Lents Body Shop, Inc.

At Lents Body Shop we are committed to supporting Oregon’s rich automobile history.  This year we are proud supporters of the Oregon History Museum’s Pedal to the Metal exhibit; which runs from May 29 through September 2, 2011 at the Oregon History Museum.

For more information on the event, here is a copy of the OHM’s event press release.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Rachel Butler, 503.306.5221, Rachel.Butler@OHS.org
Additional:  Jim Beriault – (503) 968-6806, jb@b5pr.com

Historic race cars drive into the Oregon History Museum for a one-of-a kind experience: Pedal to the Metal: Oregon Motorsports Tradition

May 29 – September 4, 2011

Portland, OR – May 3, 2011— It’s the summer of the automobile in the Portland Park Blocks, and the Oregon History Museum is ready!   The Oregon History Museum has created Pedal to the Metal, an original exhibit about Oregon’s motorsport history.  Pedal to the Metal will explore Oregon’s contribution to automobile design through its rich history of race car builders and drivers who dedicated their lives to this iconic sport. Never before have so many Oregonian owned race cars, motorcycles and engines been staged in one place at one time!

See Pedal to the Metal May 29 through September 4^th at the Oregon History Museum.

“OHS is bringing the automobile design theme across the Park Blocks and making a wonderful connection to Oregon by showcasing race cars of many shapes and sizes which were designed, built or driven by Oregonians,” said Interim Executive Director, Kerry Tymchuk.

In celebration of the 100^th anniversary of the Indy 500, and in collaboration with the Portland Art Museum’s Allure exhibit, Pedal to the Metal commemorates the rich history of racing in Oregon, and will showcase a breathtaking display of race cars, motorcycles, and engines. Video footage, photographs, memorabilia, and eye catching wall graphics will provide the context and history for the extraordinary items featured in the exhibit.  Never before has this collection of racing history come together in a single exhibition.  Exhibit curator Robert Joki has been working with OHS to track down famous race car drivers, builders and enthusiasts to piece together this magnificent show.

A significant portion of this exhibit will highlight Oregon’s connection to the famed Indy 500 by exhibiting Indy Cars that were driven or designed by Oregonians over the years. The exhibit is also a Rose Festival Sanctioned event, and is designed to pair with the Portland Rose Festival’s Rose Cup Race, which will run its 51st race on June 17-19th, 2011.

Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday, Noon to 5:00 p.m.  Visit WWW.OHS.ORG for more information.

About the Oregon Historical Society

The Society has served since 1898 as Oregon’s primary research collection and museum about Oregon history. OHS has an extensive collection of historical pieces, including over 85,000 artifacts and 3 million photographs and films. It safeguards and presents Oregon’s history through a museum, research library, traveling exhibits, school programs and website content.

PRESS RELEASE
JANUARY 15, 2010

AUTOMOTIVE “NESHAP” PAINT TECH TRAINING
HELD AT LENTS BODY SHOP INC.

Twenty-three Portland Oregon area professional automotive painters convened at Lents Body Shop Inc. on January 12, 2010 and received new training required to meet the new EPA air quality standard requirements under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Paint Stripping and Miscellaneous Surface Coating Rule (40 Code of Federal Regulations 63.11169-63.11180), also known as “Surface Coating NESHAP).

Instructor John Edwards stated that those in attendance would receive training certification documentation that must be kept for five years. All employees that will be painting must complete training and certification no later than 180 days after hiring, or no later than January 10, 2011, which ever is later. After initial certification, employees must be re-certified every five years. The rule specifies that hands-on and classroom instruction address (1) Spray gun selection, set up and operation. (2) Paint techniques designed to improve transfer efficiency. (3) Booth and filter maintenance (4) Environmental compliance with the rule.

All collision facilities that paint vehicles are subject to the rule, which is designed to reduce emissions of HAP metals (chromium, lead, manganese, nickel and cadmium) from spray paint operations, and reduce use of methylene chloride paint strippers.

Shops may submit a “Petition of Exemption” to the EPA if they are able to demonstrate their coatings are HAP free. Exceptions must be able to prove they use coatings that do not contain metal HAP’s, or that their paint guns use cups of 3 ounces or less. However, state DEQ regulations must still be met.

The initial notification to the EPA was due January 11, 2010. This provides basic information about the facility. A second “Compliance Certification” is due by March 11, 2011, which states your facility is in compliance with the rule. Lastly, an Annual Notification of Changes Report is due by March 1, as appropriate, which documents any changes that may have occurred during the prior year.

The event was co-sponsored by Lents Body Shop Inc., Industrial Finishes, and by SATA Spray Gun Equipment Company.

PRESS RELEASE: TUESDAY MAY 13, 2008

Lents Body Shop Inc. in Southeast Portland hosted over thirty state air quality regulators from four western states (Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Colorado), so that they might better understand how new federal automotive refinish regulations will impact collision repairers.

Patricia Huback, air toxics coordinator for Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), said the site visit pas part of a training session coordinated by the Western States Air Resources Council (WESTAR).

The four-day educational training was to cover different topics of interest on each day, and one of the issues that is of interest to air quality inspectors nationwide is auto body and paint repair shop.

State agencies are currently developing plans to implement new federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations that will require collision shops to meet specific equipment and training requirements.

“There are a lot of inspectors who don’t really know very much about auto body and paint shops, and now, they really need to,” Huback said.

“So, for the site visit portion of the training, I called Randy Dagel at Lents Body Shop to see if he would allow us to visit their shop, because they have gone above and beyond in the past with their environmental compliance”.

Huback said the visit to Lents Body Shop gave the regulators clear information and perspectives beyond classroom theory. It was nice to actually go into a shop and talk to the people working there and find out what issues and concerns they have, she said.

“It was a chance for them to get a real-world view of what the rules mean for collision repair business,” said shop owner Dagel, whose business I marking its 40th year in business.

Under the new EPA regulations, by 2011 shops will be responsible to ensure all painting is done by technicians with hands-on training using high-volume, low pressure (HVLP) spray guns and are also working in compliant paint booths or prep stations. Also, paint gun cleaning must be done with products or solvents that do not contain certain hazardous air pollutants, or are done within a fully enclosed spray gun cleaner.
Lents Body Shop, in fact, is one of the very first Oregon automotive collision repair shops to have earned the “Eco-Logical Business” designation through a program designed by environmental regulators to recognize and promote to consumers businesses that reach the highest standards in minimizing their environmental impact.

Lents Body Shop Inc. is located at 9038 S.E. Foster Road, Portland Oregon, in the heart of the new Lents Town Center.