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Facing Your Fears

If you’re making decisions out of fear, you’re making bad decisions. Although this shop owner was referring to how repairers are agreeing to just about anything because they’re afraid — afraid of angering an insurer, afraid of losing work, afraid of going out of business — his comment, taken in the larger context, epitomizes a

The Heat Is on: Buying My Heat Inductor

I’ve made a lot of misguided tool purlchases through the years, but buying my heat inductor wasn’t one of them.

The Collision Repair ‘Steel Cage Match’

Well, it’s officially two-and-a-half months now since taking over as publisher of this magnificent magazine. Eager to learn as much as I can about this industry, I’ve spent the bulk of that time traveling the country, meeting suppliers, distributors, jobbers and shop owners. By the time you read this issue, I’ll be in Las Vegas

Eyes Wide Open: Two Techs Make the Transition from Shop Employee to Shop Owner!

With 60 years of industry experience between them, these two techs decided it was time to make the transition from shop employee to shop owner.

Recognizing What’s Valuable: Doing your best. Giving your all.

“Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even into your smallest acts. This is the secret to success.” – Sivananda Sarasvati

Legislation and Intrigue in Illinois

It’s not easy getting laws passed that help consumers (and collision repairers) – especially when people in your own industry set out to sabotage your efforts.

Inside an Old-Timer’s Toolbox

In the early days when a bodyman faced a repair problem, he couldn’t just buy what he needed. He had to conceive a tool that would repair the problem- and then forge it himself.

Innovative (and Cool) Stuff for the Paint Shop

During the recent NACE show in Las Vegas, I made the rounds of the paint manufacturer’s display booths. (It’s nice to have them back at NACE, by the way.) My topic for this article is new paint technologies, and I was able to speak to someone knowledgeable at each of the booths. I simply asked

A Learning Experience

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether twenty or eighty.” – Henry Ford

It’s Show Time!

Place Your Bets on NACE 2004.