1966 Mustang Employee Project!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1966 Ford Mustang Coupe named "Betsy." This old Mustang belongs to one of our employees. He and his dad got this car in extremely rough condition in 2002. After getting the chassis and powertrain in order the car sat from 2004 until 2013, gathering dirt, dust, spiders and plenty of surface rust. Believe it or not, the car has only been fully painted one other time in its life, which was when it was assembled in Milpitas, CA in 1965. The previous owner wanted to have the car painted orange. Luckily (for the people who frown upon bright "Chevy orange" colored Mustangs) he ran out of money while the car was still in primer. That was in 1978. Our team member stripped off all of the old primer and the surface rust captured beneath it and repaired the two front fenders which were handcrafted...er...mangled, by the previous owner with a big hammer. Our painter applied the purest black that we had in our color swatch book. Our team member chose to have his Mustang painted with our basic "Single Stage" paint to showcase how even a simple paint job can completely transform the looks of an old car that needs some love. *Don't mind the misaligned front bumper cover, our employee knows it is not mounted properly yet. He does not care at the moment as the car is still "under construction" and probably will remain that way until approximately mid to late August of the year 2035*

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Another Ho-Hum Day in Pebble Beach, California

We like to putter around Carmel and Pebble Beach, California (pun intended) in August every year. It is when and where the world's richest car fanatics congregate for the annual Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance. Decades ago it was a one day event. Now it's a week that encompasses the Monterey Historic Races, auto auctions, Concorso Italiano, and auto manufacturers showing off their best stuff. Our favorite part is trolling the streets and parking lots around the event. . .

Carmel traffic jamb. How many exotics can you spot in this picture?

$30M Ferrari 250 GTO Testarossa--driving down Ocean Ave. in Carmel

No clue what this is. Please tell us.

Lamborghini Miura parked on side of street

Ferrari 275 driving through Carmel, California

Just more Ferraris and a Bugatti

Of course, this year we spent the weekend painting the outside of the Almost Everything building instead of participating in automotive nirvana. Thank goodness for our great friends at ExoticSpotter across the Bay who agregate photos of stuff like this.

Almost-Everything's 1954 Mercedes 300 SL

Almost Everything's Wrecks of the Day are two of our very own "Show Cars." Our 1966 Mercedes Benz 280SE collided with our 1954 Mercedes Benz 300 SL race car! The damage to the 280 SE was minimal. The 300 SL, unfortunately, was not so lucky. Its rear bumper had been shorn from its forged billet plastic mounting tabs. Its beautiful chrome-inspired exhaust tip had been shattered. And its trunk lid would not close properly. Luckily we have the tools and expertise to fix this sort of damage. . .  and we have some plastic glue. After the glue dried, these classics went back out to our showroom floor looking like new again!    

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Æ Upcoming Events

Join Almost Everything Autobody for some great automotive events this summer:

HIN (Hot Import Nights)
Date:  June 15, 2013
Time:  5:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Place: Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054
-Custom Cars
-Mods
-Models
-Music

SummerFest
Date:  July 13-14, 2013
Time:  10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Place:  Newpark Mall, Newark, CA 94560
-Classic Cars & Trucks
-Wine & Microbrews
-Arts & Crafts
-Music

Almost Everything-Lower Class
Date: July 27, 2013
Time: 12:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Place: Almost-Everything Autobody, 37414 Centralmont Place, Fremont, CA 94536
-Custom Cars / Project Cars
-Barbeque
-Meet and Greet
-Awards for: Best Import, Best Domestic, Best Custom, Best Project, and in Typical Lower Class Fashion; Worst of Show



Newark Days
Date: September 19-22, 2013
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Place: Newark Community Center Park, 35501 Cedar Blvd, Newark, California 94560
-Custom  and Classic Cars
-Amusement Park Rides
-Parade
-Food
-Music
-More!

1965 Mustang Re-Paint!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1965 Mustang convertible. This pony came to Almost Everything with a few different mis-matched paint jobs. Athough this car is a classic, it is still driven regularly by its owner. We repainted the exterior after completing our basic prep work (included with all of our paint jobs.) The paint is a durable, extremely glossy enamel in its "era correct" color; Wimbledon White!

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1964 Chevrolet El Camino Color Change

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1964 Chevrolet El Camino. Unlike most of the cars that are featured on our page, this "Cruck" or Car-Truck came to our shop with what appeared to be a beautiful paint job. When we thoroughly inspected the car with the owner we did discover plenty of old, improper bodywork which was cracking and ruining the beautiful finish! This paint had been on this truck for nearly twenty years and the owner grew tired of the subtle red look, after we finished all of the body repairs we repainted the exterior with an aggressive bright orange for that old-school "High Performance Chevy" look!

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1989 Mercedes Color Restoration

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1989 Mercedes 190e. This car came into our lot with a mismatched fender, instead of matching just the fender, the owner decided to refinish the entire car black, and lose the grey "Two Tone", with our Enamel paint package and had this classic Mercedes shining like new again!

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