Almost Everything Auto Body Repair & Paint

Almost Everything Auto Body Repair & Paint Almost Everything Autobody is an award-winning bodyshop specializing in car painting, auto body and collision repair. What's with the Funny Name? It's true.

Well, we're proud to have experience in just about everything auto body and we offer options for every price range. One of you put it succinctly, "They do everything from buckets to Bentleys." You, our friends and customers, mostly bring us cars sold in the millions: Toyotas, Hondas, Fords, Chevys. But you also bring us historic muscle cars, lots of Mercedes Benzes and BMWs, a few Ferraris, Masera

tis and Bentleys. You've brought us race cars (including several winners) and horse trailers. You asked us to restore a rare 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge and an even more scarce, custom bodied Vignale roadster that won Best of Class at the Pebble Beach Concorso Italiano. Add to that a few boats, experimental aircraft, fleets of trucks and commercial vehicles, prized toys and furniture–the name fits. (The almost part means it's got to fit in our paint booth)

Experience: We've repaired thousands and thousands of cars. We work with metal, plastic, fiberglass and carbon fiber. Our crew has well over 100 years combined experience in the auto body industry. We work on brand new models and decades old "keepers"–a few expensive show cars and many more low-budget daily drivers. Green–Environment Management & Initiatives: Each year we set a goal to improve the environment. Our first year we converted to ultra-efficient lighting. The next year we installed a state-of-the-art paint booth & filter system to keep 99.5+ percent of pollutants out of the atmosphere. Then we switched to ultra-low VOC and "waterborne" paints to dramatically reduce smog-causing chemicals. We were first in Northern California to switch from sprayed to rolled-on primer–we dramatically reduced waste & health hazards while improving cost & quality! Next our landscaping became drought tolerant. PG&E named Almost Everything a “Community Hero” for voluntarily allowing our A/C to be remotely controlled–even turned-off. PG&E says we helped "ensure the grid's reliability for communities across California. . . less electricity is generated from fossil fuel plants during peak times, fewer greenhouse gases are produced. This means cleaner air for everyone." The program saved enough energy to power 84,000 homes! Efficiency translates into reduced costs–if it is both cheaper and better for our kids, what's not to love? History: Almost Everything has its roots in 1966–our then 2 year-old founder, Frank Barnard, identified every passing Ford Mustang. That passion for cars is what makes Almost Everything special. Every employee has an innate love of cars. Our master body technician, Bob Gibbs, is the best there is with over 30 years experience. Joel Palmon, our Customer Service Manager, hand-builds award-winning cars, suspensions and drivetrains. He owned more cars by age 25 than most of us will own in a lifetime. Our funny name, “Almost Everything,” started as a bit of a joke between friends who in 1989 founded Æne Magazine to publish Almost Everything. . . and Nothing Else! Decades later, the friendship & motto endure.

The End of the Race!19 years have flown by since I opened Almost Everything Auto Body. The job was a lot of fun. I met s...
02/03/2025

The End of the Race!

19 years have flown by since I opened Almost Everything Auto Body. The job was a lot of fun. I met so many great customers, employees and suppliers. And we had an ever-changing collection of cars to "play with." Thanks so much to my team for doing great work and keeping customers happy. You were the key to our success and I will be forever grateful. Thanks also to our many loyal customers and suppliers who in many cases came to be friends. I'm planning to see the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Goodwood Festival of Speed. And I'm usually hanging around Monterey for Pebble Beach Car Week, the Monterey Historic Races and I always enjoy prototype & GT-style racing at Laguna Seca and Sonoma (I still call it Sears Point.) So I hope to see you there soon!

As for the future of the shop, I've sold it to G&C Auto Body, a San Francisco Bay Area family-owned chain. Their signs should go up in February 2025. They have a great reputation for collision repair and most of Almost Everything's employees will be continuing with them.

For the type of complete-car paint jobs that have been Almost Everything's claim to fame, I know there are not a lot of shops offering this type of service and many of you have expressed your disappointment that we are closing. A few old customers and friends have expressed interest in reviving the Almost Everything name so that economical, complete car paint jobs will continue in the Bay Area. Stay tuned, hopefully this part of the story may continue somewhere in the future.

Thanks again,

Frank Barnard
President, Almost Everything Auto Body

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Address

37414 Centralmont Place
Newark, CA
94536

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 1pm

Telephone

+15104948200

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