The interior assembly is actually a bit more involved than just bolting parts in place. The seats for instance are a mini restoration unto themselves. The seats in John’s Cuda looked like they were total trash but that’s ok because all of the soft parts will be discarded anyway. Usually, only the frames are reused…

Everything so far has built up to this moment! This is where things start to really get exciting. All of the metal and bodywork have led to this moment when the sheet metal gets pretty. Applying the color is of course a critical phase of any restoration and while there have been updates to materials,…

Nothing more is required. There is nothing like the design style of classic muscle car era Mopars. This was a time when it was impossible to confuse a Mopar with anything else. They were unique and distinctive and they have only gotten better looking with time. Tony Bilich grew up in a Mopar household. His…

A man’s got to know his limitations. Some people really enjoy working on their own cars. There are a variety of reasons for this. For some it’s the cost savings. There just isn’t the budget for paying someone else to do the work so the only way to realize their dream car is to do…

This ’66 was supposed to have been built decades ago. A partial definition of a “period piece” is something, especially a work of art, that dates from or evokes a historical period. Car people would just call it “old school”. In other words, it’s been done like it used to be “back in the day”….

Mike’s wife got a second dog. He got this Nova as a retirement present.

Salvaging rare original Chrysler quarters for this museum quality resto. The word “restore” has a lot of different meanings for different people. In the context of restoring classic muscle cars, restore can range from something as simple as basic rust repair and new paint up to what used to be known as a “frame off”…

MCR hand fabricates an aluminum version of a T/A shaker. One of the significant differences between a factory stock restoration and a custom build (on any level) is that whenever there is a departure from the original design there is always the possibility that that departure could affect other areas of the build. In other…

Purchased new, driven, stored and now new again. Even those that are not car guys have one from their youth that has great memories attached to it. It could have been a hot rod of some type or an old beater from your grandmother but it still played a part in your life as you…

Mark Ehlen- MCR Staff If you ask the typical car enthusiast what is the most difficult part of any restoration project, probably 9 out of 10 would say the paint job. The more informed would likely go deeper and say the body work under the paint is more important because without a good foundation for…