Keizer Collision Center Inc

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In 1988 Hank and Sandy Tarter opened their doors as Tarter's Auto body, at 5350 River Road NE, Keizer, OR. In 1995, when they incorporated, they changed their name to Tarter's keizer Collision Center Inc.
Hank and Sandy have just recently completed their newest building (which looks more like an upscale bank than an automotive shop). It is an 8,000 square foot building which houses a paint shop, office, estimating bay, and 2nd floor storage facility. The original building,(4,000 square feet), is now a body and frame shop with the original paint booth, while building #3 is the parts department and cleanup shop. A 90 x 240ft. fenced storage lot is used for employee parking as well as storage for tow-ins.
They have two paint booths, an A.F.C. downdraft and a De Vilbiss crossflow. A Chief E-Z liner and 2 continental express racks, are also part of their equipment, with several Lincoln welders and two DeVilbiss air compressors. They use Clausen measuring systems with laser. The shop networks with five work stations using CCC ezest and ADP shoplink estimating systems. The facility has as i-Car gold class rating, requiring on-going I-Car training.
Tarter's Keizer Collision Center Inc. employs 13 full time and 2 part time employees. Business hours are 8:00a.m. to 5:30p.m. -Monday through Friday.
Hank grew up, in a family of six children, in Airlie, Oregon, South of Monmouth. He graduated from Central High School in 1964, and then moved to Bend to attend Oregon Community College for two years. Sandy also grew up in a family of six children in Bend, and graduated from high school in 1965.
They were married in 1967, then moved to Portland where he worked for a GM dealer while attending GM training center classes as an ongoing commitment. In 1970 they moved to Salem, where Hank worked for several repair facilities before buying an existing business with a partner in 1978.
Hank's involvement includes ASA, (State Secretary-Oregon Auto body Craftsman Association), Keizer Rotary (Club Service Director), and Keizer Chamber of Commerce.
Hank and Sandy were married in 1967 and have two children and three grandchildren. Mark, (38 years old), works full time at the business, Kim (36 years old), works part time,
Jake(20), Donovan(15), and Anthony(13).