In 1930, Benny Broccoli Sr. begins working for Howard & Lewis Ford in Providence, R.I.

• He becomes known as one of the best engine mechanics on some of the first Ford Model A & Model T automobiles. 

• He rebuilds the engines with such tight clearances that the only way to get it to start for the first time is to push the vehicle down a hill.

• After WWII, he built his own building on Delaine Street, using newly-available steel and recycled brick. Delaine Autobody & Radiator Works is officially in business. He invents & patents an engine remover and installer system as well.

• Since the war was over, manufacturing refocused around the automobile. Everyone was buying new cars, and manufacturers were re-designing the idea of the automobile. His invention is deemed obsolete. Cars weren’t breaking as often, and Benny had less work. It’s here that he decided to take on the expanding field of auto-body work as a specialty, repainting and restoring damaged vehicles after they crash into each other; a consequence of an increasingly crowded & confusing world.
  
  

Three of Benny's children, Anthony, Benedetto, and Biajio, take over the company.

• Eventually the business was moved from Providence to Johnston, RI, and resided on Atwood Avenue. 

• Despite having to change locations, Delaine remained a strong pioneer in the industry, creating the moral background of quality and personality in small business that we happily bring to you today.  

• After some time, Delaine was dissolved as the brothers wished to move on to other things. By this time, however, Benedetto had already trained his sons Anthony and David the tricks of the trade. An agreement could not be made to transfer the business, so Delaine was no more. 

Anthony, nicknamed “Brock” by his peers,
continues the family tradition & opens Brock’s Collision Center on October 31st, 1993. 

• Brock’s started as a very small business, occupying merely a large concrete bay, a painting booth, and an office. It remained this way for quite some time. It was this small bay that Mike stepped into one morning to ask Anthony for an internship. Mike has been a member of our family since that day, and our shop has only grown since then. From a few small rooms and a box of tools, we have developed into a full service collision center. Mike received his Collision Repair Degree from N.E.I.T. & has over 20 years of experience in the field. He is a proud father of two young boys, and the proud owner of a 1998 BMW E36 M3 in Hellrot Red. 

• Avery, Anthony's son, grew up in an atmosphere surrounded by automobiles of all shapes, sizes, makes, models, and ages. Avery attended the University of Rhode Island where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy & a Bachelor of Arts in Writing & Rhetorical Analysis. He has over 20 years experience in the field. He is the owner of a 1952 MG TD Series, which we proudly display in our showroom. He and his wife are the proud parents of a baby boy. 

• In November 2024, Body Shop Business Magazine honors Brock's Collision Center in their BODYSHOP 500, placing us as the 35th oldest shop amongst Collision Centers accross the entire United States. 

• Brock’s Collision Center is rooted into a timeline of craftsmanship that has been honed since the invention of the vehicle itself. Our dedication, our skill, and our overall attitude towards this industry are fine-tuned by the time we have spent with it; from Delaine Street to Post Road, we’ve been working on cars every step of the way, and doing it right. We look forward to sharing with you a quality of service that only a century of understanding can provide!