1986 Volkswagen Westfalia Overhaul!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1986 Volkswagen Westfalia. This mini RV came to our shop with mismatched, faded, old unsightly paint all over! In addition to the failing paint, lots of rust decided to join the party. This van is the owners baby. He had restored it mechanically. He came to us to put a long lasting, quality paint on it. After all of the body repairs and prep work was completed, we repainted it with our "factory-type" of base coat/clear coat paint!

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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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Can I park here?

Almost Everything's Cars of the Day are two extreme opposites. The Chevrolet Silverado has about five feet of ground clearance, whereas the BMW E30 has a little less than an inch and a half between its oil pan and the ground. Interestingly enough, the BMW hauls engines, furniture, and other massive stuff to test the vehicle's structural integrity in a real-world setting. The truck looks pretty.

Full disclosure: the BMW belongs to Joel, Almost Everything's Customer Service Manager.

Photos & Video of Bentley Continental GT Burning to the Ground

Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is yet another Bentley Continental GT in flames. Unilke last time, the fire was mostly the owner's fault and partly the fault of the illegal street racers that he ran into (we don't think the Bentley was connected to the street race.) Witnesses reported (and video shows) that he was heading from the airport to Minsk, Belarus at an extreme rate of speed when he crashed into a VW and then 3 other vehicles in the middle of the street for a drag race. You can see a large group of people scattering from the middle of the street right after the crash. The driver escaped before the Bentley caught fire.

Thanks to WreckedExotics.com for sending us the photos. The rest of the story & video is courtesy of LiveLeak.com.

1993 Jeep Wrangler Paintjob!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1993 Jeep Wrangler, this off road machine was dropped off at our shop as a dull, grey / white / black sort of...thing. This Jeep happens to be a project that is going to be both driven on the street and off road.  Knowing that the paint is going to be chipped and dented from off roading in the very near future the owner did not want to apply an expensive factory type of paint.  With this in mind we reccomended a basic "Single Stage" Enamel, a convieniently cost effective paint material.  We cleaned up all of the exterior surfaces, masked off all of the trim and interior, painted it jet black, and finally baked it in our oven to cure the new finish on!

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1991 Cadillac De Ville "Half Paint Job"

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1991 Cadillac De Ville, this old luxury car came to our shop faded, peeling, chipped and just overall old looking.  Since this car came from the factory with a "Two Tone" paint scheme, the owner wanted to keep that exact look, but did not want to pay truck loads of his hard earned cash to duplicate it!  We suggested to keep the original lower silver portions in their factory paint, while we repainted just the top metallic blue portions of the car with our Base Coat / Clear Coat paint.  We got this cruiser back to its owner looking just like new again, and even managed to save him some money!

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2013 Best of Fremont Award

2013 Best Automobile Body Shop–"NEW YORK, NY, May 30, 2013–For the third consecutive year, Almost Everything Auto Body has been selected for the 2013 Best of Fremont Award in the Automobile Body Shops category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA). The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

"The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

"Nationwide, only 1 in 120 (less than 1%) 2013 Award recipients qualified as Three-Time Award Winners. Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2013 USCA Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties."

Almost Everything thanks our wonderful customers and business partners for recognizing us with this award. 

2002 Nissan Sentra Se-R Paint Job!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 2002 Nissan Sentra Se-R.  This bright red sport compact came to our shop with plenty of raw bodywork and primer all over its body panels.  This car is getting prepared to sell so a shiny paint job is imperative, nobody wants to spend their hard earned money on a dull dented up car! Since the owner of this car completed all of his own bodywork, he requested that we simply refinish the outside of the vehicle.  We repainted the Sentra with its original "Aztec Red" color and returned it to its owner looking glossy and new again!

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1999 Honda Accord Re-Paint!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1999 Honda Accord. This car was a bit different from most of the Accords we post. The original paint had not completely peeled off just yet. It had however, showed signs of beginning the peeling or "delaminating" process. To put an abrupt end to the paint's faulty intentions, we began by sanding down all of the areas that were beginning to peel, also removing all of the existing rock chips and scratches while we were there. Once all of the sanding and scuffing had been completed, we masked the windows and trim and applied a primer sealer to the sanded surfaces. The last step in the process was the paint. We refinished this Accord with our enamel paint which, beleive it or not, is actually one of our more basic paint packages!

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Photos of 6 Exotic Cars Going Up In Flames

Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is not one wreck but 6! A car carrier in Bangkok, Thailand was transporting a Ferrari, Lamborghini, 2 Bentleys, Mercedes and a BMW. One of the exotics caught fire while on the transporter (we're guessing the Lamborghini because they seem to spontaneously combust fairly frequently.) The fire spread to other cars while the truck was moving!

Thanks as always the the guys at WreckedExotics.com for our weekly dose of automotive mayhem!