Ian Payne's Automotive Engineering

Ian Payne's Automotive Engineering Youโ€™ll get Fast, Reliable and Personalised Mechanical Service & Advice from Ian Payne's Automotive Engineering.

RWC, Safety Certificates, Log Book Services, Minor & Major Services, Exchange Cylinder Heads, Full Engine Reconditioning Services & more Welcome to Ian Payne Automotive Engineering
We are a comprehensive vehicle servicing capacity who provide optimal quality work on a broad range of vehicles including 4 wheel drives and light to medium diesel vehicles. Having both a fully equipped workshop and aut

omotive engineering facility, enables us to provide a comprehensive range of automotive services so that you, the customer, can rely on Ian Payne Automotive Engineering to keep your vehicle in excellent mechanical condition and to undertake all those mechanical repairs that arise from time to time. Ian entered the automotive repair business in 1991 by creating a motor vehicle repair facility in the Burdekin reigon. Since October 1998 Ian Payne Automotive Engineering has been operating from Garbutt, Townsville. Ian and his team have decades of experience in mechanical repairs and automotive engineering and are happy to apply their expertise to your vehicles. Whether you are looking for a vehicle service or need major repairs done, you can trust in Ian Payne Automotive Engineering to provide the highest quality work with premium quality products. We are a preferred supplier to Capricorn Society

We are members of:
IAME (Institute of Automotive Mechanical Engineering) and,
MTAQ (Motor Trades Association Queensland) subdivision ERA (Engine Reconditioners Australia)

We are an agent for:
Century Batteries, and
Valvoline Automotive Products

๐€๐ญ ๐๐š๐ฐ๐ง, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐–๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ
25/04/2026

๐€๐ญ ๐๐š๐ฐ๐ง, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ
๐ˆ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ
๐ˆ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž
๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐–๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ

๐ˆ๐š๐ง ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ง๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  โ€” ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌAt Ian Payneโ€™s Automotive Engineering, we spend our days fixing pr...
22/03/2026

๐ˆ๐š๐ง ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ง๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  โ€” ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

At Ian Payneโ€™s Automotive Engineering, we spend our days fixing problems โ€” but some problems can only be fixed by the community working together.

Right now, Queensland needs ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” to debate a simple, humane law:

๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

Itโ€™s practical.
Itโ€™s responsible.
It reduces feral populations, protects wildlife, and prevents thousands of unwanted litters ending up on our streets or in already overwhelmed shelters.

It takes ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค and ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ to add your name.

Your details?
The same ones already on your licence, rego, insurance, and every online account youโ€™ve ever signed up for.

If we can hand our details to streaming services and loyalty cards, we can hand them over to protect animals who canโ€™t protect themselves.

Sign the petition here:
https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-Assembly/Petitions/petition-details/4366-26

๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ.
๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ.

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐š๐ง ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ง๐ž'๐ฌ ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ !As the dashboard lights up on 2026, we're ready for a...
31/12/2025

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐š๐ง ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ง๐ž'๐ฌ ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ !

As the dashboard lights up on 2026, we're ready for another year of keeping Townsville moving โ€” safely, smoothly, and reliably.

Thank you to everyone who trusted us with their vehicles throughout 2025. Your support means the world to a small local workshop like ours.

Here's to a year of good roads, well-running engines, and trouble-free motoring.

Drive safe, enjoy the ride, and, as always, know that we'll be here for you when you need us.

Sure do ive still got one of my parents from 70 years ago
26/03/2025

Sure do ive still got one of my parents from 70 years ago

Yes these mats made from old tyres. Recycling at it's best. They last a lifetime.

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Address

28 Gorden Street Garbutt
Townsville, QLD
4814

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+61 7 4775 4288

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