This 1959 Thunderbird was "mom's car" for the family that is having it restored and brought into the 21st century this winter. It has been in the same family since 1961 and is about to undergo a major overhaul. We started this build the first week of November 2018 and will reveal the final result the first week of November 2019 at The Sema Show in Las Vegas! The transformation into a sleeper T-bird will include a 2016 Gen II Coyote engine with approx 430HP, a 6 speed automatic transmission and a full chassis with coil overs, disc brakes and Moser rear axle from Scott's Hot Rod's, plus a mostly stock appearing interior wrapped in Leather and adapted to accommodate the modern drive line. Watch for more photos as this bird get's her wings back!

   There's nothing like the body lines on the mid-30's Buick. After several years in storage this car arrived in our care, and in many pieces. The owner's goal is to have this car back to original style, with a rumble seat added to the truck area. The original engine is re-built, the chassis components are fully re-built and assembled, and now the paint and body work continues as we locate numerous rare parts to piece this Buick together. This restoration is still in progress. Stop back to see more photos!

   Straight from the farm in Oklahoma came the big black Buick. All original right down to the engine bay and the red clay covering every surface on the car. The original Straight 8, 248 CI engine and 3 speed transmission are still in their places even the 6 volt battery looks original.

   See the transformation of this customer owned 1949 Chevrolet 3100 pickup. This Chevy truck received a complete frame off restoration and mechanical re-build. The truck boasts it's original bed boards, glass and steering wheel, and even has the correct radio and interior finishes. Although mostly stock, to improve city drive-ability, disc brakes replaced the original drums, the gas tank was re-located to beneath the bed, and a new radiator was installed to more efficiently cool the re-built, original 216 c.i. engine. Always a conversation piece the Chevy is driven seasonally on the roads of Wisconsin and to every show it has ever attended.

   1 family, 1 dream, 1 incredible transformation! The '51 Ford was driven across the country racking up over 100,000 before the family parked it in a shed on their farm. Over the year many layers of dust and debris accumulated on the Ford convertible before she was unburied and brought to our shop. A complete frame off restoration including interior, body and paint and mechanical rebuild of the original Flathead V-8 and transmission was underway. The results are jaw dropping. A new generation of the same family who bought this car new in 1951, can now enjoy the convertible for decades to come.

   This shop builder arrived as 2 rusted yard cars, and became 1 incredible restoration! In this frame off restoration, we took the frame, engine and chassis parts from one Ford Galaxie and the body from another, then did a complete rebuild on the 390, plus new electrical, cooling, exhaust, brakes, steering, suspension and fuel systems. Sheet metal repair and panel alignment followed, and it's all topped off with a red and white paint job, new wheels, and re-plated chrome. This was a huge project! The car was sold in 2015 to a Ford collector in the Virginia area

   After a summer of smoky cruising around the Southern WI roads, it was obvious there were a few things in need of attention under the hood of this numbers matching '69 Nova SS. We found several broken piston rings hiding inside the block. A complete engine re-build, engine bay refinishing, new wheels, new wiring harness, LED analog gauges, louder mufflers, seat repair and a couple other mechanical maintenance items were completed over the winter. Now, this Nova is ready to run!

   Complete frame off restoration of a rare Aristocrat version of the 1969 Scout 800. Extensive rust repair was required just to get the body square and re-fitted to the chassis and almost all the body structure under the sheet metal ended up being replaced.

   This Mopar arrived as a bit of a basket case. A conversion van seat, holes in the roof, a gutted interior, a 318 under the hood, lots of filler and very questionable brakes and steering components meant that this muscle car demanded a complete restoration from the ground up. Although not an original R/T code car, this Charger looks the part and sounds like the monster Mopar's are known to be. Now painted Plum Crazy Purple, powered by a 440ci engine topped with a 6-pack and finished off with headers and pypes dual exhaust, heads turn every time this classic is started up. Add to the build list a rebuilt posi Dana 60, new disc brakes, P/S, P/B, new automatic transmission, re-built original A/C and heater box, all new steering and suspension and entirely re-done interior with leather seats and you'll be in love the moment you meet this beauty.

   Complete, frame-off restoration is underway to create a factory correct, numbers matching 1970 Monte Carlo SS 454 show car. This build began decades ago in the owners garage, and arrived at our shop in pieces. The detailed restoration includes correct colors, stamping and date codes on the smallest of pieces and it is coming together to be an AACA circuit show piece in 2024

   Meet the 4th Quarter Nova. Named this because we put the FOURTH quarter on the car and we were her last hope for a new life on the road! Purchased from a dealership in Georgia. Professionally inspected by an independent party and then shipped to it's owner in WI, you would expect this once "fully restored" Nova SS to be in pristine condition. But a few small problems kept popping up. While looking into an oil leak, the owner did some additional investigating and discovered a completely rotted out body mount and spray foam to hide it at the front passenger side of the body. That was just the beginning. He tore down the car and uncovered a mess of botch repairs and a badly wrecked body with damaged structure that was repaired just enough to hide it and get the car sold. Luckily, with our tools and expertise, this Nova lives on...and with that high HP 383 Stroker she EATS up the road!

   From B-5 blue to Crimson Red, the Roadrunner got it's shine back! Work on this 1970 B Body Mopar included a full re-paint with body repairs, engine bay overhaul and re-paint, new headers, some general mechanical maintenance and a completely re-done interior. This one is a show stopper!

   Living in a barn for several years, the owner of this Pontiac was ready to bring his Grand Am back to life...and wreak some havoc with a whole lot of power! A complete engine overhaul brought the Grand Am from bogged down smog motor to turning over 475 HP and 515 ftlbs torque! The car also received new suspension, exhaust, fuel system, disc brakes, Crager wheels, gauges and interior finishes.

   This '74 Monte Carlo was first sold at a local dealership in Fairwater WI. The owner of the car is the son of the dealership owner and when he located this Monte Carlo, he had to have it done! Back to stock color, new interior finishes for the swivel bucket seats, re-chromed bumpers and a freshened and upgraded engine have brought this WI car back from turning into a rusty mess so common for Midwest cars. See this car in a feature article in Car Craft Magazine, February 2019 issue, where Molly demonstrates the techniques of patching rust on car's that do not have patch panels stamped and available.

   With only 26,000 original miles, this Chevy El Camino SS arrived at our shop in the fall of 2015 with a few dents and in original condition including factory radiator hoses and AM radio.By April 2016 it was headed home with a few new parts including a 4 barrel intake and carburetor, AM/FM radio and upgraded speakers, new leather upholstery with custom embroidery, billet aluminum wheels, a new coat of paint in the original color and tinted spray in bed liner to match the cars bright red finish.

   A complete re-paint has this Ford Mustang winning the shows!

   This Brentwood Brown 1977 Pontiac Trans Am was sporting a WHOPPING 5 layers of old paint on it's body! There were even a few hidden areas in need of major metal repair. We stripped the car down to bare metal, completed all metal repairs, repainted the body in it's original color and applied the correct graphics kit.

   Ontario Gray is a rarer color to find on a 1980 Trans Am Turbo, and this one got a complete overhaul including rebuilding the 301 Turbo, new upholstery and updated graphics kit for the body.