Cars at the shop *No 56k* UPDATED 1/31/08

[PaulGT2164]

Update!


Sorry for the delay, but we have been very busy.




Pic of the shop, Firebird T/A, the black HEMI roadrunner we are restoring, and the red car is a 442 W-30.




Chevelle SS396, 4 speed. Real, documented, with broadcast sheet. Very nice car, I installed power steering and A/C on it.


Me at work! in the background you will see the white camaro SS, and the teal/blue car is a camaro RS/SS, and you can see the TransAm, and the Roadrunner, and a GTO way in the back.


Mark the master at work. Everyday I work I learn so much, He has been doing this for over 30+ years, and is the owner or the shop. Pictured here building a 455 for the 442.





Trans-Am, 4pseed car, very nice.



65 'vette





Camaro SS 396, cool color.


All the parts to install the A/C kits we do in front of a chevelle before I started the Installation, typically on a 105 degree AZ day these will blow 32-36 degrees out of the vents!





Real Shelby GT500, this is my current project, it is undergoing a partial restoration.







Green Charger. Cool color, nice car.

[nthfinity]

very cool,

in fact, very very cool

thanks for sharing, paul

[ZfrkS62]

>digs around in room for a minute and pulls out wallet< ok....i'll give you...$15.78 for the Charger

dude...you lucky, lucky, lucky (did i mention lucky?) bastard. If i was guaranteed a job at that shop, i would move back there in a heart beat

[ferrarif1fan89]

gets my vote for best thread ever. some of the nicest musclecars I've seen.

[silentm]

damn you lucky SOB, probably one of the greatest jobs out there for a petrolhead

[ARMAN]

wow incredible amount of gorgeous cars how it is possible I missed that topic? :shock: cobras from previous page are to kill for
thanx for sharing "inside" pics with us Paul

[franck bullitt]

You're lucky for working on these beauties 8) even if the job of mechanics isnot very exciting everyday .... my best friend is also a mechanic
Iv' never heard or seen or readen there's an '69 camaro SS, with a 502 :shock: It must be powerful
The GT500 is ops: .... but i like the 454 black Chevelle (i, orange it's very ârticular i think) and the green Charger is ops: too but my fav is the AC Cobra 8) I'd real like to do a ride in a car like this....because in Europa, american muscle car are very very appreciated and rare I even donit talk about price

[novass]

Muscle car heaven! I want that white Camaro and the red/black Chevelle and...ah screw it...I want all of them!

[pitfield]

So beautiful, I've never driven anything muscle, I suppose the nearest I've been is SL55 and 65 AMG, Cayenne Turbo S. I'd love to have a go, it'd have to be manual though. Suprised that some are autos, I know it's the states but the torque those bad boys must make! If MB have to use the old 5 speed auto for the beefier V12 and SC V8s? Those cars are 30 years old!! Wonderful.

[PaulGT2164]

the 69 camaro is a very cool car, its a real ss396 car, but as stated earlier its been bored/stroked to 502ci

its also a original A/C car, the only thing i do not like about it is the fact it is a automatic.

Ill have alot more pics of the gt500 since thats my current project, the interior has already been removed, and tuesday the engine/trans will be pulled, then I am welding in new floorpans

[PaulGT2164]

Here is another update! just a few pics of some stuff at the shop!


this is a 'Cuda AAR.....its very similar to the Challenger T/A we recently completed ( i posted a few pics, the bright blue car) it was a limited production run in only one year (about 2197 ever made) this one is undergoing "the Works"

We just got the body back from paint, and can start assembly.





Here is the current progress on the Hemi Roadrunner 4 speed we are doing. Its getting near to being complete. This car orginally had only 12k miles on it!


Motor is in and nearly ready to breathe its first breath in a long long time!

the interior is coming along!





and the cool hood....




Thanks!

[PaulGT2164]

Sorry for the crappy pics! haha dont know what was up with the camera (sony Dsc-h5)5

[PaulGT2164]

Here is the pics from the "restomod" challenger we done.

this car converted to fuel injection via a ACCEL DFI aftermarket fuel injection, and with modern brakes, suspension, etc

this was done for a shop demo car, to show what we can do

pics from beginning to end:

as you can see, it was in bad shape when we got a hold of it (and cheap!)












After being stripped, we mount'er up on the rotisserie. This was done at our other (old) shop.





After media blasting




after the bodywork was fixed, panels replaces, and all that good stuff, it was time to paint!





While the car was in the paint booth, it was time to assemble the "K" member, which holds the front suspension, brakes, and serves as a cradle for the engine. We have a homemade "dolly" that we use to build the the front suspension, brakes, engine, and transmission on, then we lower the body onto the K member, makes it a snap!






Ceramic coated headers to help the Big 426 hemi breathe.



Valve train:




Limited slip to help put down 500-600+ hp



Rear end in place



Prepping to drop the body on the K member



Down it goes!






Then the radiator, only the best!



The fuel system : dual 1000CFM 4 barrel throttle bodyies, Fuel rails, and Injection!




Underside!



Then the interior!







And when its all done, its one badass car......







Thanks!

[PaulGT2164]

Gooduck,

it really depends on the car, the condition, and the detail. a basic resto can be as little as 25k for something like a mustang or other popular car

when you get into the complete frame off restos, where the car is completely disassembled it gets into some money. we have done restorations that were as much as 140K for rare, hard to find, small production cars. The average is about 50-65k.

the term restoration is also a very "grey" term. Some shops go over the frame with some spray paint, order new interior, and do a tune up and call it done.

Most restorations we do are much more complex, as you can see in the challenger above, and they can get more complicated when you are dealing with something like a "numbers matching" car.

[dutchmasterflex]

Wow.. amazing work Paul.

How many man hours did it take to resurrect that Challenger from the dead?