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Recent Columns
- Diving Into the Fascinating World of Fasteners
- Dean Fisher Shares Insight About CARSTAR Franchise Model and Predictions About Industry
- WACTAL Welcomes New Executive Director Deb Brunett
- How CIF Assistance Has Benefited Collision Repair Professionals in Time of Need
- Day Job/Night Job: Collision Writer Launches Fun Art Project in Quarantine, Now Hundreds of People Want His Pet Drawings
Gary Ledoux
Gary Ledoux is a freelance writer with 48 years in the automotive industry.
He can be reached at mayorclum@yahoo.com
Gary Ledoux
OE Certifications Update 2020---Part 2 of 2
Earlier this month on AutobodyNews.com, we began looking at OE shop certification programs, with three shops participating in several different programs for some time, and two consultants involved with many certified shops, fully familiar with the concept and with a broad view of the industry.
OE Certifications Update 2020---Part 1 of 2
OE collision shop certification has been top-of-mind for the industry for the last 10 years or more.
Honda Posts Additional Corrosion Protection Procedures
American Honda on March 19 announced additional guidelines for proper corrosion protection when repairing Honda and Acura automobiles.
ADAS for Off-Roaders
Recently, I purchased a 2020 Jeep Wrangler 4WD, and it came with, among other things, an epiphany---at no additional charge, mind you.
Owning and operating a collision shop today is a daunting task. It’s not uncommon to hear some owners say that they would just as soon get out and close their shop… but then, what would they do?
That’s It! He's Had It, Part 1
Social media has changed the way we interact with each other, with our peers, and with the world.
In Reverse: Collision Repair Shops “ARM” Themselves
From the start of the “modern” collision shop in the late 1940s up through the 1970s, body shops, as a business, were fairly crude by most standards.
In Reverse: The 1980s – “A Time of Awakening”
Those who have been in the collision industry for a long time remember the 1980s as the advent of automotive unibody construction.
In Reverse: The 1980s – Keeping up With Technology
It seemed like we had just gotten over the decline of the hippie movement, and the rise and fall of disco and a TV actor being president of the U.S.
Truck Topics: Shop Profile – Diversified Body and Paint
In 1989, Mark Gibson started painting Peterbilt hoods in his father’s garage - an inauspicious beginning to what would later become one of the premier heavy-duty truck body shops in the country; Diversified Body and Paint Shop located in Denver.
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Truck Topics: Hey Buddy … Got a Millisecond?
During the 2nd annual HD Repair Forum event held in Fort Worth, Texas, in March 2019, John Spoto, National Heavy Duty Truck Commercial Fleet manager for the 3M Company gave a fascinating presentation on the effects of a crash and how so much can happen in a very short amount of time.
In Reverse: 50 Years – A Retrospective
Fifty years ago this month, September 1969, I took my first job in the automotive industry.
In Reverse: An Industry in Constant Flux - A 1970s Perspective
The collision industry went through many changes during the 1970s.
Truck Topics: Need Techs? HD Shops Have the Advantage
Most automotive and HD truck shops—mechanical and collision-repair shops—need more technicians.