A “new” piece of equipment arrived at the shop recently. Mark found a punch press for sale from a local shop. Having a machine capable of punching holes in sheet metal at “The Panel Shop” can offer limitless possibilities, and […]

A Flat Floor Series I Jaguar E-Type was delivered to the shop several weeks ago. From all external appearances, it looked like a nice car, but on closer inspection, there were some problems. The floors were replaced by a previous […]

We had two very rare cars side by side at the Panel Shop. This Cisitalia convertible is undergoing some major panel replacements. The tail section has been repaired, fabricated, and completed. The rockers and front fenders are next. When this […]

A 1947 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith is in the shop for some major metal and wood work. A lot of the ash frame members have rotted away, and previous repairs tried to patch some of the rot. The problem was […]

An interesting and challenging project came to the Panel Shop. A company making Pre-War French Automobile inspired hot rods asked the Panel Shop to make a set of steel trim pieces for a pair of fiberglass fenders. Even though the […]

The Lusso doors were in pretty good shape, but because the door skins are aluminum and the door frame is steel, electrolytic corrosion tends to take place wherever there is moisture. Water tends to collect at the bottom of the […]

There was a very twisted piece of sheet metal laying on the work bench. There was such a severe twist to the panel, it almost looked like a mistake… …but when Mark fitted the rocker panel to a Ferrari Lusso, […]

A 1970 Chevron B16 Spyder, or should I say, The ONLY B16 Chevron Spyder was at the shop getting some body panels repaired. This one off race car was driven by Brian Redman in 1970, and we were honored to […]

We had to fix some poor previous repairs done to the nose of this Aston Martin DB5 We have jigs to properly remake the correct profiles for DB5s, DBS’ and V8 cars. Even with correct jigs to align the work, […]