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The Collision Industry Foundation (CIF) is excited to announce the election of Yvette Burke, vice president of replacement and leisure division at Enterprise Holdings Inc., to the CIF Board of Trustees.

CIF provides emergency relief by securing and distributing donations to collision repair professionals who have experienced significant losses due to natural disasters or other catastrophic events. Burke has a long history of philanthropic involvement, including within the collision repair industry as a member of the Women’s Industry Network (WIN), where she has contributed on numerous committees and as a mentor, and the National Auto Body Council as a member of the St. Louis Golf Tournament Committee.

She is a current board member of the Alzheimer’s Association, chairing the “Walk to End ALZ” and participating on the ALZ Gala Committee.

Source: CIF Andrea Arguello and Francisco Lopez are the owners of Eagle Auto Body Shop LLC, a new automotive repair shop that opened last month at 108 Magnolia Drive in LaPlace, LA.

Bodywork, dent repair, part replacement and paint jobs are among the services offered for automotive exteriors. Efficiency and quality of service are at the heart of the business, according to Arguello and Lopez.

Arguello is breaking barriers as a 24-year-old woman in a male-dominated field. She never imagined herself working in the automotive industry until she brought a wrecked car to a body shop in Kenner, LA.

“That’s where I met my partner, Francisco Lopez. They were looking for someone to work at their office and run the administrative side,” Arguello said. “I worked with them for two years, and then we decided that we wanted to open a body shop in a new market.”

Arguello learned the ins and outs of running a business. While she started out knowing very little about cars, she quickly learned how to identify parts and how they come together. She’s also learning the process of painting exteriors to give old cars new life.

“I was not planning on doing this. I just grew to love learning everything about the vehicles. It came easy to me,” Arguello said.

Meanwhile, Lopez has more than 20 years of experience in bodywork, and opening Eagle Auto Body Shop gives him a chance to continue doing what he loves.

Lopez wakes up every morning ready for a new challenge. Every car and every job is different, and even though he’s done repairs for 20 years, there’s always opportunities to learn something new.

As a complete automotive services body shop, Eagle Auto Body Shop specializes in repairs on the exterior of a vehicle, including doors, bumpers, fenders, headlights and hoods.

In addition to restoring vehicles with paint, Eagle Auto Body Shop can also perform custom work. One custom job included installing vertically rotating “scissor doors” on a Lamborghini.

Arguello explained Eagle Auto Body Shop doesn’t do mechanic work, which deals with the engine, suspension and other aspects of the interior of the vehicle. However, if a customer is getting body work done in the shop and needs some supplemental mechanic work done, the Eagle team will coordinate with a specialist to get the job done in house.

“There are people who can come to us and do the work so our customers can have everything done at the same place. We try to help everyone,” Arguello said. “One of the cars we worked on needed a windshield changed. Since it was already going to be at the body shop, we were able to get a glass guy to come here and do it. We are very flexible with helping the customers get what they need.”

Arguello said Eagle Auto Body Shop is also happy to assist customers with insurance questions.

Business hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. For more information, email eagleautobodyshop@gmail.com or call 504470-7831.

Eagle Auto Body Shop LLC is on Instagram at instagram.com/eagle autobodyshopllc/

Texas Police Puts ‘Ghost Camaros’ Into Action to Catch Reckless Drivers

by Loukia Papadopoulos, Interesting Engineering

It’s an all-too-common occurrence. Someone is speeding a little too fast and suddenly they see a hard-tomiss police car. They stop in their tracks and slow down just in time. But what if they couldn’t spot the police car?

Houston, TX-area Harris Country Sheriff’s Office has a new fleet of cars and instead of the usual clear writing, the vehicles are equipped with ghost decals that blend into the cars’ paint, making it difficult to spot on the road, reported CHRON. They also don’t have the top emergency light. According to the Harris County Sherriff’s Office, the ghost decals are meant “to support our multipronged efforts to get dangerous drivers off our streets so that we might ultimately shed our region’s dubious distinction for having the nation’s deadliest roads.”

The new fleet of police Chevrolet Camaros looks just like regular cars from most angles, meaning they can operate inconspicuously. Their presence, however, may not be well-received by civilians.

Unmarked police cars have often been a contentious subject. Civilians argue they are just used to issue more fines and burden them economically.

Their proponents, however, argue they add an extra layer of safety to the roads as drivers will be forced to behave more carefully knowing they can be caught at any moment.The new cars are an in-between of completely unmarked vehicles and regular police cars.

When stopped by a ghost car, civilians can be certain they are indeed being accosted by the police as the decals will be visible up close. This can assuage fears that impostors might be playing cops.

The latter seems to be the only real advantage to having the decals as for all other purposes it would be more convenient for traffic police cars to be completely unmarked. Regardless, a Twitter user has already begun warning people about the new discreet cars. How many drivers will be caught off guard?