Classic car restoration · Portsmouth, Va.bare metal to showroom.

Mustangs, Chevys, Scouts, Willys. We cut the rust out of them, weld in new steel, block the bodies straight and spray the paint, all in our own shop.

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An old print of a restored red Willys wagon

The finished copper 1965 Mustang outside the shop

What we take on

Every restoration starts with a talk at the shop: the car, what you want from it, and what it will take.

Frame-off & rotisserie restorations
The body comes off the frame and goes on the rotisserie, so every inch can be reached, repaired and painted.
Rust repair & panel replacement
Floors, cowls, quarters and rockers cut out and replaced with new steel, welded and finished.
Bodywork & blocking
Primer and block sanding until the panels are straight enough to take a deep, even gloss.
Paint & custom finishes
Factory colors, custom colors, stripes and metal-flake, down to the engine bay and door jambs.
Metal fabrication
Brackets, patch panels, truck and trailer stakes, and wood floors built in the shop.
Trucks, trailers & heavy equipment
Square-body pickups, flatbed trailers, even a military tanker.

Restorations from the shop

The finished 1965 Mustang coupe in copper paint outside the shop — Finished, outside the shop

1965 Ford Mustang

Taken down to bare metal, with rust cut out of the cowl and floors and new steel welded in. Blocked straight in primer, then painted copper, engine bay and all.

Bare-metal cowl and engine bay of a 1965 Mustang during rust repair — Rust cut out of the cowl

A technician fitting a door on a primered 1965 Mustang — Fitting panels in primer

The engine bay of the 1965 Mustang painted copper — Engine bay in copper

1969 Ford Mustang

Stripped to the shell and rebuilt from the frame rails out. It left in a deep near-black with a fresh engine under the hood.

The stripped front structure of a 1969 Mustang — Down to the shell

The 1969 Mustang body in primer — In primer

The rebuilt engine in the finished 1969 Mustang — Under the hood

The finished 1969 Mustang in near-black paint — Finished

1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS

Faded paint and front-end damage when it rolled in. Straightened, primed and finished in bright blue.

A 1984 Monte Carlo SS with faded, weathered paint — As it came in

The Monte Carlo SS in gray primer in the shop — In primer

The finished 1984 Monte Carlo SS in blue, side view — Finished, side

The finished 1984 Monte Carlo SS in blue, front view — Finished, front

“Old Blue,” a square-body Chevy pickup

A tired work truck turned show truck. Bodywork and primer, then a coat of blue that’s been to the car-show field.

A worn square-body Chevy pickup before bodywork — As it came in

The pickup’s hood and front end in primer — In primer

The finished blue pickup at a car show with the hood up — At the car show

1969 International Scout

A rusted-out tub brought back one panel at a time, with new metal, fresh red paint and a restored top.

A Scout window frame stripped for repair — Window frame, stripped

A freshly painted red Scout body panel — Fresh red paint

Trucks, trailers and heavy equipment

The bays have held a Navy water tanker, an airport crash truck and more flatbed trailers than anyone counted. Truck and trailer stakes and wood decks are built here too.