[coolcamaroZ28]

Gary Betsy would be a great choice. I have witnessed his work win awards at Carlisle. Here's who is good and bad in the area...

Karl Mey's - good work, shop is a little big though (de-personalizes results) - see Chuck

Body By Mule' - The owner is an ******* (Ron Mule'), but his cars have been in several magazines. The shop manager Jeff is a nice guy, but I would never take my cars there.

Body By Duie - John does nice work (took over for his father a few years back) and has a lot of custom work he does. May be a bit sloppy, though.

Trenton Carstar - Barbara and Steve are great people, but I would't trust them (or the Joyce's) with my car...(They also run Pennington Carstar)

Ficcarro's - these guys do ok for most people, but no attention to detail.

Robert Christopher/Strictly Corvettes - STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM THIS SHOP AS POSSIBLE! Don't even drive by, these guys (Frank and Robert) are pricks!!!!

Budmans - Mike is a great guy and I've had my car there for an alignment - he does good work, but falls somewhere in the middle of my list.

JR's Autobody - This place is just plain scary, I would never leave my car there.

Marazzo's - Nice crew (Shawn, Betty and her hot daughter), but again, mass produced work is often average.

K&H - Joe and Al do nice work, but are very pricey!

Magic Finish (Lawrenceville) - Harry does average work. He painted the mirrors on my white car and swirls abound, not the place to get your car rubbed out!

Rico's - Rico is getting a bit old and Donna has an attitude, skip it...

Allentown Autobody - For a truly religious experience, these folks are doing 'Bodywork for the Lord' If that doesn't bother you, Teresa and Craig are great people who will do whatever it takes to make you satisfied, they are just a bit too far out there for me to deal with!

Charlie Allen's (at Patterson Chevy) - not to be confused with his brother's shop on kuser rd, Charlie does ok work, but he is more concerned with the bottom line and keeping his shop profitable since splitting off from his brother topay attention to his work...

G&E Autobody - Richie is one of the nicest guys I have ever met, but he does terrible work that takes forever!

That's all I can think of for now, but if we've got a guy who works at a shop on the boards, then I would probably go with him. I don't know much about DJ's (except that it's on a backstreet off Olden and Prospect kind of near Body By FM), but if this guy sees the work day in and day out, he would be the best indicator. If you have a question about another shop in the Mercer County area, let me know. I can probably tell you a thing or two about them...

--John