Aston Martin DB4 Rear Collision Repair

This post features our repair work on an Aston Martin DB4 from straightening to metal finish to paint.

Initial straightening of left and right aluminum quarter panels.

Fully metal finished left quarter panel.

Fully metal finished left and right quarters prepared for paint.

Freshly painted and ready for polishing.

Completed.

AC Bristol Bulkheads

This post features our AC Bristol project and fabrication of bulkheads.

New front bulkhead being welded on fixture. New suspension mounts in background.

Completed front bulkhead on fixture.

Completed rear bulkhead.

Newly fabricated differential cover mocked up on new rear tower.

Lamborghini Miura Center Shifter Tunnel

This post demonstrates the fabrication of a Lamborghini Miura center shifter tunnel.

Lamborghini Miura Center Shifter Tunnnel

This is the original damaged Lamborghini Miura center tunnel removed from vehicle.

Details of newly fabricated interior of Lamborghini Miura shifter housing.

Interior view of newly fabricated emergency brake housing of Lamborghini Miura center shifter tunnel.

Newly fabricated shift link tunnel of Lamborghini Miura tunnel project.

Completed tunnel forward section with heater core fitted.

Completed Lamborghini Miura center tunnel ready for installation.

Derby Bentley Radiator Restoration

This post features our meticulously detailed restoration of a Derby Bentley radiator.

Newly straightened upper tank of Derby Bentley radiator with all fittings reinstalled, and fully tin coated interior as per original

Completed metal finished upper tank of Derby Bentley radiator ready for final assembly.

Lower cast brass tank of Derby Bentley radiator newly machined and tin coated. Ready for assembly.

Newly assembled side straps of Derby Bentley radiator ready for tin coating.

New core of Derby Bentley radiator on rotisserie with crank box installed.

New core of Derby Bentley radiator with lower tank installed.

Final fitting of metal finished brass shell and louvers of Derby Bentley radiator.

Freshly painted Derby Bentley radiator in final assembly.

Completed Derby Bentley radiator ready for delivery.

Lamborghini Miura Fuel Tank

Mocking up Lamborghini Miura new fuel tank for fitting in vehicle.

Details of internal structure of Lamborghini Miura fuel tank as welded into the shell.

Details of machined fittings internally TIG welded in Lamborghini Miura fuel tank.

Completed Lamborghini Miura fuel tank tested and ready for paint.

This post shows a Lamborghini Miura fuel tank in stages of fabrication.

356 Porsche Speedster Door Skin and Dashboard

This post is a continuation of our 356 Porsche Speedster restoration highlighting the progress on the door skin and dashboard.

This image shows a newly fabricated dashboard for the 356 Porsche Speedster mocked up in place

356 Porsche Speedster with newly fabricated dashboard and mock up of adjoining cowl.

Images of newly fabricated 356 Porsche Speedster door skin, installed and metal finished.

AC Bristol Left Front Fender Section

This post shows our attention to detail in constructing front fender sections for an AC Bristol.

Completed front fender section of our AC Bristol project.

Details of door opening of AC Bristol.

Wheel opening wired edge of AC Bristol left front fender section.

Interior view of AC Bristol fender section.

1933 Graham Automobile Hood Side Moldings

1933 Graham Automobile Hood Side Moldings.

This project demonstrates our diverse skills in duplicating many components for automotive coachbuilding. It also shows our proficiency with our Pullmax machine to engineer the intricacies in these Graham hood side moldings.

Pullmax die to create initial “U” shape in length of Graham hood side molding.

Pullmax die to make “U” shape symmetrical for Graham hood moldings.

Pullmax die assembly designed fold over flanges of “U” channel to create complete cross section.

1933 Graham Automobile Hood Side Moldings

Final pass through the Pullmax to set angle of flanges of Graham automobile hood side moldings.

Forming die used to hand shape ends of Graham hood side molding with test piece.

Complete Graham hood side moldings prepared for chromium plating.

Details of hand formed ends of Graham moldings.

Projects

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Porsche Carrera Completed Front End

Porsche Carrera Completed Front End.
This post continues the repair of the Porsche Carrera highlighting metal finishing and welding.

Completed metal finished inner structure of Porsche Carrera using lead filler for minor smoothing of some seams. Ready for finish primer.

Porsche Carrera showing lead finished uniform gap and flush fit to hood.

Completed metal finished right fender and nose of Porsche Carrera.

Completed and pre-primed underside of Porsche Carrera.

Butt welded left fender in preparation of metal finishing Porsche Carrera.

The Work