New job in shop for restoration!
The firewall is painted and we are ready for the new engine.
The 1938 Buick is in the stage of disassembly.
Disassembly and stripping continues for the Buick.
The Buick is ready to go into the media blast chamber.
Jake continues to grind paint down on the Buick.
The Buick has been stripped and etch primed.
Some of pictures of rust from the post blast after etching.
Jake has started repairs to the body of the Buick, including small repairs to the upper quarters and welding in a new panel for the lower rear tail panel.
Checking out what gears are in the rear end and working on replace the rockers.
Repairing the damage and rust to the drivers fender.
Continuing on the repairs for the damaged fender and working on fabricating new metal for the passenger rocker area.
Continuing repairs to the passenger rear fender and passenger rocker.
Working on the drivers side rocker repairs.
New Metal going in for the passenger rocker panel. You can see the finished repairs to the drivers rocker too below.
Smoothing out the repaired drivers rocker.
Rear floors welded in and Mike is working on sanding the drivers rear quarter.
More body work completed.
Sanding down the rocker and patching the rest of the floor.
Finishing up repairs to the floor and to the rear fender for the Buick.
Rust proofing the trunk and getting ready to install the new well for the front spare tire.
Installing the spare tire tubs.
Splatter painting trunk and wrapping up the fender wells.
All the body work for the Buick is done and the vehicle is ready to prime!
Putting everything in the booth for primer.
All masked off and ready to prime! Paint is just around the corner.
The 1938 Buick has been primed, is out of the booth and ready for mechanical restoration to get rolling.
You can see where the underside of floor of the Buick has been welded up as well as the top.
Undercoating and rust proofing the underside of the body and the frame.
Tearing down the front suspension and brakes on the 1938 Buick.
Dan is working on pulling the engine out of the 1938 Buick today. We are going to be sending it out to be rebuilt.
A bunch of new front end components showed up for the Buick today.
Now that the front end has been torn down Dan spent the day today blasting and painting the lower control arms.
The engine is pulled out of the Buick. It is getting disassembled to send out for rebuilding.
The new wheel cylinder and brake hoses are in house.
Dan is repairing the engine bay wiring and has replaced all the steel brake lines.
Painting all the loose panels for the Buick.
The color really looks amazing.
The rebuilt shocks have returned. Now we can assemble the front end.
Continuing on assembly for the front suspension.
Dan is moving forward assembling the front end and the brakes.
The dash is disassembled for etching and sealing and the front end is back together.
The rebuilt engine for the Cadillac is back and Dan is sandblasting the valve cover and getting the engine ready for paint.
The freshly painted and rebuilt engine is getting installed today and the new valve cover decal is on.
Continuing the assembly of the engine.
