A passion for auto restoration.

The pioneer of Latino's Body Shop, Melvin Mejia, was fascinated by classic cars. He grew up collecting pin-ups of vintage vehicles and dreamt of tinkering with old cars from the past. While his mother may have wanted him to become a doctor, Melvin Mejia had a different sort of operating table in mind: an auto body shop!

After immigrating to the US in 1994 at age 25, Mejia opened his auto body shop in downtown Oklahoma City in 1998. He opened at his present location in 2012.

National recognition

With customers shipping cars to Oklahoma City from as far away as Dallas, San Antonio, and Los Angeles, Latino's Body Shop is making waves in the auto customization industry. Mejia says he never advertises, because anyone who rides in a Bricktown Limo has seen his work.