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Alex's 1965 Mustang gets new quarter panels. |
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David shows the body work and restoration progress on
Alan's 1973 Trans Am. |
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David shows a groovy retro interior that will be
replaced with correct restoration quality interior pieces in a 1978
Trans Am. |
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David shows what work is planned for a blue 1967
Pontiac Firebird. |
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This is a Silver Edition 1979 Tenth Anniversary
Trans Am that arrived at the shop painted white. ("Lightning" told us
the white ones are very rare.) The owner just wanted the body
straightened, the t-top roof replaced and painted it's original silver and grey, but it is
never so simple with 25 year old cars. |
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Buried beneath fiberglass and paint
was the rusted base of the original trunk hinge. |
Below the rusted hinge base were
multiple layers of sheet metal to be replaced. |
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Once the driver's fender was removed
a crushed cowl was found and replaced with a good piece from a donor
car. |
The rusted out bottom of both doors
were replaced with pieces from good donor doors. |
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After the guide coat was applied, it was sanded off to
reveal any remaining imperfections. |
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The trunk hinge base after being replaced, and primed
for paint. |
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T-top molding repainted |
The trunk hinge base after being painted and clear
coated. |
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The two toned seams will be completely covered by the
hood bird and pinstripes. |
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The bottom corner of this door was replaced. |
403 shaker hood scoop |
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What's up with Rodger? |
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This 1977 Yellow Formula 350 came into the shop for a
paint, pinstripes and formula decals. |
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This is Michael B.'s blue on blue 400/4 Speed Trans
Am. He has owned it since it was 6 months old. Now he
plans to have it restored in stages, starting with the interior.
Sometimes we build cars from the ground up, this one's being build
from the inside out.
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A good pair of front plastic interior panels have been
re-dyed. New rear kick and sail panels were ordered and dyed.
New rear package tray, carpet and new door panels have arrived.
The seats have been re-upholstered with NOS original hobnail
material. The original interior components also had varying
shades and tones of blue.
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The new Auto Custom Carpet, reupholstered rear seat
back and re-dyed rear kick panels installed.
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reupholstered rear seat buns and re-webbed seat belts
and polished seat belt hardware installed.
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The original steering wheel was deteriorated on the
back side from a quarter century of ultraviolet rays. The cracks
were filled with thin layers of flexible primer, sanded and dyed with
the upholstery dye.
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The Hurst shifter was re-chromed and a new rubber boot
installed.
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New vinyl sun visors were installed.
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All new t-top trim pieces and sail panels have been
painted.
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Custom dyed headliner material is adhered to the original
board and fitted in place.
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Re-webbed seatbelts |
Re-dyed t-top panels
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The
nose on this Special Edition was warped due to an accident. The
crash bar and passenger side bumper support were bent out of shape and
must be replaced.
The damage may have been done in the same
incident but there were two distinct impacts.
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The bumper cover
was hand sanded down to the primer and revealed no significant
damage. It will be re-used and the paint mixed with a flex
additive. A crease on the passenger side was filled with
flexible body filler. The replacement crash bar and support bracket
are being adjusted for proper fit.
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First a couple dozen yards of pre-molded
pin-striping from Phoenix Graphics. Lastly the freshly painted nose returns
home to be color sanded and buffed. They say you can't buff inside
the headlight bucket, but we have a secret.
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Refinishing
service for 15" x 7" and 15" x 8" alloy wheels available.
Work can be done on both Snowflake and Turbo style wheels.
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Refinishing service
includes patching scratched alloy, milling the
surface to original finish specifications. Also includes painting inserts
and clear coating if desired. Turbo wheels are bead blasted inside
the spoke openings, milled on the flat surface and polished in the cone.
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Gold
tinting service for Special Edition instrument bezels available.
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Gold hood bird applied to Nocturne Blue Metallic '79
Trans Am
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Camel Hobnail seats we recovered for Kerry's 1979 Special Edition
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Recaro seats we recovered in
Camel Hobnail for Kerry's 1979 Special Edition
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Fisher
T-Top transplant on a Yellow 1978 T/A
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Fisher
T-Top transplant on a 1978 T/A
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The Cars & Concepts roof was cut off and
replaced with a Fisher top from a Gold '79. The
bottom edge of the replacement roof was measured and cut. The two
edges were stitch welded together, then a narrow strip of sheet metal was
welded into the gap originally filled with body filler. Later the
surface was ground down to match the contour of the B-pillar.
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New
door panel installation on another Yellow 1978 T/A. |
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| Instrument
cluster repair, tachometer and clock rebuild and fender re-alignment
on 1970 Blue Ram Air III Trans Am. |
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| 1978 Trans Am
quarter panel transplant and floor pan replacement |
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Special
Edition pinstripes installed on a Black 1978 Trans Am |
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1976
Silver 455 / 4 Speed Trans Am Decal Install |
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body work on this car. It was then brought to David at Texas Trans Am Service and
restoration for application of the decals. |
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1975 Gold Formula
dashboard fire reconstruction - After pictures coming soon. |
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