Auto Restoration 101

In 1906 Fred Marriott drove the Stanley Steamer “Rocket” to a speed of 127.66 mph. It was at the Daytona Beach Road Course in Florida. It is still officially holding the record for the fastest steam powered car.
The power plant in the “Rocket” was exactly like the the ones used in the regular cars [...]

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In 2000 I did a body and paint restoration on a car that I had never heard of at that time. The car was a Talbot Lago. It was a 1954 T26 GSL. GSL stands for Lago Grand Sport. The GSL’s were produced from 1953 to 1955. One source I found said there was [...]

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The Stout Scarab was a very unique car especially for the 1930’s. They had a futuristic design for their time with Art Deco styling. The car was made by William B. Stout and designed by John Tjaarda. There were only nine made and possibly only five that still exist. The Scarab had [...]

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A few years ago I had the opportunity to do a body and paint restoration on a rare 1947 Bentley. It was a coach built car by a Swiss company called Worblaufen. (Worblaufen, Fritz Ramseier & Co. 1929–1958) It was a one off car, meaning that it is the only one of [...]

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If you like old cars then you might like this movie. It was made in 1963 which is even a few years before my time. It’s full of car chase scenes, car crashes and the backgound scenes are full of classic cars. Plus there are many well known actors and actresses and a lot of [...]

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Have you ever done something and not recieved any credit for it? It’s happened to me a couple of times. This is one of them. I’ll post about the other one later.

Photo courtesy of Tom Strongman’s Auto Ink
Go HERE to read Tom Strongmans article about this car.
I did some work (a lot) [...]

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