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we meliowness over the holiday season, ‘our way of saying: i;
thanks, and our way of giving someone on the North.
Shore a very nice surprise in the New Year. s
Everyone knows: that we ‘are now in the heart of the computer earlier this year. Ed] balled me ‘out: when F was -
fender bender-rear ender season; if the roadblocks — trotted into the hospital for a-lengthy stay. People:so -
don’t get you, the Grinch just might. Bad weather and - valuable I’m Sonsidering Setting 2 welk:in.sate-inetalled
.. the-spirits of the-season-combine to make-driving alittle: in 1983.
more of.a hazard than usual. If ill fortune.should happen «amu \ _
to befall you | between’ now and the oth of January, an | ‘Oh yes, | neglected. to’ ‘mention, our. thir .
elgable to win $1000 worth of painting and/or body more People to come mgcounty Crash. Pad, Wi ain ha
workon your car. ‘Butmore: about that later. ; a ear: Péo ple are g oing 1 to.
have. the same" “number” sey. at Woeet, somobeay a run: a.
economic times? One might be moved to n
examine our. motives. Weil, here they are: ne } . ree
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First, it is our way of crowning the success of the first men strikes your fancy, they are left to right, Tu Tran, [0 enter. ‘ANYONE who brings t their car.in for work, be it
year’s worth of Crash Pad News columns in the Auto Ron ° Switzer, Vie, Andrushko, Andrew Macht, ?2inting, rust, or fixing a fender. bender ~ automatically
section of the Sunday News. Through these, you have officers on the Crash pad ship of state. It was Dorothy qualifies.
gotten: to know: us, and we- certainly have gotten to. who rescued me. When ! was gobbled up by the ”
know. you...We -never ‘dreamed ‘we: would get’ folks. ‘computer earlier this year. Ed bailed me out when | was
stopping in here; with pefectly good cars, mind you, just . .trotted_into-the- hospital-for-a- tengthy-stay:-People-so eo ee
to. pass comment on the previous week's. musings by valuable I'm considering getting a walk-in safe: installed .
yours: truly. | -think that’s wonderful...community in 1983. . / 4. Anyone who. brings. acar or truck in to be. repaired at
retations at their best. Crash Pad between Dec. or Bab ani Jan. 15,
is eligible, (except for Crash Pad employees
Second, it is our way of paying back the confidence you 198 ote relatives tox tamilos. )
have shown in us over 1982. Crash Pad has been a 2. Fi d ont ize is $1000.00 worth of painti
North Shore-oriented body shop for 12 years. Last . Sy, an vk yon e - his ner NI he P ne .
year, as the recession was just peaking, (or troughing, must be used b 4 Nuly 1983, or her venicle. Frize
as the economists would put it), we changed locations. m y | duly, :
=» You don't think | was scared? Let me tell you about it 3. Since this is essentially a lottery, the winner will be
some time. But somehow, over the course of a year, a required to answer a skill testing question.
fiscal miracle occured: we tripled our volume. What else ~
can we Say b thank-you, North Shore! Good luck!
1315 Cotton Drive
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Here are the Rembrandt's of the auto world — our
world-class painters, John Orowski and. Byron Baard-
seth. These are the people who give your car its
gleaming finish back, a skin that Is smooth and bur-:
nished. The inset is Robin Fitzsimmons. He couldn't

make the photo session because he was asleep at the .
time. Robin, you see, is our night hawk, commuting

from the Sunshine Coast to spend the wee hours 3
fussing over your car. We care, 24 hours a day.

Naturally, our staff. has a lot to do with our success.
What am | saying? Our staff has everything to do with
our success. Although ! may biather on about Sam, our
dynamic little red head and her wonder dog, Babes,