Service And Parts

Ford body shops gear up for aluminum

Ron Needham, fixed operations director at Prestige Ford in Garland, Texas, stands in front of a vinyl curtain that separates the aluminum work area. At left is an aluminum weld station. At right is a vacuum for aluminum dust.
November 03, 2014 05:00 AM

The first 2015 aluminum-body Ford F-150 pickup will hit the road in December, but Ron Needham and his crew of technicians at the Prestige Ford collision shop in Garland, Texas, expect to see their first repair job much sooner than that.

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