BEYOND THE BODYWORK
THE D’ALESSANDRO FAMILY’S COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY AND CONNECTION AT THE CSN 427 AUTO GROUP BY SARAH PERKINS It can be easy to assume that repairing a vehicle is solely a technical project. From an outside perspective, the process of beating panels, recalibrating parts and refinishing the dents and scratches acquired in a collision can easily […]
FUSING PASSIONS
DAYNA KOHUT HAS BEEN COOKING UP A LOVE OF CARS SINCE HER DAYS IN THE CULINARY ARTS BY SARAH PERKINS To succeed in the trades is to be consistently developing a set of specific skills. From collision repair to craftworks, each trade requires its own techniques, training, knowledge, and body of tools in order […]
PAINTING TILL’ PERFECTION
“When I was a kid, automotive wasn’t something I thought I would get into. My brother, dad, grandparents were all in the automotive industry, dealing with the mechanical aspect.” — DESIRAE ELLINGSEN, Head painter at Mervyn’s The Body Shop TRADES STEREOTYPING BEGINS EARLY, AND LEAD PAINTER SHARES HER STORY IN OVERCOMING FALSE ASSUMPTIONS. BY KATE […]
COMING HOME TO A NEW PLACE
TECHNICIANS SEEKING SAFE HARBOUR LOOK TO THE ISLAND BY MAX REID Locality and the vision of the neighbourhood body shop have long been sources of pride for the collision industry. It stirs up a wave of nostalgia—jumpsuit uniforms, bright signs that end with “and Sons”—the whole bit. But the world in which we live is […]
FINDING HIS FINESSE
ST. CLAUDE’S DORRIAN SELLEY WINS GOLD MEDALS FOR A SIDE GIG BY MAX REID When something feels as natural to you as bodywork does to Dorrian Selley, it only makes sense that you would be among the best in your field. Whether it be a dent repair, a weld or a paint job, the 20-year-old, […]
Shattering Stereotypes
Meghan McEwen THIS TRIPLE-THREAT TALENT IS ONLY GETTING STARTED BY KATE NG It wasn’t just the logo on the Mustang that caught Meghan McEwen’s eyes as a child. The aggressive curves of the 1999-2004 Mustang, drag racers on tv deploying parachutes and howling car engines were some of the memories that led her to an established […]
Lights, Camera, Action
By Max Reid KEVIN DHALIWAL AND LOVEPREET MANN SET THE STAGE FOR SUCCESS AT RUNWAY AUTO COLLISION A big ego doesn’t get you quite as far as it used to in this industry. The glory days of semi-improvised dent repair and cutting corners in the paint booth are a thing of the past. The standards […]
