4 results for month: 11/2016


Ruthy got a visit from family this Thanksgiving!

Ruthy got to have some family time this Thanksgiving weekend! Tim's family was in town and all got together to work on this exciting restoration. Ruthy is a family project here in the shop. It's Tim's grandma's very first car - a '39 Chrysler Royal. (For those of you who are not yet familiar with this restoration, read Ruthy's story and browse through all the other progress updates here.) Little by little, we are chipping away at the work that needs to be done on the car to bring it back to its original condition. Every little bit helps, and it was a productive day at the shop! First, Alan and Chris removed the old radiator out of the ...

We are thankful for you!

This time of year always makes us extra thankful. Not only is it Thanksgiving, but it’s the anniversary of when we opened this shop here in Mills River. Every year we are seeing our business grow. This one was the busiest and craziest of them all. There were definitely a lot of beautifully restored cars that left the shop along with happy customers. We experienced a few growing pains this year. We've struggled to find auto body techs experienced enough to handle the intense body work we do here. (The older cars take lots more TLC than your average collision repair!) A few customers had to wait longer than usual on their restorations. ...

’62 Chevy Impala Refinish & Paint

The 1962 Chevy Impala Classic is our latest full classic restoration. It needed rust repair, body work and a brand new color. The car looked very unique when it first came in. The paint had been stripped down already. In a few different places, there were some cool spiderwebs and pin-striping. Take a look at the different designs below. Of course, we didn't keep the pin striping. The owners chose a beautiful blue color for the Impala. It looks great both inside and in the sun. Here is the finished product after body work and fresh paint! The body of the car is nice and straight. It's always good to look really close down the ...

Electric paint that lights up!

Electric paint! The future of light is here, and it's in the paint! Thanks to electroluminescent paint, we can now make your paint job light up on command. We connect wires from a battery source right to the paint itself. The paint is actually a complex system of about 6 different coatings that all work together to produce light when energized by power. When you flip the switch (or press the button, or power it from your smartphone), the light from your paint job turns on. It's really that easy! Take a look at how 'electric paint' looks in different shades of light on the TD Customs Motorcycle below. Electric paint is still so new L...