A Milestone Year for Our Family, Our Team, and Our Country
Bow Auto Parts celebrates 40 years in business in 2026. For our family, our employees, our customers, and our many industry partners, this anniversary marks a major milestone and offers us a moment to reflect on a 4 decades of growth. It hasn’t all been without a skid or dent here and there but today, business has never been better!
When the Lindquist family realized that Bow Auto Parts’ 40-year anniversary would fall in the same year as America’s Semiquincentennial (the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the United States of America) it made the occasion feel even more exciting and rewarding.
Auto Industry Heritage and Tradition
The automotive industry has always had a strong connection to American freedom, independence, hard work, and mobility. Cars and trucks help people get to work, run businesses, raise families, serve communities, and explore the country we are fortunate to call home. For 40 years, Bow Auto Parts has been proud to play a role in keeping those vehicles moving.
We are grateful to do business in a country where a family can take an idea, work hard, serve customers well, hire great people, and build something that lasts.
Family Values, Quality, and Hard Work
Bow Auto Parts began with a simple commitment: provide quality used auto parts with honesty and care. Over the years, that commitment has grown into a full-service operation serving individual customers, repair shops, collision centers, dealerships, and automotive businesses across New England.
A lot has changed since 1986. Vehicles have become more complex. Inventory systems are more advanced. Customer expectations are more demanding. The used auto parts industry has become far more professional, technology-driven, and quality-focused.
Through all of that change, Bow Auto Parts has led the industry with values that built the company in the first place. We believe in doing the job right. We believe in standing behind our parts. We believe in taking care of our employees. And we believe in continuously improving the quality experience for our customers.
Bow Auto Parts has fine-tuned a process to identify, inspect, inventory, protect, sell, and deliver high-quality used OEM parts that help customers save money and keep vehicles on the road.
Automotive Tradition and the American Dream
The automobile is woven into American life. From the family car to the work truck, from the repair shop to the delivery route, vehicles represent freedom, opportunity, and self-reliance. This is one reason this anniversary means so much to us.
As America celebrates 250 years, we are reminded how fortunate we are to live and work in a country where people can build businesses, create jobs, serve their neighbors, and pass strong values from one generation to the next. Bow Auto Parts has grown because of those freedoms, and we never take them for granted.
We are part of an industry filled with hardworking, practical, patriotic people who know the value of a job well done. The automotive world is built by people who solve problems, fix things, keep promises, and help others move forward. That spirit has always felt at home and very American to us.
Our Employees Made This Milestone Possible
A growing business doesn’t reach 40 years on its own. Bow Auto Parts is here today thanks to the dedication, skill, and loyalty of hundreds of employees over the years.
From sales and customer service to dismantling, inventory, quality control, delivery, vehicle acquisition, accounting, management, and every role in between, our people are the reason we can keep business going to help keep New England’s cars running.
Some folks have been with us for many years. Others are newer to the team helping carry Bow Auto Parts into the future. Every team member past and present has contributed. This 40-year anniversary belongs to all of them.
Our daily quality commitment continues. It’s what earns Bow Auto Parts the trust of so many customers, shops, and partners across New England.
To our employees, past and present, thank you!
Thank You to Our Customers and Partners
We also want to thank our customers. Whether you are a repair shop that calls us every week, a collision center looking for a quality body part, a dealership sourcing an OEM replacement, or a vehicle owner trying to save money on a repair, we appreciate your trust.
You have helped us grow, improve, and continue investing in better systems, better inventory, better delivery, and better service.
Bow Auto Parts has always believed that strong relationships make strong businesses. We are thankful for our supplier-partners, industry associations, automotive recycling partners, delivery professionals, and all the people who help support our work.
Optimistic about the Future
Forty years is a long time and we are not looking backward. We are happy about our history, but we are even more excited about what comes next.
Bow Auto Parts is always investing in technology, training, inventory, delivery, and customer service. We will continue working to raise standards in the used auto parts industry and help customers find reliable parts at a great value. And we will continue building a workplace where good people can do meaningful work and feel proud of what they accomplish.
As we celebrate our 40th anniversary during America’s 250th anniversary year, we do so with humility and gratitude.
Gratitude for our country and the freedoms that make family businesses possible.
Gratitude for the automotive industry and the people who keep America moving.
Gratitude for our employees, customers, and partners.
Ever since 1986, Bow Auto Parts is still family-owned, still committed to offering great automotive jobs, and still serving New England with quality used auto parts.
It’s been a great 40 years and the best 40 are still ahead!