24 Hours of Dubai 2011

24H Dubai is First Outing for Mercedes Benz SLS AMG Gullwings
Photo by DubaiPhil

Dunlop 24H Dubai GT Endurance Race

LeMans isn't the only 24 hour endurance race out there; 2011 Dunlop 24 Dubai features the great GT cars we love like Aston Martin, Ferrari, Ford, Lamborghini, Lotus, Maserati, Porsche. Mercedes Benz brought their new, gullwing door SLS AMG to the party for their first big race and to their credit, all finished.

Thanks to The Smoking Tire & Tom Morningstar for the video footage of the race.

Burj Dubai, World's Tallest Building

See more great photos of the race by DubaiPhil here: CameraLabs.com

2007 Nissan Titan with Big Dent Repaired

Today's Car of the Day is a 2007 Nissan Titan that came in with dents on the right side of the truck. Almost Everything Autobody repaired the dents on the right side of cab, right side of the bed, right rear door and painted these areas with the factory paint to match the rest of the truck. 

Cheers! 50th Anniversary for E-Type Jaguar

Jaguar E-Type Serie 1 Coupé, photo by Stahlkocher

1997 Volkswagen Jetta VR6 With Auto collision damage

Today's Car of the Day is a 1997 Volkswagen Jetta VR6 that came in with collision damage to the front end. The customer replaced the radiator support, ac condenser, radiator, hood, hood hinges, hood latch, front bumper cover, right fender, left fender, right headlamp, left headlamp, and front grille with used parts. After installing the parts the customer brought it to us for minor dents on used hood and deep gouges on the front bumper cover. Almost Everything Autobody repaired these areas and sanded the entire car for paint.

Greatest Porsche Photo Ever

"Cars are Meant to be Used" from Axis of Oversteer

Thanks once again to Axis of Oversteer for tickling our funny bone. Almost Everything Autobody agrees. No garage queens. No trailer queens either.

1994 Lotus Esprit S4

Lotus Esprit inside Almost Everything Autobody

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is is a 1994 Lotus Esprit S4 "commuter car" according to the gentleman that owns it. He drives between the San Francisco Bay area and Las Vegas on a regular basis. He brought the car to Almost Everything Autobody on a rainy day so it is difficult to see from the pictures how the car was sand-blasted from the high-speed runs across the desert. We did a complete paint job on the car and it looked (and sounded) like a million bucks when complete.

Lotus Esprit S4 before paint at Almost Everything Autobody

Lotus Esprit S4 with rock chips at Almost Everything Autobody

Lotus Esprit S4 after complete paint job at Almost Everything Autobody

Lotus Esprit S4 with overall paint job from Almost Everything Autobody

Lotus Esprit S4 with new paint job from Almost Everything Autobody

Lotus Esprit S4 after being painted by Almost Everything Autobody

2007 Honda Accord with Car Accident Damage

Today's Car of the Day is a 2007 Honda Accord that came in with damage to the right rear door, right quarter panel and rear bumper cover. The accident actually tore off the right corner of the rear bumper cover. Almost Everything Autobody repaired the dents on the right quarter panel, right rear door and replaced the rear bumper cover with a new part. Almost Everything Autobody painted the areas damaged and blended the adjacent panels for a perfect color match with the factory paint service.

Another Look at the New McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Car

McLaren MP4-12C

Improved Turbo Encabulator

Dented Quarter Panel on 2010 Ford Fusion

Today's 2010 Ford Fusion had a dent in the quarter panel. The customer's insurance company paid to repair the dent and repaint the panel to match the original factory paint. Almost Everything Autobody performed a seamless repair with a lifetime warranty against fading or loss of gloss.

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Rare New Film Footage of 1960's LeMans & Sebring Races

Original footage of 1960's LeMans & Sebring races put together by Jonny Shears from 8 mm film that his grandfather shot while managing the OSCA Racing Team. OSCA stood for Officine Specializzate Costruzioni Automobili - Fratelli Maserati SpA, founded by 3 Maserati brothers after they had sold their company.

Collection of 1962 OSCA 1600 GT Zagato #36 photos as seen in film: http://www.flickr.com/photos/osca1600gt/sets/72157625249511840/

Thanks to Axis of Oversteer for alerting us to the gem.

Check-out Jonny Shears automotive and fashion photography: http://www.jshearsphotography.co.uk/

1991 Dodge Viper at Almost Everything Autobody

2001 Dodge Viper RT/10 that was hit by some debris on the freeway. The carbon fiber hood was damaged and the driver's mirror destroyed. Almost Everything Autobody repaired the hood, replaced the mirror and painted the entire car with a high quality base coat/clear coat.

Volkswagen TDI Cup: Rookies to Racers

Watch Volkswagen TDI Cup on Discovery Channel. It's an ad for VW masquerading as a reality TV series. . . and it's brilliant! Volkswagen offered an opportunity for young drivers between the ages of 16 and 26 to race in a 10 event series. Qualifiers had to pony up $45K USD (cheap for car, track, crew & training.) Only the top 25 applicants were chosen for the series based on performance in go-kart, physical and technical trials.

The show gives a great sense of how demanding racing is physically and mentally and how difficult it is to rise above the rest to become a champion. Congratulations to all of the young aspirants on the show for making it this far. We can't wait to see the rest of the season.

The racing is also a plug for diesel and Volkswagen's turbo direct injection diesel technology in particular. These cars are quick, thrifty and they never rattle or spew smoke.

Thanks to the following for background and images:

http://froma2j.blogspot.com/2010/08/volkswagen-jetta-tdi-cup.html

http://blog.cochesalaventa.com/uno-abajo-seis-para-ir-por-el-vw-jetta-tdi-cup.html

http://foro.tuning-on.com/stock-cars/eeuu-vw-jetta-tdi-cup-street-edition-racing-t58532.0.html

David E. Davis, Jr., Hero, Died Last Week

David E. Davis, Jr. photo on AutomobileMag.com

David E. Davis, Jr. died March 27, 2011 at age 80 after a battle with bladder cancer. Davis was an automotive hero. A little over 25 years ago I met Davis through the pages of his newly minted Automobile Magazine. His writing and editing were brilliant and funny and unlike anything else out there. The magazine was devoted, of course, to the love of cars but also to the great places, events and friends that cars enable us to visit. Davis worked at Motor Trend in the 50's then as editor of Car & Driver through the 60's & 70's. Davis was good friends with racing legends like Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss and Phil Hill and he made them our friends too.

I kept the inaugural issue of Automobile for decades and am sad that I can't find it today upon hearing of our loss of Davis--Frank

Disastrous Start to Le Mans Series--Massive Crash

Race officials bungled the start of the Le Mans Series season opener at Paul Ricard HTTT (High Tech Test Track) in Le Castellet, France. The green lights came on above the starting line but the pace car stayed in front of the pole cars. Racers in back accelerated at the same time racers in front hit the brakes. Result: chaos, huge crash, destroyed cars, red-faced officials.



Thanks to Axis of Oversteer for the breaking news.

Honda Won Their 1st F1 Victory in 1965

2006 Nissan Pathfinder with fender bender

 Today's Car of the Day is a 2006 Nissan Pathfinder that was involved in a fender bender. The customer replaced the fender with a aftermarket part and brought it to us for paint. Almost Everything Autobody sanded the right fender for paint, chemically clean it, apply a coat of Poly-lok two component primer sealer and painted with the factory paint to match the rest of the car. Finally Almost Everything Autobody color sand and polish for a seamless factory finish.

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We've Never Fixed One of These--But We Imagine They Crash Often

Kerry McLean & his Monocycle

Kerry, of course, holds the World Land Speed Record for a 1-wheeled vehicle.

For more info or to purchase a McLean Monocycle visit: KerryMcLean.com or McLeanMonocycle.com

McLean's Original 1971 Monocycle

Kerry McLean Rocket Roadster

Amazing to us is that mono-wheels have been around for well over 100 years. See some history here: Motorwheels/Monowheels.

2011 Mazda2 with Rear Spoiler Add On

Today's Car of the Day is a 2011 Mazda2 that came in without a rear spoiler. Almost Everything Autobody installed a new spoiler from Mazda. To do it we removed the tailgate inner panel, measured and drill holes to mount spoiler hardware that included new gaskets, fasteners and clips. Almost Everything Autobody mounted new spoiler and aligned to factory specifications.The customer was really happy with the results and the Mazda2 has a better look with the spoiler.

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World Rally Championship Ford Fiesta Rolled, and Rolled, and Rolled

Ken Block & co-pilot Alex Gelsomino walk away from dramatic crash & barrel roll during WRC Rally Portugal. They get some serious air during this wreck.

2000 Ford Expedition with dent repaired

Today's Car of the Day is a 2000 Ford Expedition that came with a dent on the left fender. The customer did not like the look of his SUv with pinstripes and decided to get rid of them as well. Almost Everything Autobody repaired the dent on the left fender, removed the pinstripes around the entire SUV and painted the fender with factory paint to match the rest of the vehicle.

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