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maintenance
which may. ensue...

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Japanese cars have been
made this way for years and
the new generation of North
American cars are .of the
same lightweight high stress.
design. -

Although none of us
expect to have a“collision in
our unibody cars, it can and
does happen. Hence the
term“accident”, =

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considerable -and is likely to
become greater, How thien
are we going to maintain
these cars?

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expensive to discard when
damaged.- This places a
burden and responsibility on
the automotive collision
repair trade to find. ways to
repair this type of car. |

Sophisticated. . measuring.
equipment, including the use
of lazer beams have been
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this type of vehicle has been
in use for many years.

Body shops. which repair
these cars will have ‘to re-
equip if they are to serve
their customers adequately,

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