Posts Tagged ‘catalina’

Nostalgia Lives in a ’56 Pontiac

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Honoring childhood memories of his family car, the owner of this 1956 Pontiac Catalina came to us to help bring it back to life. To meet his request for true authenticity, we used only original and new old stock (NOS) parts, fabricating any pieces that were not available.

This car got the full treatment: a frame-off restoration complete to stock, including media blasting down to bare steel, a rarely rebuilt 316 V-8 engine and Jetaway/Hydra-Matic automatic transmission, a large assortment of new and re-chromed trim, hand-fabricated floors, and an interior hand-stitched from original factory stock material tracked down for the project. We finished out with a classy two-tone Terragon Green and cool white paint scheme.

Seldom seen in common restorations, this model’s a definite head-turner and is sure to make many reminisce when she cruises by.

For larger pics please check our Photo Gallery.

Special thanks to Dee’s Trim and North Texas Quality Chrome.

Holiday Madness: 3 Cars in 3 Weeks

Friday, November 20th, 2009

While we have been hard at work on the “Christmas” Camaro, we’ve also had our hands full with two other complete restorations with an even tighter deadline – Thanksgiving! As we wrap up work on a ’56 Pontiac Catalina today and a ’47 Dodge early next week, we will be posting pics soon! Then a few days later, final shots on the ’68 Camaro. But we are definitely giving thanks for the business and can always sleep later ;)

More to come soon…