Saturday, May 30, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
1991 BMW E30 Paintjob!
Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1991 BMW 318i "E30". This Classic European coupe came to our shop with its original paint in bad shape. It had faded and began to peel over the 20+ years of sun and UV ray abuse. We remedied that problem by sanding down all of the old delaminating, flaky paint. Next we sealed teh car with a primer, and finally painted the BMW with our "Enamel Single Stage" paint!
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Soundscape World Tour Begins at Almost Everything Auto Body
Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a commercial bus owned by a local band, Soundscape. They will be touring the country and needed a good looking tour bus instead of an old looking school bus. We got rid of the scratches, old decals and peeling paint then painted it a new color.
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Friday, March 20, 2015
Collision Repair on 2009 Toyota Camry
Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 2009 Toyota Camry collision repair. The car was damaged in a very narrow parking space with poles on either side. The bumper was torn off, the fender dented and a bunch of internal parts were bent or broken.
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Saturday, March 14, 2015
First Guiness World Record for an Auto Body Shop?
At Almost Everything Auto Body we were flabbergasted when this plaque arrived via our friend Mike Camicia and his cabal of students & ne'er-do-wells. Mike is the local racing legend & Gunn High Auto Tech Instructor.
Almost Everything's admittedly small part in the adventure was sponsorship and moral support.
Believe it or not, this is NOT the first World Record that Almost Everything has been a part of. We also sponsored the "Beaver Geezers" 2009 World Speed Record Volkswagen Beetle.
Gunn High School Pizza Planet Replica at Speed during 24 Hours of LeMons, Sonoma Raceway |
Mike & team won the award racing their their Pizza Planet Delivery truck (a replica of the cartoon version from the movie Toy Story.) According to Guiness, "Almost Everything Team Pizza Planet participated in the following record event: The most participants in a car race was 216 cars at an event organized by John "Jay" Lamm and The 24 Hours of Lemons racing series (USA) at Thunderhills (SIC) raceway park, California, USA on the 13-14 September 2014."
Gunn High School Pizza Planet Truck Replica |
Almost Everything-mobile in front of Gunn High Auto Tech Team & Pizza Planet Racer |
Gunn High Auto Tech Team: Micah McElravy, Matts Lark, Karl Rodgers, Mike Camicia & Nadine Camicia with Pizza Planet Racer |
Thursday, February 26, 2015
ZZ chop: The FORCE
Almost Everything was honored to have had the one & only Billy Budde in the shop today. Billy is no longer building motorcycles and his Suburban needs a paint job. So he was here for a quote.
Billy is a local hero. His San Leandro motorcycle shop anchored the custom scene in California long before places like Orange County Choppers and Jesse James Choppers existed. Click the links below for vintage article and current discussions about his revolutionary designs.
ZZ chop: The FORCE: ... is very strong in this one. Built by Billy Budde's from san Leandro, CA. Great idea for paint I must say, the marbelizing effect is ...
1978 Street Chopper magazine cover featuring Billy Budde's "Sweet Suzanne"
Friday, February 20, 2015
2007 Ford Explorer Color Change!
Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 2007 Ford Explorer "Sport Trac". This pint-sized pickup came to our shop as another average looking, every day common, silverish-tan truck. The truck's owner was tired of blending in and decided to have our shop paint it with a tad bit brighter color. The chosen paint color was Ford's "Grabber Orange" more commonly found on late 1960's and early 1970's High Performance Mustangs, in our "Urethane Single Stage" paint material!
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