Custom Interior Fabrication: 1938 Chevrolet Pepsi Truck Custom Build Part 13 This post takes us to inside the cab where we have completed the classic restoration, i.e fabricated a few custom pieces for the interior of the Chevy cab. This post will cover how we created the windshield defrost vents, cab vents, and duct housing, followed... Read More...
Dashboard Modifications: 1938 Chevrolet Pepsi Truck Custom Build Part 12 Classic Restoration: Dashboard Modifications: 1938 Chevrolet Pepsi Truck Custom Build (Part 12) This is part twelve of a series of posts of Classic Restoration on this highly custom 1938 Chevrolet Truck restoration, in post one we introduce you to the project... Read More...
Mercedes Unimog Custom Fabrication: Part 4 Car restoration: Mercedes Unimog Custom Fabrication (Part4) This post is Part Four of the build of this Mercedes UNIMOG, in case you want to see the rest: Part One of Car restoration shows photos of the Unimog at delivery and photos of the first stages of Mo... Read More...
1932 Ford sedan “Lakester” roof chop: Part 2 Car Restoration: 1932 Ford sedan "Lakester" roof chop: Part 2 This post covers the second part of a car restoration project in house for a customer based in Australia. A 1932 Ford sedan in original paint, that is going to be turned into a Bonneville Lakester... Read More...
The Right Restoration Shop: Your Search Ends Here If you are searching a restoration shop for your classic car restoration project, you are at the right place. The Metal Surgeon is an automotive restoration shop that deals with all different kinds of classic restoration projects. We have undertaken various cl... Read More...
Car Restoration versus Refurbishment The words car restoration and refurbishment are two of the regularly misjudged and misused words. Be it car buyers or seller, it appears everybody has their own translation of what these words truly mean. The misconception of their actual ramifications can cau... Read More...
1932 Ford Sedan ‘Lakester’ Roof Chop: Part 1 Car Restoration: 1932 Ford Sedan 'Lakester' Roof Chop: Part 1 This post covers a new car restoration project in house for a customer based in Australia. A 1932 Ford sedan in original paint, that is going to be turned into a Bonneville Lakester style build . ... Read More...
1938 Chevrolet Truck Restoration and Repairs of Metal Work This 1938 half-ton Chevrolet pickup truck came to our workshop from Texas to have the metal work restoration completed after going through two shops in Houston that failed the owner badly. Our duties included: making a rear panel for the cab and grafti... Read More...
Lower Grille Panel: 1938 Chevrolet Pepsi Truck Custom Build Part 11 This is part eleven of a series of posts on this highly custom 1938 Chevrolet Truck restoration, in post one we introduce you to the project and the custom features to be fabricated. In post two, we look at the individual truck parts that make up the front en... Read More...
Exterior metal finishing: 1953 Porsche 356 Pre-A Cabriolet Part Five This is part five of a series of posts covering the restoration of this 1953 Porsche 356 Cabriolet, taking us through the final paint and mechanical assembly of the body. The introduction post on this Porsche 356 Pre-A restoration shows pictures of how the Po... Read More...
