Repairs

Keeping with traditional coachbuilding skills, we are highly experienced in the repair of vintage wooden body framing. Only the highest quality white ash is used combined with new hardware and advanced bonding materials. This advanced bonding technology is used to provide a strong structure that is still able to move with changing climate and road use.

We take on welding challenges many shops will not. We weld aluminum castings and repair numerous metal alloys. Our resources range from traditional oxy acetylene, TIG welding, MIG welding and high pressure resistance spot welding..

Porsche Cayman Race Car

Aluminum Ford Thunderbolt Bumper

Ford Thunderbolt Aluminum Bumper — Template for welding new section.

Porsche Cayman Race Car

This post demonstrates use of composites, steel fabrication, and metal finishing.

Grafting carbon fiber louvered panel into carbon fiber fender of Porsche Cayman Race Car.
Completed fender and front bumper carbon fiber repair of Porsche Cayman.
Mock up of new carbon fiber rear quarter panels and bumper of Porsche Cayman.
Collision structural repair and fabricated widened steel wheel house for extended carbon fiber wheel flares.
Metal finished structural repair of Porsche Cayman.
Left quarter fitted to fabricated metal finished structure and fabricated wheel house of Porsche Cayman.
Right quarter fitted to fabricated metal finished structure and fabricated wheel house.
Metal finished newly installed rocker panel.
Completed work ready for paint.

Porsche Carrera RS

Repair of roof after significant damage in transporter mishap.

Straightened and metal finished roof panel of Porsche Carrera RS.
Roof panel of Porsche Carrera RS masked and primed.
Roof color of Porsche Carrera masked and painted.
Vehicle polished and ready for assembly.

Ferrari 308 Radiator Reconstruction

Damaged Ferrari 308 radiator.

Example of typical blockage in an older Ferrari 308 radiator.

Repaired lower tank all fittings re-soldered in preparation for assembly.

Side straps and mounts straightened and freshly tin coated as per original.

New core prepared for assembly.

Repaired upper tank installed on new core.

Completion of assembly of Ferrari 308 radiator on rotisserie. Radiator ready for pressure testing.

Ferrari 308 radiator freshly painted and ready for assembly.

This project features the reconstruction of a Ferrari 308 radiator by our company.

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.

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

Porsche Carrera Front Repair

Porsche Carrera Front Repair.

This is Part I of our Porsche Carrera Front Repair post demonstrating structural fabrication, machining, welding, and metal finishing.

Porsche Carrera front repair with damaged front structure and exterior sheet metal removed. Vehicle on fixtured frame bench.

Front repair showing original front skin and inner structure. Donor inner structure to be partially used.

Porsche Carrera front repair showing machined adaptors to increase accuracy of bench fixtures.

Initial fit of donor inner structure of repair project.

Finish trim of chassis and donor inner structure in preparation for butt TIG welding.

Porsche Carrera front repair project showing butt welded seams and newly fabricated lower structure. Collision damage to foot well straightened and metal finished.

Fabricated longitudinal strut installed as per original.

Front repair project showing fabricated front box has been fitted to vehicle and welded as per original assembly. Ready for primer prior to installation.