Cool Shops

How I Work: Robert Grieve

January 17, 2019

If you want to lead your shop effectively, it often helps to have an open-door policy, and to schedule minimal meetings.

Mike's Auto Body

October 17, 2018

Jeff Knoespel

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The company’s Napa, Calif., location has a separate building for customers and office space, allowing the shop floor to operate unhindered

Snap Shop: Campus Body Salon

August 27, 2018

Melissa Steinken

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Take a virtual tour of Campus Body Salon, a shop that became heavily customer-focused after moving away from DRPs.

Snap Shop: Caprara's Auto Body

March 1, 2018

Melissa Steinken

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A virtual tour of the environmentally focused Caprara’s Auto Body.

Snap Shop: Jeff's Auto Body Repair

September 1, 2017

Kathleen Sandoval

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Inside a 46-year-old Texas shop that facilitates the repair process by making almost all departments easily accessible with drive through capabilities.

Wizard Werks European Auto Repair & Body Shop

April 1, 2017

Kelly Beaton

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After switching locations in the fall of 2016, owner Karim Qader boasts an immaculately clean and sleek facility

Auto Craft Collision Repair

March 1, 2017

Kelly Beaton

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Recent renovations have left J.R. Sartain with an immaculate shop in the Great Plains

Gate City Collision’s Merrimack Location

February 1, 2017

Kelly Beaton

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Funny marquees are just one way in which Gate City Collision keeps things creative.

Snap Shop: O’Neill’s Auto Body

January 1, 2017

Kelly Beaton

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A move to a newer, larger location two years ago has O’Neill’s Auto Body riding an unprecedented high

Burnside Collision

December 1, 2016

Kelly Beaton

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Burnside Collision used a can-do attitude to breathe new life into a 105-year-old building

Jensen's Target Collision

November 1, 2016

Kelly Beaton

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The addition of a second building has made an Erie, Pa., shop more streamlined and easy on the eyes

Snap Shop: Frank's Accurate Body Shop

September 1, 2016

Jeff Knoespel

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Since starting the business, owner Frank Rinaudo has continually worked to develop Frank’s Accurate Body Shop’s lean principles. Take a virtual tour of his shop.