- Body/Collision RepairI’ll never forget that day as I stood in a tiny regional airport out of the country along with only three other people awaiting the small plane that was to land shortly on a dirt runway. I’d forgotten I was wearing our sponsor shirt for an annual San Francisco foot race that been going on for over 90 years. Both our company name and logo were screen printed on the shirt. One of the three addressed me, “Hey– F. Lofrano & Son? They’ve been fixing my damaged vehicles for years. I love those guys! I always tell my friends not to go to any other auto body repair shops but them.”
- General RepairsMy dad Frank Lofrano had been repairing cars in San Francisco for around 33 years before I began prodding him to partner with me in opening our own Auto Body Repair shop. Frank was my mentor while we worked for another auto repair business and he was an old-school craftsman who loved repairing damaged vehicles. One day he finally agreed: “Kid, go get your tools and let’s get going.” And so began our F. Lofrano & Son Auto Body Repair business at 1745 Divisadero Street in July 1974. In those days, we wrote all damage estimates and repair orders manually which changed for us with the advent of the personal and business network computer in the early 80’s and the first management software we ever used.