BRTILLION, WIS. — Jewel's Body Shop in Brillion, Wis., has been restoring cars for more than 50 years, but founder Jewel Meetz has been restoring cars for even longer. Although he earlier worked in a Chevrolet garage, he's come to be known as the go-to man for 1955-'57 Ford Thunderbird parts and restoration. Meetz carries a large line of used parts, mostly for 1950s and '60s Fords, especially Thunderbirds, and over the years, he's also reproduced many hard-to-find 1950s Ford parts. Yet he works on Fords, Chevrolets, MoPars — whatever a customer may own.
At 80 years young, Meetz continues to restore and sell parts for cars of all types and sees no end to his fun. We asked him to share some insight into the business that keeps him young at heart.
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