Restoration

Bill 1956 Chevy Bel Aire

Bill’s ambition after retiring was to own a 1956 Chevy Bel Aire. He had one in high school and never lost the desire to not have one after he sold it. The memories of that old Bel Aire filled his mind for years til he became a proud 1956 Bel Aire owner once again. I had the pleasure of working on this vehicle with a complete power plant and running gear restoration with many upgrades to include, Power Steering, A/C, 4 Speed Automatic Transmission, Front Disc Brakes, Tilt Column, Dakota Digital Dash and a Radiator with dual cooling fans. The engine was dressed up very nice which highlighted a March Serpentine belt and pulley System.

Vaughn’s 46 Studebaker

Vaughn is the owner of Janiking in the Reno Sparks area and believe me he feels like a king in this bad boy. Although I never got to enjoy the full restoration of this project the resume includes a hideaway hitch and the dress up of the engine.

Sean’s 1974 Nova

This was Sean’s High school car he always had dreams that it would someday become something very special. When it came in it was primer grey and had a chevy 350 in it totally stock now it boasts a modest 475 horse 383 stroker. Transmission is a Turbo Hydro 350. The gears in the rearend are 411’s with positraction to get grip still this car wants get away from ya. It also has a B cool radiator system and a Dakota Digital Dash.

Bills 1967 T Bird (Work In Progress)

Once again Bill yes I am talking about the Chevy Bel Aire Bill is bored and dug up some more memories and came up with a 1967 T Bird that years ago he owned one. He pulled this car into my shop on a trailer and in good working condition I must say the engine started ran fairley good considering but Bill would not settle for anything less than total restoration. The engine has been totally rebuilt the Transmission has been resealed. All of the rest of the undercarriage and engine compartment has been blasted and painted. For those of you who don’t know I sure didn’t this is a very rare and special car the options that were available was phenominal. Vaccuum needs to be in great supply for this vehicle cause most of the options are vaccuum operated. So I began with a complete replacement of every single vaccuum line in this vehicle which has equated to about 175 feet. I currently have all the heater operations working as it came from the factory. Door locks have been a very frustrating project as it has a rolling lock feature which those of you who have a newer car this is no big deal but back then it was a premium and not offered on many in that year. I got the rear tailamps operating and to my surprise they had a sighnature sequential rear lamp feature this was so cool when I got all this done. It also has a steering wheel tilt feature that when you open the door the wheel pops up out of your way this is fully functional. In the works Bill is hard at work making the passenger seat electric the drivers side is already electric. The front headlamp covers operate on vaccuum so when you turn on the headlamps the covers pop up. Next on my list was a remote trunk latch switch that was offered as an option this will also be totally restored to manufacture specs. It is April of 2009 and we are nearing the end just finished a small punch list and I am close to closing this one out.

Rickey’s 1968 Ford Mustang

Rickey came to me and asked about putting a 390 in his 1968 Ford mustang that had a 302 in it. To my surprise Ford offered this as an option in the 1967 to 1969. There are some conflicting reports about the years. I have started this project and I am currently looking for all the parts to match and bolt in. Pictures will be loaded soon.