Dean Kirby moved to this area as a teenager and set up his first service station in Green Hills in 1955. He established his business as a great combination of automotive expertise and personalized customer service.  In 1980, Dean moved his operation to Hillsboro Road in Franklin, where it currently resides. Kirby’s Texaco was a great place for Dean’s son Mitch to learn about working on cars. By watching and helping the mechanics, Mitch’s expertise and love for cars was born. By the time he turned 13, Dean had heard enough of Mitch’s pleading and finally allowed him to stop pumping gas and start turning wrenches.  Mitch has worked at the station since then (with a little time off to get an education) and declares it “The Greatest Job In The World!”  Dean retired in 1998, and Mitch has been running the business ever since.

As the times have changed, Kirby’s Garage has changed along with them.  Stop in and you’re as likely to see one of the technicians using the latest technology to diagnose a “Check Engine” light as changing a wiper blade. But in fifty years, there’s one thing that hasn’t changed: Mitch’s belief, (instilled by his father) that the customer comes first.  That’s why the store is open seven days a week, and why you can find Mitch there, working on cars or chatting with customers. Stop in and get to know us- we think that you’ll like doing business here.