Where is the closest panel beater to Footscray station?

Geelong Road panel shops from MBs Auto through Westgate are the usual drive from the station. Tottenham panel is I and K beside Grand Automotive. Call before you tow. Confirm the street number on the glass.

Can I get a roadworthy at Footscray Hospital?

No. Hospital is emergency care. Use a licensed vehicle tester such as Xceed Auto Care on Ashley or Grand Automotive on Tottenham if they have capacity. VicRoads licensing is Barkly Post only.

Is Avis on Geelong Road in West Footscray?

Avis lists 713 Geelong Road, Brooklyn VIC 3012. Locators often say Footscray. The hire desk is Geelong corridor, not the 460 panel row. Call (03) 9314 4243 before you travel.

Where do I call for a breakdown near Footscray station?

Use a towing slug on Geelong Road or Somerville such as Western General Towing on Gordon Street or Superb Towing at 409 Somerville. This is not hospital emergency and not the Barkly VicRoads Post desk.

The car

Automotive services in Footscray

Workshop doors with street numbers. Not a maps pin that sends you to the hospital.

Automotive work in 3011 and 3012 clusters on Barkly west, Geelong Road and a few side streets. Ultra Tune and Beaurepaires share the Barkly spine in 3012. Mobil Car Care sits on the Geelong and Somerville corner. Leading Car Care is Somerville Road beside the hospital fringe. Geelong Road packs collision shops, tyres and mechanics from MBs Auto through Westgate Motors. Footscray Collision Care and Footscray Accident Repair are separate panel doors on the same road. Repco Authorised Service on Ashley is Xceed Auto Care, roadworthy tester, not Singh and Co lawyers next door. National Windscreens is Whitehall. McDermott's Workshop is Moreland parts. Lion Car Rentals is 470 Geelong. Avis truck and car hire is 713 Geelong Road in Brooklyn postcode 3012, listed as Footscray on some locators. VicRoads licensing stays Australia Post 182 Barkly. Grand Automotive advertises roadworthy on Tottenham. Call the number on the glass.

Updated 2026-09-20

Where is a mechanic on Barkly or Geelong Road?

Ultra Tune is 479 Barkly Street, West Footscray 3012. Beaurepaires is 475 Barkly for tyres. MBs Auto is 452 to 454 Geelong Road. Westgate Motors is 490 Geelong. Autoclass Tyres is 464 Geelong. Grand Automotive is 15 Tottenham Parade with servicing and roadworthy work on the house site. Repco Authorised Service is Xceed Auto Care at 73 Ashley Street, logbook service and licensed roadworthy tester, phone (03) 9362 0024.

Leading Car Care on Somerville is the hospital spine mechanic, not the Geelong collision row. Do not walk into Footscray Hospital ED for a service booking. This guide links each slug so you can compare distance from your postcode.

Book ahead for same day return on Barkly and Geelong. Saturday on Ultra Tune dies at noon on the store page. Sunday is closed on most workshop rows unless the glass says otherwise. Key drop boxes exist on some franchises. Use them only when the desk told you to.

Panel beaters and collision repair on Geelong Road

Footscray Collision Care Centre is 478 Geelong Road, phone (03) 9314 5713. Footscray Accident Repair Centre is 460 Geelong Road, phone (03) 9689 9162, with Mon to Fri 8am to 5pm and Saturday hours on footscrayaccident.com.au. Directories also file a Kingsville name at 307 Geelong with the same phone as 460. This site lists the 460 door only so you are not choosing between duplicate pages for one operator.

Selective Smash Repairs is 749 Geelong Road, phone (03) 9314 1122 on Yellow Pages. That door is panel and smash work on the Geelong spine, not a towing desk.

I and K Panels is 4 Tottenham Parade beside Grand Automotive. That pair is Tottenham, not Geelong. Insurance jobs need the shop your insurer approved. Still confirm the street number before you drop keys.

Windscreens, parts and fuel

National Windscreens is 107 Whitehall Street, Footscray 3011. Call 1300 363 632 for depot and mobile work. McDermott's Workshop is 97 Moreland Street for parts and specialist Rolls-Royce and Bentley service, phone (03) 9362 0291.

Mobil Car Care at the Geelong and Somerville corner covers fuel and workshop in one brand row. A separate pure fuel listing at 438 Geelong is optional follow-up work. Read Mobil slug copy if you only wanted petrol.

Towing and breakdown on Geelong Road

Western General Towing is 84 Gordon Street, Footscray 3011, phone (03) 9318 8988. Superb Towing is 409 Somerville Road, phone (03) 9314 5559 on the hospital fringe, not the panel row at 460. Auto Care Towing is 570 Geelong Road, phone (03) 9315 1555. These are breakdown desks, not Footscray Hospital ED and not VicRoads Post 182 Barkly.

If you break down near Footscray station, Geelong Road and Somerville are the usual tow corridors. Say your suburb and the nearest cross street when you call. Confirm whether the truck can reach Barkly west or a Tottenham side street before you release the vehicle.

Car hire on the Geelong corridor

Lion Car Rentals lists 470 Geelong Road, West Footscray 3012, phone (03) 9314 0471. Avis Car and Truck Hire is 713 Geelong Road, Brooklyn VIC 3012, phone (03) 9314 4243 on avis.com.au. Avis marketing often says Footscray while the suburb on the street sign is Brooklyn. Same postcode, different suburb name. Budget time for Geelong Road traffic if you are picking up from the station on foot.

Rental counters are not panel shops. Do not leave a hire return at 460 Geelong because the name says Footscray Accident.

Roadworthy and VicRoads: desk versus workshop

Australia Post Footscray VicRoads at 182 Barkly Street is the licence and registration counter. That is not a workshop roadworthy. Xceed Auto Care Repco and Grand Automotive advertise certificate of roadworthiness work at their workshop addresses. Bring the papers the tester names. VicRoads rules change. Confirm on the day you travel.

Footscray 3011 versus West Footscray 3012 for car work

3012 owns Barkly west, Geelong Road workshops and Ashley Street west end. 3011 owns Whitehall windscreens and Moreland parts. Search engines blur the border because Geelong Road is long. Your lease postcode is the honest filter for which default map pin should be yours.

What people mix up

They confuse Collision Care 478 with Accident Repair 460 because both names start with Footscray. They confuse Ashley Repco with Ashley lawyers. They confuse Avis Brooklyn with West Footscray workshops because hire sites say Footscray. They confuse VicRoads Post with any mechanic that mentions roadworthy in an ad.

They tow to Geelong Road without reading whether the insurer booked 460, 478 or a Tottenham panel shop. They copy Saturday hours from one workshop onto a neighbour because both close at noon on Barkly. Phone the slug you opened. Confirm glass. Split fuel, panel, hire and licensing before you leave home.

Parking for Geelong work is apron or street, not Irving market deck unless you are also shopping. After dark the spine is still traffic, not a promenade. Walk Barkly or Hopkins if you came by train and your job is Tottenham or Whitehall, not a Geelong tow.

Call before you tow

Panel and mechanical work here still runs on street numbers, not brand names in ads. Geelong Road lists several doors whose signs start with Footscray even when the postcode is 3012. Read the number on the glass before you release a tow truck. A wrong pin sends you to a lawyer suite or a hire desk that cannot pull a car onto a hoist.

Roadworthy and licence work split cleanly. VicRoads licensing stays at Australia Post 182 Barkly. A workshop that advertises roadworthy is not automatically that Post desk. Xceed on Ashley and Grand on Tottenham are testers people actually use, but capacity changes week to week. Phone first.

Windscreen and parts jobs are single-purpose doors. National Windscreens on Whitehall is not Geelong panel row. McDermott on Moreland is parts, not collision. Mixing them wastes a morning when you already have a cracked screen or a alternator quote waiting.

Hire cars sit on Geelong corridor with Brooklyn postcodes on some locators. Lion at 470 and Avis at 713 are not interchangeable with Westgate Motors even when a map bubble says Footscray. Confirm pickup address in the booking email, then drive to that number.

If you live in 3011 near the hospital, Leading Car Care on Somerville is the closest routine service name people mention. Ultra Tune and Beaurepaires share Barkly west in 3012. The border is real for parking meters and for which workshop should answer your call. Say your suburb when you phone.

Questions people ask next

Where is the closest panel beater to Footscray station?: Geelong Road panel shops from MBs Auto through Westgate are the usual drive from the station. Tottenham panel is I and K beside Grand Automotive. Call before you tow. Confirm the street number on the glass.
Can I get a roadworthy at Footscray Hospital?: No. Hospital is emergency care. Use a licensed vehicle tester such as Xceed Auto Care on Ashley or Grand Automotive on Tottenham if they have capacity. VicRoads licensing is Barkly Post only.
Is Avis on Geelong Road in West Footscray?: Avis lists 713 Geelong Road, Brooklyn VIC 3012. Locators often say Footscray. The hire desk is Geelong corridor, not the 460 panel row. Call (03) 9314 4243 before you travel.
Where do I call for a breakdown near Footscray station?: Use a towing slug on Geelong Road or Somerville such as Western General Towing on Gordon Street or Superb Towing at 409 Somerville. This is not hospital emergency and not the Barkly VicRoads Post desk.

Where is a mechanic on Barkly or Geelong Road?

Panel beaters and collision repair on Geelong Road

Windscreens, parts and fuel

Towing and breakdown on Geelong Road

Car hire on the Geelong corridor

Roadworthy and VicRoads: desk versus workshop

Footscray 3011 versus West Footscray 3012 for car work

What people mix up

Call before you tow

Questions people ask next

Sources to confirm

Places in this guide

Ultra Tune Footscray West

Mobil Car Care West Footscray

Leading Car Care Centre

Beaurepaires West Footscray

Westgate Motors

Grand Automotive

Autoclass Tyres and Service

M.B.s Auto Repairs

Footscray Collision Care Centre

Footscray Accident Repair Centre

Selective Smash Repairs

I and K Panels Repairs

Xceed Auto Care (Repco Authorised Service)

National Windscreens

McDermott's Workshop

Lion Car Rentals Footscray

Avis Car and Truck Hire

Western General Towing

Superb Towing

Auto Care Towing Pty Ltd

Australia Post Footscray VicRoads

Superb Finish Smash Repairs

On Duty Panels

Auto Care Motor Body Repairs

Brooklyn Accident Repair Center

Colonial Collision Centre Pty Ltd

Western General Body Works and Towing Pty Ltd

Alan Mance Mitsubishi

One 'O' Nine Autos

Nu-Tune Auto Repairs

Deer Park Motors