January 28, 2010

High end detailing

Filed under: Car Service — noah @ 12:43 pm

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Shown is our detailer putting the finishing touches on a Bentley GT Speed. The detail ended up taking over 8 hours as and the car was hand washed, hand waxed, and hand buffed. The interior was then treated with our Zymol leather treatment which nurishes the hide and protects against harmful UV rays.

We also offer wet sanding, precision touch up where we can blend the touch up right into the paint, and of course high speed buffing. It’s amazing to see an what these processes can do to a paint job.

January 27, 2010

1941 Cadillac parts refinishing

Filed under: Car Service — noah @ 1:21 pm

img_7196img_6051img_6071We just upgraded our media blaster and the restored parts just keep looking better and better. It’s amazing how nice vintage parts look when they’ve been properly stripped and then refinished. Attached are some photos of restored parts of the 1941 Cadillac in our shop. Shown are a Cadillac engine fan, the Cadillac drum brake parts and some Cadillac suspension parts.

Genuine Jaguar parts….

Filed under: Car Service — Tags: , — noah @ 9:36 am

Yeah yeah yeah….everyone knows that Ford owned Jaguar and they used lots of their parts on the “Jaguar.” It’s just comical to see a FoMoCo casting on a part coming out of a Jaguar parts box as seen on this “Jaguar” steering knuckle.img_7553 You know what they say- “Everyone loves a FoGuar.”

1947 Plymouth Sub frame restoration

Filed under: Car Service — Tags: , , , , — noah @ 8:36 am

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The 1947 Plymouth was stripped of it’s front body panels this week as we prepared to restore the front subframe. Dave used a strong epoxy semi gloss black coating which filled in lots of little irregularities caused by years of use and the results speak for themselves. We will build the front end back up with Kanter suspension products and we’ll have completed the suspension and brake end of this project.

January 26, 2010

1969 Camaro Tremec TKO 600 conversion

Filed under: classic car restoration,Classic Car Service,Resto-Mod — Tags: , , , , — noah @ 3:15 pm

Just two weeks after project L89 hit the roads, the Camaro was back in our shop for more modifications. Although the M22 seemed like it would be a good combination on the car, the stock linkage and lack of 5th gear got the best of JF. We called up our friends at Keisler engineering for one of their plug and play Tremec TKO 600 transmissions and a couple weeks later it showed up. Were using a brand new Centerforce clutch/flywheel combination and project L89 will be back on the road in no time with a nice new highway cruising gear and and a tight new shift pattern.