Westbay Auto Parts, Inc., now Westbay NAPA Auto Parts, is the largest independent auto parts chain in Kitsap County. Robert Price started the first Westbay Auto Parts in February 1961 at 1230 Bay Street in Port Orchard. In 1966, Don Lewis came to work for Westbay and started the machine shop. Don later became a partner as well. The Bay Street location became too small for business and Westbay moved to the current location on Mile Hill Drive in 1977 at which time the business began to grow very rapidly. Upon moving, a computer system was added and Carolyn Price came to work for Westbay to run the computer and handle the other bookkeeping functions. Don Lewis retired in 1991.

In August of 1980, a second store was added in Gorst. The building quickly became too small and a new building was purchased on Navy Yard Highway, Bremerton and moved in 1981. The new building was large enough that a machine shop was added at the same time.

An existing parts store in Silverdale was purchased in April of 1981. When the lease expired in September of 1983, a new location was purchased a couple of blocks down from the original store.

In June of 1985, the chance to buy two existing parts stores arose, one in Poulsbo and one in East Bremerton. This was a big step in getting greater coverage in Kitsap County as the northern part of the county was now represented by Westbay Auto Parts. When the lease expired for the Poulsbo store in November of 1986, a new location was purchased. A new location for the East Bremerton store was built and the store was moved in 1993.

Store #6 in Gig Harbor was purchased in June of 1988. This was Westbay's first store outside Kitsap County, but its location on the Olympic Peninsula made it a natural expansion move.

Port Townsend store was purchased in November of 1995. This was the first venture into Jefferson County, an area we feel fits our market.

Store #8 was built in Belfair in 1996. This was the first time that Westbay Auto had built a new store rather than purchasing an existing business and our first store in Mason County.

In addition, we purchased the NAPA stores in Kingston and Purdy, so our customers that travel into those areas will be able to purchase from Westbay Auto Parts there as well.

With the passing of Bob Price in January 2000, the management team now consists of his son Ken Price, Jim Civilla, Dave Anderson and Ginger Hall. Although Bob was the heart of Westbay, the new management team continues his spirit of customer service above all. Westbay Auto Parts was locally owned and operated since 1961 and remains so to this day.

Westbay Auto Parts is committed to providing the highest quality in both service and parts to our customers. This level of committment will allow us to remain a leader in our industry.