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CARSTAR Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Illinois

February 14, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

CARSTAR announced the addition of Tatman’s CARSTAR, a 12,000 sq. ft. collision repair center located at 701 N. Mattis Avenue, in Champaign, Ill., to its network of independently-owned facilities.

Chris, Tim and Matt Tatman have joined the CARSTAR network. CARSTAR Tatman's is located in Champaign, Ill.

Tim Tatman, owner of Tatman’s CARSTAR, started working for his dad at a young age cleaning the facility for 50 cents a week. His father opened up a collision repair center in 1959. Tim worked his way up through the ranks and learned every job in the facility before joining his father full-time in 1981.

 “Eventually, my father sold his repair center to a consolidator and I became just another employee

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