
Jack's Repair &
Sales -
Over 35 years of Service &
Sales!
Jack's Repair and Sales has been serving the Santa Maria and
greater surrounding area for more than 35 years. The store carries on the
tradition of friendly quality service and sales with its origin way before its 35 year
history
when the business was founded by Mr. Smitty. Smitty's
Repair and Sales had a prior long history of superb quality service and trained
Jack Morishima in running the business in 1971 when Mr. Smitty retired.
Kiyoshi "Jack" Morishima has a remarkable history in the
Santa Maria Valley moving here in the late 1950's farming strawberry and other
crops. In 1969 Jack decided to quit the over 15 years of farming, which he had done
since returning as a US veteran from the Korean war
to began a new career in gardening and landscaping. During the years he
met Smitty who he not only purchased his lawn equipment from, but had them
serviced and repaired there. Smitty liked the young hard
working and honest Jack and asked him to purchase his store and shop when he
decided to retire hoping Jack would carry on the tradition of serving the
community. Jack nervously did so, worried about filling the very huge shoes
left by Mr. Smitty.
The new owners Kiyoshi "Jack" Morishima
with his wife Matsue
Morishima grew the mom and pop business as the Santa Maria area
expanded and prospered.
In the mid 1970's Jack Morishima took on a then unknown new lawn mower product
line called "Honda". Today Honda has a reputation as the leading
quality lawn mower both in the home-owner and commercial market. Honda is
today the professional
gardener's top choice in lawn mowers.
In 1980 the shop took on a young mechanic named Rick Lutz who
helped further grow the business with his mechanical skills and individual
friendly style. Jack and Rick established a solid sales, service
business training and developing an outstanding service/repair's team of 3
mechanics. With the goal of carrying the best products and providing the
best service for outdoor power
equipment Jack's grew in reputation. Jack's soon became a dealer for
the Shindaiwa and Echo product lines when line trimmers became popular. Jack
then expanded the mower line to include larger equipment with Hustler and Worldlawn
products. In the 1990's Honda expanded into the generator market. Through
their innovative features and benefits in superb performance, noise reduction,
EPA ratings, durability, compactness and capabilities Jack's Repair and Sales is
the leader in Honda generator sales and service in the area. Jack stays ahead of the times with
innovation while always keeping customers in mind first.
Jack's Repair and Sales has won many awards and accolade's
in both outstanding service and sales from the manufacturer's.
In 2006 Mr. Lutz passed away after over 25 years
at Jack's. Because of the strong foundation established by Mr. Lutz and
Mr. Kiyoshi Morishima, Jack's Repair & Sales continues to succeed and grow.
This year of 2007 Jack's Repair and Sales is now rated as Honda's Pro-Choice
Dealer a status given only to a few Honda Dealers that have an outstanding
service capability and sales ability for Honda customers.
Jack's Repair and Sales still has the small town friendly
atmosphere and helping hand while taking pride of carrying the most innovative
and highest quality products
for Outdoor Power Equipments for the homeowner, commercial, and professionals
users.
Today, you will find behind the counter besides Jack are
his knowledgeable staff, Kathy, Denise and Beth and on the shop
side our skilled mechanics Andy, Yosh and Jorge. You
will also find at times Jack's brother Hiro Morishima a retired electronic
engineer who has greatly contributed to Jack's.
Hope to see you at Jack's soon!
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Honda Products can also be purchased
on-line from
Honda.com.
(Type 93458
for Zip Code and Select Jack's Repair & Sales)