Pete's Auto Parts

Founded in 1956 by Pete Elenbaas, Pete's Auto Parts has been providing quality auto parts from the same 8 acres for over 50 years. Pete is still active in the business, you can often spot him moving cars in the yard on our "Green Machine," an army-green loader that worked on an aircraft carrier before it got a job at Pete's.

"Owning and operating Pete's Auto Parts is all I've ever wanted to do" says Ron Elenbaas, Pete's son. Ron's dreams came true, and now he has grown the business substantially. He's taken the yard from index cards to an advanced computer system, we now employ 15 hard working employees, we have a large next day delivery range, and much more. Now Ron buys cars with a computer screen that looks like a big screen T.V. and a passion for scooping up the best deals and hottest new cars.

At Pete's we have the pleasure of selling parts out of our own inventory and out of the stocks of our partner yards, and other yards across this great nation. We even import parts from our Canadian friends. Pete's Auto is a fun place to work because we all care very much about taking care of our customers and getting the job done right, but we maintain a sense of humor as life, and this crazy industry, tend to throw us curve balls. We sometimes even throw things at each other.

So why have these strict cutoff times and time frames? Pete's Auto will deliver, ship, or prepare for pickup a clean, inspected part every time you order. We would not be able to give you the level of quality you've come to expect if we didn't reserve time to go through all the steps of preparation. Our shipping team really works together to get the part into your hands, and we want to make sure it is the right part, that it's described correctly, and that it's there on time. Before a part gets to you, here is what happens behind the scenes:

Our parts puller inspects the part. He pulls the part only if the part matches the description in the computer - if it is supposed to be a perfect fender, he only pulls a perfect fender. If the part should have one hour of damage and it has two, he'll report the extra damage and wait for the go-ahead to pull it if you still want it with the damage.
Once the parts puller brings the part up in his pickup truck, he carefully unloads it into the wash bay, and turns the paperwork over to the shipping manager.
The shipping manager and the two shipping assistants power wash every piece of sheet metal, every engine, transmission, transfercase - well they like to use the power washer, so they'll spray down anything they can. Don't worry, they won't blast your door mirror, we have Windex for that - but come to Pete's on a hot day and you may be in trouble.
After thoroughly clean, your part will be placed under bright lights for a second inspection. If it passes, it will go to the staging area. If not, we'll give you a call and see if you still want it.
Delivery parts are kept in one area, and once they are loaded on a Pete's truck, ready to go, they are inspected a third time by the shipping manager. UPS parts are placed on a designated bench, inspected a third time by an assistant, wrapped in bubble wrap, boxed, and shipped. Freight parts are banded to a skid, inspected by an assistant, covered in black shrink wrap, and the packaging is inspected for soundness by the shipping manager. Customer pickup parts are placed in designated bins and racks. They are inspected for the last time with you, when you come to pick up your part, so you can see the part and make sure it is exactly what you need.

Our salespeople know when they sell you a part exactly how long it will take to prepare the part for delivery, pickup, or shipment. Despite the impression you may get from their joking, they actually do know what they are talking about! The computer reveals whether the part is in the warehouse, unbolted and inside the trunk of the vehicle, still on the vehicle, or if it's at another yard altogether. Salespeople receive updates on the dismantling schedules, so if we need to take a car apart to get your part they know how many cars are ahead of it in line. And they follow some simple guidelines:

To retrieve the part, clean the part, inspect the part, tag the part, and finish the paperwork, unbolted parts will take 1 hour, bolted parts 3 hours, warehouse parts 1 hour, warehouse engines and transmissions 3 hours. Rear axles take a little longer, 2 hours if unbolted and 5 hours if bolted.
To deliver the part, the order must be in by 4:00pm the night before (next day delivery)
When sending a part via freight truck, the order must be in by 12:00 noon the same day
To UPS the part, the order must be in by 2:00pm the same day

At Pete's Auto, we pride ourselves on delivering and shipping not only every part ordered before these cutoff times, but many more that come in after the cutoff time. We are able to deliver many parts on the same day they are ordered, and able to freight and UPS many parts ordered up to minutes before the trucks arrive to take the parts away.

At Pete's, we follow the URG 8000 standards and are happy to bring quality parts to your doorstep, or that of your customer.
Call Pete's for all your parts!