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PAGE 6A. WHITBY FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17,1987 Wear back seat belts Passengers in the back seat who don't event of an accident. Safety experts say that wear safety belts are when an accident increasing the potential for injuries to front- seat passengers, in the occurs, belt-less pass- engers in the back seat may be thrown forward. INCREASE YOUR PROFITS WITH THE NEXT MONTHS ISSUE OF "DURHAM MOVES" auto news TEL: SALES MANAGER WHITBY FREE PRESS CALL 668-61,11 KEN JIMMO (1) and Dennis Symes of Top Quality Collision and Refinishing. New auto business offers Top Quality Collision repairs By DONNA DONALDSON Top Quality Collision and Refinishing opened shop April 1 at 1795 Victoria St. W. in Whitby, east of Lakeridge Road. Owned by Dennis Symes of Port Perry and Ken Jimmo of Whitby, they lease their new shop from Lake Ridge Motors. "I came to Lake Ridge Motors to buy a truck cap on a half-ton, and rWHITBY-OSHAWA HONDA 1987 ACCORD LX We have just made a special purchase of executive driven 1987 ACCORD LX'S from Honda Canada Inc. These cars are like new and carry the balance of Honda's 5 year 80,000 km. major component warranty. Substantial savings over a com- parably equipped new Accord. Don't Delay! They won't Last Long 1110 DUNDAS ST. EAST WHITBY 666-1772 WHITBY, OSHAWA 686-1745 AJAX, PICKERING by the end of the day we were going into business," said Jimmo. Both Symes and Jimmo had previously worked at a GM dealer- ship in Ajax. Symes was manager and Jimmo was shop foreman. Both are licensed autobody repairmen. "I wasn't having any fun managing the GM dealership. I wanted to get back to a one-to-one where you can deal with customers on a personal basis. It's a lot more fun," said Symes. The partners have one apprentice working for them, who Symes said "does everything for us." They eventually would.like to expand to a staff of five. Symes said they have cars repaired properly the first time to have a "zero comeback ratio." They also deliver the car back to the owner much cleaner than when it was first brought in. Symes and Jimmo received a certificate from (IICACR), Inter Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair by the Insurance Bureau of Canada. The course was brought out in 1982 for updated training in unibody repairs. The shop will give customers a. preliminary appraisal and contact the person's insurance company. They will then set up a time for the claim appraiser to see the car, at the shop of the customer's choice. Once the written appraisal is done by the insurance appraiser, whether it be an independent or in- surance staff appraiser, they will go ahead with repairs upon a signature by the insured on a work order. "Normally we order the parts ahead of time, if the car is 'iveable. Then we can make the arrangements for the repairs. Once the parts arrive, we phone the customer to bring the car in," said Symes. The shop bills direct to thé in- surance company except for the deductable for which the customer is responsible. Symes and Jimmo offer a one- year guarantee on workmanship, and all parts are subject to manufacturer's warranty. The shop buys paint materials from local suppliers, one of which is Mark Automotive in Whitby. They specialize in base coat clear coat paint, and for the overall finish feature, clear acrylic enamels. "We mix all of our paints, and the body side mouldings on the premises," said Jimmo. All of their body repair equip- ment is made by a worldwide com- pany called Black Hawk. Welding is done with a mig welder, which Symes said has to be used in a unicoupe repair because the metal cannot be heated up more than 1400 degrees. The metal is a HSLA steel, which is a low alloy steel. Heating over 1400 degrees takes the structural strength out of the steel. "There's no doubt that our dealership training did help us out a lot. We're really pleased with the business we're doing, and we are steadily increasing our sales," said Symes.