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Slick roads make for busy body shops

February 19, 2008 By admin

Car with damaged front waits in line at body shop The icy weather this winter has meant a boom in business for auto body shops in the state.

Robert Buchanan is general manager of a body shop in downtown Des Moines. He has 13 technicians working overtime fixing a parking lot full of banged-up vehicles.

Buchanan says, "In the last two months, they’ve been coming one right after another." Buchanan says he doesn’t want anyone to get hurt in a crash, but admits the hazardous driving conditions have been a blessing for his bottom line. He says they’ve had more business this winter than the past two.

"But we didn’t have much of a winter last year," Buchanan pointed out. His shop has two levels and they’re both full of vehicles with smashed-in side panels, busted-up front grills and demolished rear bumpers. Buchanan compares his shop to a "McDonald’s drive through." Motorists calling Buchanan’s shop are being told it could take two weeks before a body mechanic is even able to look at their vehicle.

Audio: Radio Iowa’s Pat Curtis reports. :45 MP3

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