When you arrive at Atlas Body Shop in San Antonio, just down the street from Fort Sam Houston, by IH-35 and 281 you could almost think you're driving up to a first class professional business building rather than a body shop. The main building is surrounded by graceful trees, and the two-story entranceway is guarded by a beautiful stone fountain that makes you think of old Mexico. The area is undergoing a successful urban renewal and we are proud to be a cornerstone of that process. At Atlas Body Shop, we take a lot of pride in the building. Richard Leal, 57, one of five brothers who operate the shop that their father, Pete Leal Sr., opened in 1950. Pete Sr. brought his body repair skills with him from Monterey, Mexico. Originally the business was started on East Houston Street where it supported a wife, five sons and two daughters.
When Pete Sr. retired almost 20 years ago, he appointed Richard to run the business. It had grown to three shops by the early 1980's and those shops were consolidated into the present location, opened in 1971, which now boasts 45,000 sq. feet on three floors with connecting ramps: body work is done on the first level, the paint shop with two BlowTherm down draft spray booths and six BlowTherm prep stations is on the second, and vehicle storage occupies the third. At any given time 200 cars can be kept safely inside the building. While Richard oversees the operation, his older brother Pete Jr., 65, handles marketing; Fernando, 54, manages the shop and parts, while Chris (Richard's son), 26, manages the body shop, and Gilbert, 47 supervises the estimating, making this business three generations.
Atlas Body Shop has DRP contracts with majority of all the insurance companies in San Antonio. At Atlas Body Shop, we like to build strong working relationships with our insurers so we can better serve our mutual customers. Pete Leal, Jr. handles outside marketing and public relations for Atlas; he spends a lot of time with insurance agents.
Atlas attracts insurance business because of the facility, the latest shop equipment and its stable, capable workforce. Here at Atlas Body Shop, we are I-CAR Gold Class qualified, which makes a difference to insurers, which also, we've always had the latest estimating software and digital imaging to help the line of communication. The shop had two estimating systems for several years in order to accommodate different insurers, but now uses only the CCC Pathways estimating software. By using CCC, which we've always preferred and through the Internet our estimates and digital photos can be transferred to different carriers.
The computer systems are part of the administrative group run by long-time employee Jeannette Faulkner. She's been with Atlas Body Shop for 18 years. Also, in the office are Alice Gassmann and Richard's wife, Monica Leal.
Atlas has also been accepted into PPG's CertfiedFirst network where it takes advantage of the consumer brand name awareness generated by national advertising as well as the CertifiedFirst marketing program to insurance carriers.
From our family to yours, Atlas Body Shop continues to serve the San Antonio / Bexar County Metropolitan and surrounding areas.

Hours of Operation
922 E. Carson
San Antonio, TX 78208

(210) 224-4507
(800) 649-2852
Fax:(210) 226-1430

Business Hours:
Monday - Friday
7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturdays
8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Please call
for holiday hours