Jets Truck & Auto Body - About Us

Rensselaer County native Jeff Pfeffer started Jets in 1984, on Rt. 9 in Castleton and then moved to his larger location on Rt. 20 in Nassau, just three and a half miles east of the 9 & 20 juncture. In June of 2014, with a large Columbia County clientele, he expanded and opened a second location at 2532 Route 9H in Kinderhook. He purchased the original Kinderhook Toyota buildings. Jeff and his crew continue to earn praise from customers, and car dealers, for their excellence in the body shop and with customer service. Now celebrating 40 years., Jets Truck & Auto Body has served many customers repeatedly from both Columbia and Rensselaer counties. A testament to excellence is his many repeat customers and personal referrals from auto body shops, car dealers and former customers.

Jeff is very compassionate towards his customers, “Accidents are stressful enough to begin with,” says Jeff, “so we try to make things as stress-free as possible on our end.” He wants everyone reading this to put his phone numbers in your phone; just in case you hit a deer or get into an accident and need a tow, rental car and collision repair. You will want to make a call to a locally owned & very reputable company that will take the time to ask how you are and help you through the process during a stressful time.

Jets Truck & Auto Body works with all Insurance companies and their estimates and will try to speed the process up as much as possible. They do have rentals available and 24-hour towing capability. They can even pick your car up for repair and deliver it back to you on completion if that is necessary. Jeff and his team are dedicated to making the process as seamless and least stressful for you.

Jets Truck & Auto Body true specialty has always been collision repair. Everything from small dents to heavy wrecks, they have constantly keep up with the latest equipment and skills to handle your collision needs. They even have full glass coverage capability, including windshields.

The Nassau facility has 7 working bays, 2 wash bays, and a down-draft painting booth for when they are done with the repair work. A Car-O-Tronics (which is manufactured by Car-O-Liner, a Swedish company) is a computer measuring system that puts the vehicle back into company specs, no matter what vehicle it is, car or truck, foreign or domestic. This equipment is state of the art, costing over $100,000. In both locations, it ensures the car leaves Jets Truck & Auto Body fixed and in showroom, new car specifications.

In addition to this, they have $80,000 of frame equipment and also a new resistance welder. This new I-Spot ($24,000) welder is programmable for different manufacturers’ specifications and can weld boron steel, for instance, which is on many of the new cars. They have spent a lot to insure that they can get a person’s vehicle back to the condition it was in before a collision.

The Kinderhook location has 9 working bays and 2 wash bays. Downdraft booth from Italy, Car-O-Liner technology and they are spraying envirobase paint, which is water borne, to ensure a great match and environmentally friendly. All paint is 100% guaranteed. The ultimate goal is to have your vehicle restored to pre-accident condition.