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Company History
Scott W. Dewalt started Scott's Auto Body around January 1, 1971. Its first location was on South 11th. St. in Easton. During his first year in business, Scott worked alone and the business did not make a profit. Feeling the need to become a stronger entity, Scott's Auto Body became incorporated on August 3, 1973 under the name of Scott's Auto Service, Inc. In 1974, with more than five employees, the business was relocated to 106 W. Fairfield Ave. in Forks Township. At this location, business began to prosper. Scott's was a full-service auto repair center specializing in collision and mechanical work. At this location, we earned our reputation for quality. This is also the location where we developed our strong customer base that we cherish to this day. In fact, many of these customers and their extended families are with us today.
During the early 1980's, it was realized that we could not keep up with the amount of work that was coming in. So in January of 1987, the business was once again relocated to a 7,200 sq. ft. facility, located at 1200 Bushkill Dr. in Easton. During this move, an important change took place: Scott's dropped from the mechanical repair industry to specialize solely in collision repair. This turned out to be an excellent decision because we can now dedicate our efforts to providing our customers with the highest quality collision repairs possible. Our mechanical background was not forgotten though. This background has come to be useful because we have the experience to handle most mechanical issues associated with an accident. This allows us to be a one-stop facility for all collision repairs.
In 1997 the time came to build a larger facility. We settled on a 19,000+ sq. ft. facility that we built from the ground up on 5 acres in Forks Township. We moved into the facility at 3715 Sullivan Trail on October 10, 1998. With the size of this building, we should not have to add on, but if we do, our lot size will accommodate an addition. With this new state-of-the-art facility, we will be able to provide our customers with the quality repairs that they deserve in a time frame that will suit them.
In 2005, it was realized that our services were in demand in other areas. After searching for over a year, we came upon a location in Monroe County. In January of 2007 we officially purchased the former Body Shop by Jim Schlier off Golden Slipper Rd. between Stroudsburg and Tannersville, PA. The building is about 14,000 square feet and is on 9 acres of land. Because of this, we will be able to provide our services to the growing population of Monroe County for many years to come.
Corporate Profile
- Square footage: 34,000 square feet (20,000 Easton, 14,000 Stroudsburg)
- Work area: 67 bays (40 Easton, 27 Stroudsburg)
- Estimating area: 5 indoor heated bays (3 Easton, 2 Stroudsburg)
- Customer parking: 30 stalls, 4 of which are handicapped accessible
- Vehicle storage: 100 stalls
- Appraiser work area: Desk with fax, phone, reference materials, and computer hook-up (DSL and T1).
- Customer waiting area: Clean, comfortable area with seating for 16 with current magazines and toys for children.
- Garage keeper's insurance: Renewed annually
- Workman's comp. insurance: Renewed annually
- Hazardous waste permit: Current at each location
- Ability to transmit claims through Process Claims and ADP Claims Manager
- Payment forms accepted: Cash, check, EFT, debit cards, and credit cards (Visa, Master Card, Discover, and American Express)
- Towing service: 24-hour on-site service available in Easton and 24-hour off-site service available in Stroudsburg
- Rental cars: On site vehicles through Kulp Rental Cars
- Warranty: Lifetime
- Computer software: DuPont - ProfitNet, CCC - Pathways with digital imaging, and Microsoft - Microsoft Office.
- Paint booths: 2 Saima Accudraft downdrafts in Easton and 1 AFC Quad in Stroudsburg
- Prep decks: 4 Saima Accuprep downdrafts in Easton and 1 DeVilbiss in Stroudsburg
- Frame equipment: 2 Chief EZ Liners, 8 Blackhawk Koreks, 2 Shark computerized measurer, and 1 Spanesi Touch computerized measurer
- Welding equipment: 8 MIG’s, 1 Pro Spot PR-10 spot welder, 1 Pro Spot PR-4 spot welder, and 2 ARC Hybrid spot welders
- Painting equipment: Standox (DuPont's premium line) with computerized mixing, 3M, Sata & Iwata HVLP spray guns, Hercules gun washer, and a Sidewinder solvent recycler.
- Car hoists: various in-ground, twin post, portable, and alignment lifts
- Alignment equipment: Hunter computerized 4-wheel alignment at each location
- Refrigerant equipment: Reclaimers and chargers for R-12 and R-134.
- I-CAR training
- ASE Training
- DuPont - Standox refinish training, member of Standox Partners in Excellence, member of DuPont Performance Alliance, DuPont SMART seminar training, and member of DuPont Business Council
- AKZO - Sikkens refinish training, former member of Acoat Selected program
- ICI Autocolor refinish training
- Sherwin-Williams refinish training
- FIX Auto training
- Help Systems environmental compliance and workplace safety training
- 3M - ARMS training, respirator fit testing training, plastic repair training and panel bonding training
- SCRS training
- CARSTAR training
- Rome Technologies training
- ADP training
- CCC training
- Mitchell training
- NACE attendees since 1990
- Dawn Enterprises seminars
- SP/2 environmental training
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