Ben's Automotive

+1 850-763-3025

2312 N East Ave, Panama City, FL 32405 United States of America

Open Today: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM

Ben's Automotive Info

2312 N East Ave, Panama City, FL 32405 United States of America
+1 850-763-3025
[email protected]

Amenities

Accessibility

Wheelchair accessible entrance
Wheelchair accessible parking lot
Wheelchair accessible restroom

Offerings

Oil change

Amenities

Mechanic
Restroom

Planning

Appointments recommended

Payments

Credit cards
Debit cards
NFC mobile payments

Best WLM Reviews

These are good, honest people. My 72 year old dad brought his truck in for repairs, and apparently the radiator got damaged accidentally while pulling out a fan. With how old of a truck it is, they easily could have just told him he needed a radiator repair, too, and charged him for it. But they were honest, told him what happened, and completely replaced the radiator for him at no charge. I appreciate and respect them so much! They have made our entire family into lifelong customers! Thank you!!!

Great service their mechanics are top notch they are great at what they do I have a f350 they really done a a+ job and on top of that they are great honest people,.. hard to find these days

Thanks for taking care of us guys

Ben worked on my 68 Mustang. It looked good (if you like Hot Rod yellow - like me) but had sat for the best part of twenty years unused by previous owners. Tank of stale gas, carb issues, drums on rear, ceased disks on front etc. A list of things you get from a car sitting for 20 years and having older technology. I wanted Wilwood brakes, electric power steering, new mirrors with indicators, headlights, a long list of changes. Got an estimate and a date to bring it in... Shop was full when I first met with Ben and has stayed that way during my build. Therefore I expected a wait for completion because it was a long list of items. Ben got my car running and 90% done so we could (safely) take it to the Cars for Cause show in town. Returned afterwards for remaining 10% to be completed. There were parts already on the car that were not anticipated (Mk2 spindles for example) and bits of the power steering that got in the way of other things already on the car. Remember those new parts are advertised to work on a stock car, but if it is already modified... they may not fit quite as intended! Ben and Richard communicated these issues as they arose. Kept me in the loop and the options available to resolve them. Those changes involve additional costs, even if it is just labor. Please anticipate that cost changes will happen on a build that involves modifications to a car. Those issues are not Bens fault! I am pretty sure you need a psychic mechanic who can foresee the future, you should look elsewhere. Someone who can adapt to get the job done on your car, Ben's your man! OK, where Ben really shone was in the details of the build. Rather than hard wire the mirror lights, he came up with a slick conductor in the door frame, for example. Simply contact when the door is closed. No wires to break over time. Nice. Listen to Ben, he has good solid ideas about how to do things, just better than you were thinking. Best of all, every time he found an issue he brought it up so it could be resolved. I have confidence Ben had my best interests at heart to leave his shop with a significantly safer car than arrived with him at the start. IE that the existing fuel line at the gas tank, even though braided stainless and looked cool, was not a great solution to ensure that it never leaked. No one needs a gas line leaking. That is why you should carefully listen and consider what he is telling you.

Was putting sidepipes on my van, they said didn't have enough room for Catalitc converter, so they just put the pipi straight to the sidepipes. One pipe is 2 to 3 inches farther toward than the other, welding was extremely good, but the work they promised didn't get done, and didn't even call and let me know.

Thank you good people here! Good quality work to ! Will always come here for auto needs.

Quoted and did a job for 300. Dealership wanted a 1000. Great timely work! Thanks Ben's Automotive!!

Great customer service coupled with quality and timely repairs, I've only had positive experiences dealing with this shop. I certainly plan to continue using them.

This shop is very professional. The recent bad reviews are not accurate in the slightest. My challenger had a blown head gasket I needed fixed. On top of that, I wanted to install a new camshaft, lifters, damper, pushrods, springs, intake, and long tube headers. I’m pretty sure Ben was the one working on it. He told me roughly what it was going to cost and he would call me if they found anything extra that needed replaced in which I would have to give the the go ahead to fix. They called with updates on my car and let me know what was going on during the process. Everything went smooth. They are the only shop I will take my car to. I will be back!