Archive for April, 2010
1949 Mercury Convertible Restoration Part 63
Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
For the shaping on this panel I used several tools such as a shot bag, a large wood mallet, a wheeling machine or English Wheel, a Lancaster type shrinker/stretcher combo, a bead roller,hammers and dollies and of course a welder. All of the welding was done by oxy-acetylene torch.
A good [...]
The Mohs Ostentatienne Restoration Part 5
Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
The students have now started stripping off some of the blue paint and have exposed some of the rusted areas on the right side of the body. They have some rusted areas cut out and have ground down to bare metal on the top of the right fender where the [...]
Are you “Car Crazy?”
Submitted by Mikes Show-N-Shine Blog
I just read through my subscription to Meguiar’s on-line magazine. Barry Meguiar is the original Car Crazy guy and gave 14 ways to show if you are a certifiable Car Crazy person. I might note that Legendary Collector Cars author also noted Barry’s comments in his last article. So, to be [...]
1946 Ford Street Rod Part 18
Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
If you have been following the repair on this ‘46 you probably remember how rusty this car was. Below is a picture of the right side lower “A” pillar before the repairs. We had to completely remove this area and start over. Since we didn’t have really anything to go [...]
Old Car Picture of the Week- Beautiful Jaguar XK150
Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
From the Library of Virginia, a beautiful Jaguar Xk150. This picture was take in March of 1961
For more reading on these cars go HERE
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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1965 Buick Wildcat Convertible Restoration Part 16
Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
Now that the inside trunk floor and inner wheel houses have been fitted and tack welded, we moved back to the outside quarter panels. 50% of the welding was done the old fashioned way with an oxy-acetylene torch, the rest of the welding was with a MIG. The lower part [...]
Save A Battery Winner!!!
Submitted by Mikes Show-N-Shine Blog
We have a winner! Thanks to all of you who took the time to enter. Please stay with me as I will have another giveaway soon! And you never know what Mike’s Show-N-Shine or one of my sponsors will come up with as a good giveaway!
The winner of the Save A [...]
Save A Battery Giveaway
Submitted by Mikes Show-N-Shine Blog
Save A Battery
has a Charger/Tester that they would like you to have!!
So let’s get busy and give it away!! That’s right! This state-of-the-art, high tech battery charger can be yours. Just follow the easy instructions!
Let me tell you some facts about this battery tester. It is a 50 watt, 12 volt [...]
The Ventures, Wipe Out!!
Submitted by Mikes Show-N-Shine Blog
I was visiting my friends blog tonight. Legendary Collector Cars is a great site and has some neat stories of unique restorations. So go take a look.
Anyway, he had a video of one of my fav groups and fav sounds from the 60’s.. The Ventures. I wanted to post it here [...]
1949 Mercury Convertible Restoration Part 61
Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
The owner of the car had a local company rebuild the three speed overdrive transmission. It was brought back to me for installation back into the car. I did some research on it and found that they were not painted by the factory and left bare metal. It had a [...]
Dust Mask / Particulate Respirator
Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
If you are doing any kind of grinding, sanding or polishing then you should be wearing some kind of dust mask or preferably a particulate respirator. The ones I like are made by 3M and are #07048. You can get them with or without an exhaust valve. The number for [...]
Grandpa’s Old Ford Garage
Submitted by Auto Restoration 101 Blog
I had never heard of Grandpa’s Old Ford Garage in Desoto, Kansas until my dad sent me an email with a link to the grassroots art section of Kansastravel.org
Grandpa’s Old Ford Garage is operated by Dean Weller, who is 84 years young. His work is impressive and it appears [...]
