Collision Masters

Specialties

Automotive and glass repair

History

Established in 1927.

The late Alex H. Schmidt established Schmidt’s Collision & Glass, originally named Schmidt’s Auto Service, in 1927. Alex H. Schmidt, an immigrant from Germany, shortly after arrival to the USA decided to open up a small repair shop on the East side of Buffalo at Broadway & Sherman.

Alex and his wife had two sons, Alex G. Schmidt and Eric Schmidt. Alex G. Schmidt, being the older of the two boys, took an interest in his father’s autobody repair shop. For several years he worked in the shop as a painter. While a painter, he observed and learned the day to day operations of how to operate an autobody repair facility.

In 1965, Alex G Schmidt decided to take over his father’s business, and moved it from the east side of Buffalo to the heart of downtown Buffalo at 740 Main Street (currently 555 Pearl St.). Alex didn’t stop there, Over the next 30 years he opened eight additional Schmidt’s Collision & Glass locations between Western New York and Florida, laying the foundation today.

Meet the Business Owner

Frank T.

Business Owner

Frank Todaro is the owner and operator of Schmidt’s Collision located at 555 Pearl Street, Buffalo, NY. His belief is that the best path for our continued growth and success lies internally with our employees, and externally by exceeding our customers’ expectations. This allows Schmidt’s to remain a strong industry leader providing high quality collision and glass repairs to WNY.