The Body Shop has actually done a couple of things for me. They painted one of my first tow trucks a year or two ago. I think it was a project that somebody else started, but I dragged it out of there, talked to Tim at The Body Shop, and he said he'd finish it up for me. He gave me a price for doing it, and a time frame for doing it in, and I'm happy with the job they did on the tow truck.
Recently, I brought in a project car to The Body Shop. It's an older car, and it turned out to be a big project, so it was down there for awhile. When I brought it in, Tim and I talked about it and he made some suggestions as to where to start. I came back a week later, and he found some other problems, so we put it on the frame machine with my approval to figure where we were really at, and the car just came apart.
What was really good about that whole experience was that he kept me involved in all the garbage that they found under there. They let me make the decisions on what was going to be fixed and how, and at the end of the day I was very happy. It wasn't easy for either of us. There were issues on his side, and issues on my side, but everything I wanted to fix he stepped up with a smile and a handshake. He takes pride in his work, and he takes pride in his shop.
I was really happy with both my projects. There will always be problems in any business, and you can't judge them on that. How they deal with the problems though, that's where you see the character of a business, and you can judge them from that. I have nothing but good things to say about those guys at The Body Shop. I wish them the best. I recommend them all the time, and I will definitely take another project to them. They're always willing to step up.
Curtis Vahl, Owner Roadside Rescue Towing
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