A native of New Hampshire, Gary Ledoux retired in 2017 after a 48-year career in the automotive industry. For 18 years, he worked in various capacities in numerous car dealerships in New Hampshire. In 1988, Gary began his career with American Honda, eventually serving as the assistant national manager for American Honda’s Collision Parts Marketing Department, and was instrumental in launching Honda’s certified body shop program. He was very active in the collision repair industry, serving on various Collision Industry Conference (CIC) committees and as a three-time chairman of the OEM Collision Repair Roundtable. Today, Ledoux is a freelance writer splitting his time between his Florida home and vacation property in South Carolina. In the summer of 2018, he published his fifth book, YesterWreck: The History of the Collision Repair Industry in America.