Some of my work and other cars around the shop

[johnnynumfiv]

'63 Vette all polished up

'63 Vette door

Lotus 7 body work and paint

Crashed 914, small unibody pull and body work

Crashed 914 front pulled

'60 Vette, fixing various old body work and cracks, front end was gelcoated and will be painted soon

1958 Volvo La Carrera Panamericana, fixed crash damage and complete paint job

Down in Mexico

Datsun Z, fiberglass bits and complete paint job stripes are painted

Swift DB2 S2000 complete paint job and graphics


Some guy on late night tv's 250 gt lusso


I can honestly say I love my job.

[johnnynumfiv]

Lotus 7 Assembled

GT-350

Ginetta G16 2l bmw powered

Bristol-Tojiero

1958 Scarab


Porsche 911 RS

Porsche 911

[V-TEC this!!!]

very impressive work...and definately some nice cars.

[johnnynumfiv]

Thanks. The cars in the pics are pretty "normal" for around the shop. We usually get some pretty odd stuff .

[2slogetta]

What shop are these from?

[johnnynumfiv]

What shop are these from?

I work at Automotive Restorations Inc. in Fancy,CT

[2slogetta]

Nice, Im in CT also-
D&S AutoBody
most fun thing(if ya wanna call it that) I worked on at this place was a kit Cobra

Looks like you have fun all the time

[johnnynumfiv]

In columbia?
I used to live in Storrs and commuted to Stratford everyday. What a ****ty ride that was. The drive was worth it tho.

[spitfire481]

insane, nice work man

[2slogetta]

In columbia?
I used to live in Storrs and commuted to Stratford everyday. What a ****ty ride that was. The drive was worth it tho.

Yup-I did the commute from Willimantic to Olenders in E.Windsor for a little over a year in my Beater coupe without heat-the 20AE was dead

[Jacob Matthew]

All this in CT, huh? I'm at school at Storrs and my parents live in Lebanon.

nice work.

[johnnynumfiv]

All this in CT, huh? I'm at school at Storrs and my parents live in Lebanon.

nice work.

Yea, I would say half our cars come from out of state though.

[johnnynumfiv]

914 in primer. Should be painted next week.

[johnnynumfiv]

This came in for some work the other day.

[2slogetta]

^^does 50cent own it?

[johnnynumfiv]

^^does 50cent own it?

Nope.
I have to start bringing my camera to work again to get some more pics.

[johnnynumfiv]

60 Corvette that was in progress in previous pics. The goal of the project was to fix all the cracks from previous repair. It looked like the fender shattered at one point and was pieced back together and some areas sagged.




Cars in the body shop now: 1957 Ford Thunderbird, 1967 Ferrari 330 GTC, 1955 Austin Healey 100/4, 1953 Jaguar XK 120, 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass. All complete paint jobs.

[johnnynumfiv]

Spent the weekend wetsanding and buffing the Ferrari 330. Porsche with widened quarters behind it.

[johnnynumfiv]

1969 Ferrari 330 GTC all put together and off the car show.

[johnnynumfiv]

The Porsche with the widened rear 1/4's freshly painted with some new stripes. It still needs to be sanded and buffed.

[johnnynumfiv]

Outside after being sanded and buffed. Hopefully I can get some pictures of it on the track this weekend at Watkins Glen.

[.justin.]

Great pictures man keep posting them. Question for you, when you do collision work or anything other then full respray on older stuff, do you base/clear it or will you replicate the factory finish. Like are you guys still spraying lacquers and stuff like that? I always wondered how shops like yours dealt with that. Seeing your pictures makes me with I did something more fun then spraying single stage cement mixers all day haha

[boots of fruit]

nice cars and nice work

[johnnynumfiv]

Great pictures man keep posting them. Question for you, when you do collision work or anything other then full respray on older stuff, do you base/clear it or will you replicate the factory finish. Like are you guys still spraying lacquers and stuff like that? I always wondered how shops like yours dealt with that. Seeing your pictures makes me with I did something more fun then spraying single stage cement mixers all day haha

We primarily spray Glasurit 22 line (single stage urethane) and Glasurit 55 line (basecoat). It's pretty rare that we spray something else. You can usually buff the surrounding panels or the entire car so it has the same gloss level as the new paint.

nice cars and nice work

Thanks.

I'll have some more pics soon of the cars I'm getting ready for the Fairfield County Concours. 1969 Ferrari 365 GT 2+2, 1938 Bentley and a 1954 Siata 208 S roadster.

[prom king]

This came in for some work the other day.

front bumper looks a variant off

[johnnynumfiv]

front bumper looks a variant off

Yes it is, a clear bra will do that. It's the swimming pool effect.

[johnnynumfiv]

Put some CS stripes on this 360 CS today.


Thats a 250 GT Lusso on the frame machine under the plastic cover in the background. It was hit in the rear by a drunk driver in a dump truck.

[.justin.]

When you guys pull old or rare stuff on the frame machine where do you get your specs from? Like if both front rails are smashed in so you can't get any comparative measurements and there is nothing on file, do you just wing it? Having only worked in dealer shops doing modern stuff this is some interesting stuff, thanks for answering my last question about the paint.

[johnnynumfiv]

When you guys pull old or rare stuff on the frame machine where do you get your specs from? Like if both front rails are smashed in so you can't get any comparative measurements and there is nothing on file, do you just wing it? Having only worked in dealer shops doing modern stuff this is some interesting stuff, thanks for answering my last question about the paint.

I don't think we've had a car that has been hit like that come through since I've been at the shop. We don't get to many jobs that require serious pulling. If that was the case though, we would probably try to find another car to do some measurements off of. If we couldn't find something to measure off of, you pull it until you have to. If its square,looks correct, panels and parts fit, you really don't have go any further than that.

[CandySucker]

Got any pics of your car man?

[johnnynumfiv]

Got any pics of your car man?

Of my car? look up any picture of a stock gli.

[johnnynumfiv]

A helmet I just painted based of Nigel Mansell's helmet. All the colors have metallic or pearls in them.

[ThatVRbubble]

Very nice! That Datsun paint job is my favorite.

[johnnynumfiv]

Did another helmet recently:

It still needs the final sand and another couple coats of clear.

[johnnynumfiv]

http://www.overdriveimages.com/Cars/...307708_9dmgfQz
Here's a car I just did, should be featured in Road & Track in the near future.