NORTHWEST AUTOMOTIVE JOURNAL - SEPTEMBER 2003

Northwest Shops and People in the News

J & M Autobody in Milwaukie Ore., has a lifetime customer in Jim Harrison. Harrison recently took first place in a Volvo Concourse show in Olympia, Wash., where judges and other attendees couldn't believe his 2000 Volvo V70R wagon had about $19,000 in repairs. Harrison said he took his vehicle - one of only 160 made, he says - to J & M on the recommendation of his insurance agent after a young driver plowed into the car doing more than 60 mph. He made frequent visits to the shop to take pictures of the repair process over the next three months, and has given J&M a slide show showing the car before, during, and after the repairs.

"Nobody believed that the car had been severely damaged because it was really put together very, very well," Harrison said. "It was a very good experience."