima. They tell you what you need now, next week, and next month. Pound for pound the best mechanical shop.
Long-time customer

Anyone who goes here knows the man to look for is John, the hijo. The father is a no-B.S. type of guy and you can tell he works crazy hard. It has been the same faces for years.
Google review

The whole staff is awesome, very helpful and friendly. Especially the owner and Miguel. Always does a wonderful job and works with my schedule.
Google review

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