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Thorsson's Auto Center Collision repair – Custom Body and Paint – Complete auto restoration

Our Vallejo Ave neighbor, Arnold’s Auto Dismantling has a new web site http://happycarfarm.com If you’re looking for a good, used part or you have a vehicle that needs to be recycled, give Rod a call! You’ll also see special offers on overstock parts posted on the site from time to time.
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Whether you are a car enthusiast or just looking for answers when you need them, we’ve set up a page on Facebook to share our expertise with you. Come check us out and see some of the work we’ve done for our happy customers over at our facebook page.

Bill bought this car when he was 15 and still owns it today. After 46 years the paint was in bad shape so he brought it to us at Thorsson’s Auto Body to restore. We painted the car green candy with green and gold metal flake.

Thorsson’s Auto Center works with all of the major insurance companies on a daily basis. Just because an insurer might say that they “don’t have a contract” with a shop does not mean that you are not entitled to have the repairs done at the body shop of your choice. Often, it means that the [...]

Collision industry warns of unsafe bumpers (ABC News Bay Area)

Local ABC affiliate KGO-TV is reporting that the cheaper, aftermarket parts are proven to be substandard to the parts you are entitled to have used in your repair. “..Insurance companies are putting huge pressure, even today, right now, to continue to use these,” Lee Amaradio from the Collision Repair Association of California said.” If your [...]

We’re Here When You Need Us (…But We Hope That You Don’t)

No one wants to need auto repair, so when you do you rely on others to guide you through what is otherwise an intricate and confusing process. Direct-repair facilities, after-market parts, and customer steering are all issues currently plaguing the automotive insurance and collision repair business relationship. Forty years ago, the insurance claims process [...]

Ca. Officials: Insurers May Steer Customers To Shady Shops (CBS Evening News)
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