ELLETTSVILLE — Some of you reading this column know Chris Kleindorfer, a man who for 35 years repaired vehicles of all kinds at his no-frills shop in a refurbished hog barn west of Bloomington near Whitehall.

Trusted auto mechanics, they are hard to find. Kleindorfer had no need to advertise. Customers found their way to this middle-of-nowhere establishment, willing to travel miles for reliable and affordable service. Over the decades, they kept coming back.

I remember my son following me way out to Kleindorfer's Garage to drop off my car one day. "How far is it?"

"Not far ... close to Owen County." A road trip.

When I visited a few years later in the spring of 2018, it wasn't for a car repair, but to talk to Kleindorfer about his impending retirement. He spent most of the interview ho

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