The people who look after your car
Six of us run Pitstop 66 from a hall in Stalybridge, in the heart of Greater Manchester.
The six of us
Two of us founded it. One takes every arriving car through the intake. Two keep the workshop going. One keeps the hall to the standard owners expect to walk into.
We are all car people. That is not a line for a website. It is why there is a clubhouse, and why a 1970s Land Rover sits in it.
Sam
His Land Rover Series 3 has been in the family thirty years. It lives in the clubhouse, which tells you most of what you need to know about him.
Darrel
Builds and runs everything behind the scenes: bookings, records, and the condition history we keep on every car that comes in.
Elliot
Takes every arriving car through the eight-stage intake himself. Nissan GT-R man, so he is not easily impressed, which is useful.
Damian
More than thirty years working alongside Sam. Between them there is very little on a car they have not seen before.
Steve
Keeps the building running, and built the clubhouse himself. Arrives on a Piaggio.
Marina
Keeps the hall in the condition owners expect to walk into. Drives an Aygo, and is not remotely apologetic about it.
Photographs of Damian, Steve and Marina to follow; they drop straight into the row above.
The clubhouse
Steve built it. Sam’s Series 3 sits in it. Owners tend to end up there when they come to drop a car off, and stay rather longer than they meant to.
No other storage facility near Manchester has one, as far as we know.
It exists because we wanted somewhere to sit with the cars. It turns out owners want that too.
Sam with an owner in the hall, Stalybridge.
What happens when a car arrives
Elliot takes every car through the same eight stages, whether it is a Ferrari or a Fiesta.
Then it goes into the hall, and someone lays eyes on it every day it is with us.
The hall itself
55% is where we hold humidity in the dehumidified area, measured rather than assumed. Above 60% steel can corrode. Below 45% leather and rubber can deteriorate and crack. Fifty-five sits in the middle, which is the whole point of the number.
- Security
- Gated, alarmed and under CCTV around the clock.
- Access
- By arrangement with 24 hours’ notice, Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm.
- Collection
- 65 miles from Stalybridge by arrangement, which reaches Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool and the whole of Cheshire.
- Workshop
- Mechanics and a bodyshop on site, so a fault gets dealt with rather than noted.
- Storage
- From £150 a month including VAT, one month minimum.
- Humidity bay
- £200 a month including VAT. Covers and battery conditioners are available as add-ons.
Come and have a look
Most owners want to see where their car is going to sit before they commit, which is reasonable. Call us or send a note and we will show you round.