Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care is an American transmission-repair franchise and company-owned automotive service centers headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania.
Soon after opening the shop, he partnered with two friends, Richard Silva and Walter DeLutz to expand operations.
In 1979, Silva retired and sold the company to three of his employees - Michael Ambrose, Edward Kelly and James Corkran.
The company expanded to a few hundred locations throughout the United States and Canada and became the nation's second-largest chain of transmission repair shops.
Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care celebrated its 50th anniversary of business in 2012.