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A Day in the Life of a Body Shop in 2035
by Ed Attanasio If you work in the collision repair industry, you know that this is an incredible time to be in the body shop business. With aluminum vehicles now part of your daily lives and innovative tools that can allow you to do more work faster than ever before, this is a prime time…
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Volvo’s Self-Driving Car Project, Real People and Real Roads
Source: Autoguide.com In a continuation of our last post, Volvo has recently started it’s ‘Drive Me’ project. Volvo is calling it: “world’s most ambitious and advanced public autonomous driving experiment.” The new XC90 builds upon Volvo’s current semi-autonomous technologies, which they already deploy in their production vehicles. In special autonomous driving zones around Gothenburg, Sweden…
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Automated Vehicle Technology
The next greatest leap in vehicle technology is becoming more and more mainstream every day. It won’t be long until you see one of these in your neighborhoods, a fully automated vehicle. It was once a dream, pictured in movies and the imagination of Americans for generations. Ever since the rise of the ‘horseless-carriage’ itself,…
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Monterey Car Week
Every year in Monterey, California some of the most amazing, beautiful, and most expensive cars on the planet show their faces. High end and performance cars from all over the planet assemble and engage in a multitude of automobile events this week, August 15-21. Maxim magazine has shared their top 6 supercars up for auction,…
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BMW Madness – M2 vs 1M Coupe vs M4 Track Comparison (video)
When Road and Track came out with a video article placing some of the hottest BMW sports sedans on the market, we had to share it with our readers. They placed an older 1M Coupe, the new M2 sedan, and a M4 (the bigger brother of the M2). We enjoy our BMWs, and we know…
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Classic F1 Ferrari
We came across this wonderful article by www.roadandtrack.com and thought we would share it’s awesomeness. This 1970 Ferrari F1 car was equipped with a state of the art at the time three-liter flat-12 engine. Here’s an excerpt from the article: Remember when Formula 1 cars sounded truly magnificent? It seems like not too long ago,…
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Protecting the Environment with Waterborne Paint
We take care of our customer needs to the fullest, and no tiny detail is overlooked. At Dabler Auto Body, we have a commitment to reduce our pollution, recycle, and conserve energy where appropriate. Part of that commitment has been to use waterborne paints from BASF, as opposed to solvent based paints. BASF notes by…
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8th Annual Farmers Insurance / ServiceMaster Charity Golf Classic
On Friday June 24, Dabler Auto Body not only sponsored a hole for the 8th Annual Farmers Insurance / ServiceMaster Charity Golf Classic, but the company also entered a team into the tourney. The charity event was held at McNary Golf Club located in the McNary Estates in Keizer. The company’s presence was not only…
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The Dabler Auto Body Story
Serving Salem for over 49 Years! Chuck Dabler grew up in an era with a love for cars, and graduated from OTI with degrees in auto body repair and business. In 1967, he started a Volkswagen dealer shop on Lancaster Drive, with the help of the Eyerly family. Rapid growth from the Volkswagen-Porsche-Audi shop necessitated…
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How to Choose an Auto Body Shop
Choosing the right body shop when your vehicle has been involved in a collision is like trying to choose the right doctor for your sick child- you only want the very best! Also, because time is of the essence when you are trying to get your car back to drivable condition, it can be tempting…
