About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Ben’s Auto Body with a worried look on his face. ‘Hey Ben,’ he said, ‘you might want to check out your front window.’ Ben walked over, squinted, and burst out laughing—his reflection was stuck in the window, wearing an old tool apron and holding a wrench. 'Oh man,' he chuckled, 'I must’ve left the door open again.' The delivery driver shook his head, smiling, while a neighbor passing by stopped to share a good-natured laugh.
2. One day, while waiting for his car to be fixed, a regular asked Ben, ‘Why do you always leave that old tire in your yard?’ Ben just smiled and said, ‘That’s not any old tire.’ A few days later, a delivery driver asked curiously, ‘Hey, Ben, what’s so special about that tire anyway?’ With a twinkle in his eye, Ben replied, ‘It’s my lucky tire—every time I put it on someone else’s car, their vehicle gets delivered right on time!’
3. A neighborhood kid stopped by Ben's Auto Body one afternoon, hoping to score some free snacks from the vending machine. To his surprise, every time he reached for a candy bar, the machine spit out a freshly polished keychain instead. Finally, curious as ever, the boy asked an old mechanic named Louie what was going on. With a twinkle in his eye, Louie replied, ‘Son, that’s my way of saying thank you—every time someone does something nice here, they get a little token of appreciation.’ The next day, when a delivery driver came by with a smile and a word of thanks, he received not just a keychain but also a freshly baked pie from Ben’s kitchen.
4. One night, a delivery driver left his truck running outside Ben’s Auto Body. When he came back, there on the windshield was a mysterious note: ‘Your engine needs more oil—try Ben’s Secret Recipe!’ Curious, he opened it, only to find a bottle of bright pink liquid labeled ‘Super Boost’. He tried it out, and lo and behold—the engine purred like never before! Word spread quickly around town, and soon everyone from a regular to a neighbor stopped by for their own bottle of Super Boost. To this day, if you ask anyone in town where they got their secret ingredient, they'll wink and say, 'Ben's Auto Body, of course!'