Hands on the Wheel
Integrity Automotive Looks Back on 25-Plus Years In Carmel Writer / Jon Shoulders Photographer / Michael Durr
Bob Waeiss knew the automotive industry was the right fit for him very early on in life. In fact, before he even finished high school he was studying cars in a formal setting and started gaining valuable experience working at a local auto service shop upon graduating. “It’s kind of the typical story - guys will start working on bicycles, then the lawnmower
and graduate to cars once you get big enough,” Waeiss says with a laugh. “That’s me.”
where I got my foundation, and while I was going there I got a job when I was 16 at the service station at the corner where North Central is. The owner there was my mentor, and I worked for him for probably 15 years.”
Waeiss grew up in Washington Township, and while attending North Central High School, he took classes at the J. Everett Light That mentor, Tom Perryman, served as a Career Center during his junior and senior major inspiration for Waeiss to eventually years. launch his own business, Integrity Automotive on Rangeline Road in Carmel. “I spent three hours a day for afternoon classes in auto shop,” Waeiss says. “That’s “Tom is a great guy and he taught me a lot,”
