LECH GARAGE & AUTO BODY - Key Persons

Joe Lech Sr. began his career repairing trucks as a young man for his fathers dairy business in the late 1900's. He later worked for Hemingway Trucking as service manager; he was in charge of a fleet that serviced the entire Eastern United States. In 1945 Joe decided to go into business on his own and began with a small truck and service repair station with gas pumps. In 1946 at the age of sixteen Joseph Lech Jr. began working for his father in the shop, he became very knowledgeable of transmissions and became very interested in towing. The original location of Lech Garage was on 318 Shaw Street in New Bedford. Together they moved the business to Kenyon Street and Belleville as they outgrew the original location. By this point in time the business had made its mark in New Bedford as a premier repair facility with a reputation of honesty, backed by superior work. 1946 Joe Lech, Jr. joins the business with expertise in transmission and interest in towing.