A new business has exploded on the scene in Autryville as Sampson County native Benny Faircloth has opened the doors to TNT Automotive.
TNT is located on the main drag through downtown, 208 W. Williams St., and is set up shop inside what use to be the old gas station Lucky Stop. Open three days a week Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Faircloth’s business model, and reason for opening up, aimed at getting anyone into a vehicle.
“TNT Automotive, I opened it to help people,” he said. “Doesn’t matter if they’ve got bad credit or no credit, for me, it’s about getting them into vehicles. I just want to help the community and to put something different in town to showcase a little bit about what I enjoy and what I like. That being cars, motorcycles and pretty much anything with an engine.”
“That’s really it, I‘ve enjoyed cars my whole life and enjoyed being around them,” he added. “Be it driving and racing, being on dirt bikes and four wheelers, anything like that. Especially growing up out here in the country, I just always took a liking to cars, I don’t know, I guess I kind of just followed my passion and ended up falling in love with it.”