Unique Body Shop

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the early morning fog of a typical California autumn, a delivery driver pulled up to Unique Body Shop with an unusual package. As he approached the door, the mechanic inside noticed something peculiar—an eerie humming sound seemed to follow the driver wherever he went. The mechanic shrugged it off as nothing more than an old radio in the truck until the humming started following him home. Turns out, it was just his neighbor’s new vacuum cleaner left on accidentally. The next day, everyone had a good laugh over coffee, and life at Unique Body Shop returned to normal—except for occasional vacuum cleaner noises during quiet hours.

2. One day after closing hours, an anxious voice came over the shop’s intercom: ‘Hey, can you check under my car? I think it’s stuck!’ A puzzled mechanic peered through the window and saw no one but an empty parking lot. The mechanic shrugged, switched on his flashlight, and walked around the empty lot for a good five minutes before returning to the door. He called out, ‘Sir? Sir?!’ Silence. Then, from inside the shop, he heard a soft snore. Turns out, some poor guy had fallen asleep in the waiting area while waiting for his brake job. The next morning, everyone joked that maybe Unique Body Shop should offer overnight stays.’

3. One night, while the Unique Body Shop was closed, a curious neighbor asked aloud: 'I wonder if they fix cars in there or ghosts?' That very night, something strange happened. A delivery driver pulled up and asked for help with his truck. The shop seemed empty, but he heard a soft voice from behind the counter: ‘We fix cars here—no ghosts!’ Turned out it was just the mechanic’s parrot, repeating everything he’d heard over the years. Everyone had a good laugh, and the truck got fixed after all.

4. In the dim light of dawn, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the Unique Body Shop's parking lot—a mysterious toolbox left behind. Curious, he picked it up and found an old notebook inside filled with doodles of cars and notes in someone’s scribbled handwriting. Turned out, it belonged to a regular who always parked there after hours. The next day, when they met, they struck up a conversation over coffee, bonding over their shared love for mechanics and oddball finds.