1965 Mustang Paint Job!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1965 Ford Mustang. This classic muscle car came to our shop with its looks on steady a downward decline. Its last paint job had begun to fade years ago and, unfortunately, as many old cars have, it had the dreaded "rust spots" bubbling beneath the paint. We began by grinding out, treating and filling the rust damage, then sanded the old paint to remove rock chips and scratches. Once sanding was complete we sealed the fresh surfaces with a primer and finally repainted it using Ford's original "Rangoon Red" color, in our "Single Stage Urethane" paint!

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1996 BMW 325i Re-Paint!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1996 BMW 325i.  This "E36" was suffering from visciously unsightliness. The previous owner decided to trash the body, selling it with dents, dings, and ugly paint. Unfortunately this forced "patina" is becoming more and more popular, and is not an acceptable alternative to real automotive paint in terms of Protection, Looks, Resale Value, etc. the list goes on.  We started transforming the looks of this BMW by first removing the peeling paint beneath the spray paint, along with all of the chips and scratches.  Next we sealed the car with a light coat of primer sealer, and finally painted the car using our basic Single Stage Enamel paint in BMW's "Alpine White"!

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1970 Pontiac GTO Complete Restoration!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1970 Pontiac GTO.  This Classic Muscle Car came to our shop *LOOKING* decent.  Under the seemingly okay finish unbeknownst to anybody, lay some serious, serious, bodywork to be done before painting.  The car had been "Repaired" before, years ago by a "Professional Hack Artist", nearly 100% of its body panels had been skimmed with an absurd amount of body filler, hiding the improper "Repairs" beneath it.  Once we had the car stripped, we discovered that the Quarter Panels, Doors, and many other miscellanious panels were in dire need of replacement.  Some panels were replaced using reproduction parts such as both Quarter Panels, the Decklid Filler, and a handful of other parts. Some panels were not so lucky, who would have thought a 44 year old collectors car would be so hard to find parts for?  The areas thatwere impossible to replace due to lack of parts were repaired, grafting recycled sheet metal in place of old rusted metal, and finishing with a much lighter skim of plastic filler.  Once the body was all taken care of, we applied a Primer, then block sanded the whole car, exposing every single imperfection. Once everything was straight and smooth we Painted the GTO with our "Performance Base, Clear" paint in its original color!

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 You thought you were done reading didn't you? Well luckily for you the process didnt stop after painting, once the paint was dry we "Wet Sanded and Polished" the entire car to remove any dust specs, or contaminants found in freshly sprayed paint.  Also this process removes the natural texture called "Orange Peel" leaving the cars finish as smooth as glass, like a true show car's paint job should!

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Bob Marley's Bimmer

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1973 BMW Bavaria. Rumor has it that this very car was driven by Mr. Bob Marley years ago, supposedly he didn't care that this was the most luxurious BMW of its day, he bought it because he thought the BMW name stood for "Bob Marley and the Wailers." Years have since gone by and his car came to our shop with a new owner, and lots of bad paint and old rust holes. We repaired and smoothed all of the imperfections that the car's owner wanted gone, sanded down all of the old chipping paint, sealed the car with a primer and finally we repainted the Bavaria in its original blue color! We are not 100% certain that this was actually Bob Marley's BMW, but we like to believe that the rumor is true!

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Could it be the same car?

Eeeeehhhh, close enough.

Note: the current owner claims that he purchased the car at Marley's old recording studio in San Francisco and local residents told him that it was the car that Marley used while in San Francisco.