One of the essential steps for every restoration project concerns the paint, as very often, old cars like those that we discover thanks to barn finds come with rust and mold that need to be completely ...

If you want an affordable classic, patience and responsible buying habits do pay off. In 2012, we found a remarkably nice slant-six 1968 Plymouth Valiant for $2,800 and talked the seller down to ...

Revive a forgotten rusty car with hands-on restoration magic: strip to bare metal, weld repairs, block sand bodywork, prime ...

Automobile finishes have come a long way. One hundred years ago, it was any color you wanted as long as it was black. When the auto industry was just getting started early in the 20th century, paint ...

One of the best ways to make your old car look factory-fresh is to have it stripped down to bare metal and repainted. There are quick, simple ways to remove a car's paint, but if you want your new ...

There's a reason good car paint jobs costs so much money. A whole bunch of time and skill goes into making sure a car shines as evenly and brightly as it did when it ...

“If you want a car in and out, this isn’t the place to come,” says Cabot, proprietor of Cabot Enterprises, just outside of Hamilton, Ontario. Despite the fact he doesn’t advertise, Cabot’s got a years ...

Need to paint strip your car? This process is called dustless blasting. It uses a mixture of water and an abrasive such as recycled glass, silica sand, or coal slag. The mixture gets blasted between ...