24 Hours of Le Mans!

It's that time of year again, the oldest and greatest auto race in the world celebrates its 90th anniversary this weekend in Le Mans, France (June 23-24, 2013.) The race is fast and torturous. It is where the world's premier auto makers--Aston Martin, Audi, Chevrolet (Corvette), Chrysler (SRT Viper), Ferrari, Honda, Lotus, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Porsche, Toyota--come to show not only that they have the fastest, best handling, most advanced cars but in order to win, they must also be reliable and economical.

The race attracts top drivers including celebrity Patrick Dempsey who in past years has been a LeMans class leader. Audi once again captured the pole in 2013. Toyota was third fastest in qualifying with a hybrid prototype.

Unlike most races, these vehicles must run all-out for 24 hours straight without breaking down and with as few stops as possible. At 2013 speeds we can expect the leaders to travel more than 3000 miles (5000 km)

NASCAR, Formula 1 and Indycar feature straights that can be a thousand feet long. LeMans features a straightaway that is 4 miles (6 km) long followed by a series of curves, hairpin turns and shorter straights.

It is our favorite race at Almost Everything because the cars look like real cars and the technology is often a few years away from making the cars we drive everyday safer, more fun and better performing.

1990 Honda CRX Employee Project!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1990 Honda CRX. This screaming metal death trap came to our shop as a project of one of our team members. As the pictures show, the car's paint was in terrible condition and there was an abundance of little dings, dents and gouges everywhere! After all of the body work and basic prep was complete, we repainted the CRX a slightly different color; BMW "Zinnoberrot" red, with our Enamel paint!

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1993 Mercury Villager Repaint!

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1993 Mercury Villager. This peeling crusty minivan started the process at our shop with some serious sanding work, we removed all of the old failing red paint, smoothing all of the old jagged edges down to a even paintable level. Once the surface was even and smooth we masked off all of the unpainted areas such as; windows, lights, lower silver trim, etc. The van was now ready for its coat of primer sealer, and new paint! We refinished the red parts of the van with our Urethane Single Stage paint in its original color!

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