So, we’re adopting! I know that this blog is for and about TNT, but I’ve learned a few things over the past 15 years in business and marriage: so much of you is your business. Rephrased with guts, I would say “so much of ME is MY business.” We can’t help it. It’s our dream, our passion and our hope, fueled with our blood, sweat, tears and time. So it naturally comes through that who we are is so much of what TNT is. And any one that has ever had any type of relationship knows that your relationships affect your life. And your work.

The Franklin County Fair was a great experience for TNT this year. We had been able to use our beloved Cool Bus and sponsor the fair last year, but the weather did not cooperate very well and Friday and Saturday, the two largest days of the fair, ended up having to be cancelled. We had a blast even in the two days we were able to participate in 2015, so we were bound and determined to give it our all this year.

TNT is so happy to announce that our winner of the $2,000 prize in the “Hit A Deer, Win Gas For A Year!” Campaign is Cindy Thurman of Glade Hill, Virginia!

Cindy and her family have been loyal customers of TNT for years, and we couldn’t have been more pleased that it was her name that we literally pulled out of a paper bag for the drawing from our customer database!

TNT Auto Body Repair has found a way for the dream of the Service Center in their name to come true right in front of them! The opportunity to work with Lloyd Hodges Garage and expand their Service Center has been such a wonderful chance to both continue a community legend, as well as offer even greater services to TNT fans. TNT is able to offer oil changes, brakes, alignments, tires and so much more! Customers from Rocky Mount through Smith Mountain Lake can now enjoy regular vehicle maintenance in addition to the auto body repair that comes with stellar customer service and a lifetime warranty. Adding a full time mechanic has opened the door to grow TNT as well as preserve Lloyd Hodges Garage as a legacy and community landmark for Mr. Hodges.

“Hit A Deer, Win Gas For A Year” was the theme for TNT’s advertising and promotion this past year, where every customer who came in for a vehicle repair from November 1, 2014 through November 2, 2015, was entered in to a drawing to win a $2,000 gas gift card. You may have seen their mascot, “O” (as in “O Deer!”) around town at community events, or even appearing on Cable 12. It was TNT’s way of trying to put a silver lining around their customers’ otherwise dreary situations.

How does one preserve a community land mark and protect a legacy while providing modern day service work to customers needing current technology in their modern day vehicles? That is the question Tim and Tara Wall of TNT Auto Body Repair and Service Centers in Glade Hill, VA, have been trying to answer with J. Lloyd Hodges of Lloyd Hodges Garage in Glade Hill, VA.

“We are so glad TNT is keeping Mr. Hodges’ place open. It’s close to home, and we’ve always had our inspections and service work done there,” remembers Norma Turner of Glade Hill. “When I was growing up, my Dad wouldn’t go anywhere else but to Lloyd’s, and now it’s become a sort of family tradition. It’s so good to see it stay open.”

This Saturday, April 18th, TNT Auto Body’s Cool Bus will be shuttling a group of partygoers to socialize under the stars for United Way’s first-of-a-kind  fundraiser, Shine & Dine.  This nod to Franklin County’s heritage celebrates the night at The Early Inn in Rocky Mount with thimbles full of locally distilled moonshine and local foods tasting with the beautiful backdrop benefitting the United Way. Guests can get gussied up for a fun photo booth for selfies and laughs.   A fire pit with folklore stories make this an amazing date night for an amazing cause.  All ticket sales go directly to benefit the United Way, which is just now reaching 40% of their $382,000 goal.  TNT hopes to promote a safe an enjoyable event while supporting such a worthy cause.  Executive Director Nancy Bell has worked tirelessly to create a night to remember for our town that also helps United Way help others.  Tickets for the event and the shuttle are still available online by clicking here.

 

TNT just had the privilege of congratulating the children of Glade Hill Elementary School in some of their recent activities and accomplishments. The children received a visit from “O” Deer, the TNT mascot who has surfaced this year to implement TNT’s promotion, “Hit A Deer, Win Gas for A Year!” in which every customer throughout the year is entered in to a drawing to win a $2,000 gas gift card.

No one needs to tell you that being in an accident is stressful. Even in the best of circumstances, having a vehicle in need of repair seems to make everything around you move in slow motion. Finding time to schedule an estimate with a local auto body repair facility can seem like a daunting task in and of itself, let alone dealing with your insurance company.

But what if there was an option that actually saved you time and money? All while fixing your vehicle safely and efficiently?

​No one needs to tell you that being in an accident is stressful. Even in the best of circumstances, having a vehicle in need of repair seems to make everything around you move in slow motion. Finding time to schedule an estimate with a local auto body repair facility can seem like a daunting task in and of itself, let alone dealing with your insur...