The Dallas business that eventually became Herb's Paint & Body started out in 1956 as a Humble Oil station. Realizing his dreams of entrepreneurship, owner Herb Walne eventually added on an automatic car wash as well as a 10-bay auto shop. When Exxon took over Humble Oil around 1968, Walne took a detour into collision repair, building a freestanding auto body repair center near a busy interstate in the heart of Texas.