Cobra Enthusiasts Ease Vets’ Pain Through Car Therapy
When you lose your legs, you can feel pretty useless. But not when a replica 1965 Shelby Cobra kit comes in ready for you to assemble. Staff Sergeant Nick McCoy, who lost both legs in Iraq three years ago when his patrol unit came under attack, and other wounded veterans at Lonesome Dove Ranch in
Kentucky Shop Owner Who Dropped State Farm Says Business Just Fine
It has been seven months since Kentucky shop owner Rusty Barrett sent a collective gasp across the collision repair industry by dropping his State Farm DRP after a disagreement over a supplement, and he claims that despite most repairers’ predictions that he would die a sudden death, business is going great. “It saddens me to
CARSTAR Names National Award Winners at Annual Conference
At CARSTAR’s annual awards ceremony held Sunday night at the Downtown Sheraton in Denver, CARSTAR CEO Dick Cross and President Dan Bailey toasted each winner on stage and presented their award. The ceremony was part of CARSTAR’s annual conference, which is celebrating the company’s 20th anniversary this year. In the category for overall operations, technical
I-CAR Education Foundation Awards Grants, Scholarships
The I-CAR Education Foundation has announced the recipients of the two collision repair scholarships, curriculum grants for five schools, maintenance grants for 12 schools to update curriculum and training material libraries, and training grants that will help 12 instructors attend the I-CAR Instructor Qualification Workshop (IQW). These awards are funded by industry donations made to
Kentucky Shop Drops State Farm Over Supplement Spat
Six days after terminating his Select Service agreement with State Farm, Pure Reflection Paint & Collision Repair, Inc. owner Rusty Barrett sounded remarkably unaffected. “We’ll figure it out because that’s part of business,” Barrett said despite the loss of 35 percent of his work in his Shelbyville, Ky., shop. “They came to me eight
I-CAR Education Foundation Awards $70,000+ in Grants
The I-CAR Education Foundation has provided 23 schools I-CAR Live Curriculum and training grants that will assist 10 instructors to attend the I-CAR Instructor Qualification Workshop (IQW). The curriculum grants, with a retail value of more than $65,000, and training grants, with a value of $4,000, are funded by the Collision Repair Education Campaign, formerly
Build a Better Mousetrap, and the World Will Beat a Path to Your Door
7 strategies for quality-driven shops to maintain profitability in a marketplace fixated on “fast” and “cheap.”
