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Recent Columns
- Private’s Equity’s Influence on Consolidation Predicted to Continue Amidst COVID-19 Disruption, Structural Change
- In Reverse: The ‘80s---Foreign Cars and Other Changes
- Driving Has Largely Rebounded, but Traffic Congestion, Resulting Claims Have Not
- Day Job/Night Job: Metal and Creativity Collide at CRASH Jewelry
- Collision Repair Teacher Sets Students Up for Career Success
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
In Reverse: The ‘80s---Foreign Cars and Other Changes
As the 1980s dawned, the collision repair industry began to see some profound changes, and some shops tried their darndest to keep things the same as they had always been.
Body Crafters: A COVID-19 Experience
It’s tough enough, even in the best of times, to buy a second shop that needs updating.
Your Online Presence
In last month’s article I discussed how, due to the COVID pandemic and having limited mobility, more people were conducting more business online.
Is Your Shop Ready for A Riot?
We have all heard about the rioting going on across the country. For months, at least a dozen cities have experienced businesses being burned, looted and extensively damaged.
Will Burgeoning E-Commerce Hurt the Collision Repair Industry?
For many months prior to March, the collision repair industry had been preoccupied with ADAS systems and autonomous cars and trucks and their effect on the collision repair business.
In Reverse: The Advent of the Computer Age
In January 1980, BYTE Magazine announced in an editorial "the era of off-the-shelf personal computers has arrived."
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.
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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.
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