J & R Body Shop

DO NOT deal with this man! My husband broke down going to work in the middle of the night about 6 hours into his trip and got a ride with his friend. He left it on the side of the road and the next day i found this man, Manuel Perez on the internet. I called him to go get the truck and asked him to check it out and see what the problem was. He kept in touch and figured out the transmission had went out. He wanted me to wire the full amount of $1400 before he would fix it. I didn't feel comfortable doing that so I drove 7hrs to go pay him and to get a receipt. After I paid him he cut all communication and we would have to call several times black to back to get him to answer. He lied to us the whole 1st month saying he was having to rebuild the transmission. Finally we had enough and figured he was lying, and got in touch with the police. Which scared him up because he stays in trouble with the cops and didn't want to be in anymore trouble so this grown man of 44 yrs gets his mom to call us and begs for us to give him another chance and informs us that he had hard times and has spent ALL of our money. So here we are 2and a half months later having to drive 7hrs to load the truck up and haul it home ourselves. He was a no show when we went to get the truck and had his girlfriend open the doors to his garage. We are having to take legal action to get our money back that he basically stole from us. I know it's quite a lengthy description but I don't want innocent people to be burned and stole from like we were, this is horrible. We talked to several other people in Abilene that has said he's nothing but a crook and has burned many people. I hope no one else falls into his scams like us and many others.
Apr 26th, 2016

Best in town. Was my shop for years. Had no problems with it.
Dec 15th, 2014

BEWARE!!! This is the worst company and mechanic we have ever dealt with in our lives. This is a one man shop and he also does mobile mechanic so if his night is busy he wont get to the shop until after lunch time. He tells you to meet him at his shop at a certain time and does not show up or answer his phone. He lies and takes forever to repair your truck. They have an F score w/ the BBB. If you fall into their hands, cut your losses and transfer to to another mechanic.
Dec 4th, 2013

There good just slow u will have to wait all day n, it still wont be done or they have to go back redo something thing n then its the same u wait they start on it late n ur out anther day with out a car n I have no one here n a kid to get to school so maybe my car will be ready tommrow
Apr 24th, 2012