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By John Kiser
Special to the Rappahannock News
Editor’s Note: This is the last in a series of articles focusing on different kinds of doctors. These guys are mechanical masters.
James Shaw was 10-yearsold when he overhauled his first engine. He was also a chip off the old block. His father Russell was a car mechanic at Weavers in Culpeper, and James inherited his father’s mechanical bent and love of fooling with cars.
In 1966, James graduated from Rappahannock High School. His first job after a stint in the US Army was maintaining machinery at the Aileen plant in Flint Hill, before he moved on to the Russ Industrial uniform plant in Culpeper where he also took care of manufacturing equipment.
Thirteen years ago, James and his son Ricky took over the old Exxon station in Sperryville to do what he always wanted— to work on cars.
“Dad’s the diagnostician and hands-on guy, I am more the customer service and paper flow person. I can identify problems, Dad is usually the one who goes in and does the operation,” said the younger Shaw.
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