Attitude is Everything When Hiring Help for Your Auto Body Shop
It seems most auto body shops still value skill in an employee the most. But check out 19-store Carubba Collision’s mantra for recruiting new employees: “Hire based on attitude and teach skills needed to do the job.”
Florida Body Shop Restores Fire Trucks for Pink Heals Charity Organization
When Tallahassee firefighter Sarah Cooksey needed a fire truck restored and painted pink for a charity near and dear to her heart, Mike DeSherlia and Legacy Toyota answered the call.
Spectra Premium High-Performance Radiator Marks First NASCAR Pinty’s Series Victory
Louis-Philippe Dumoulin’s victory with his No. 47 Weathertech Canada/Groupe Bellemare car at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, marked the first win for the Spectra Premium high-performance radiator in the NASCAR Pinty’s Series.
The Future of Collision Repair Is Here
From horse and buggies to rolling computers, the one thing in this industry that has been constant is change.
Connecticut Collision Repairer Wants Stronger Language from OEMs on Scanning
Mike Ferrucci of Ray’s CARSTAR Auto Body has been running into a challenge fixing cars correctly because, when it comes to scanning, he says insurers are using the OEMs’ language of “recommended” in their position statements against his shop.
The Readers Take Over the April Issue of BodyShop Business
Do you want to take over the April 2019 issue of BodyShop Business and win $50? Submit your question to bodyshopbusiness.com/readers-choice/ and fill out the form.
Auto Body Student-Teacher Relationship Going Strong After 45 Years
Centerline CARSTAR Collision Owner Paul Struhar recently decided to give back to his lifelong friend, mentor and former auto body instructor by gifting him a vehicle.
Editor’s Notes 2.0: Dream State
I had a nightmare the other night. I dreamed that I got in a collision and visited a body shop to fix my vehicle. And then I saw the repair…
There’s a Jeep in the Family
My brother bought a new 2018 Jeep Wrangler Sahara the other day, and I asked him if he knew what it was made of. What we found out was very interesting.
Editor’s Notes 2.0: Nice and Smooth
Driving to work this morning, it occurred to me that there are some life lessons in resurfacing roads: You have to go through hell to get to heaven.
Female Auto Body Painter Finds Success With ‘Never Quit’ Attitude
When people told Kayla Boyland she wasn’t going to make it in the collision repair industry, she put her head down and kept working, eventually being named the head painter at a five-location MSO in New York.
Editor’s Notes 2.0: Cocktail, Anyone?
It’s always interesting when I go to cocktail parties and people ask, “What do you do?” What I usually tell them is, “I write about body parts.”
