Snow beefs up business at Dayton, Ohio, auto body shops.

By Jason Roberson, Dayton Daily News, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 28--DAYTON, Ohio -- Local auto body repair shops reported a big surge in business this week following last week's record snowfall.

"We're loving it," said Rex Zimmerman, a manager at Carl's Body Shop & Towing on Wayne Avenue. The shop wrote 75 work estimates on Monday and Tuesday, about double the normal number for a two-day period.

More than a foot of snow blanketed the area last week, creating the kind of dangerous driving conditions that can create backlogs at local body shops.

The four workers at the Little Giant Body & Paint Service in Dayton are …