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collision repairs and insurance claims | restorations / custom body and paint
restorations / custom body and paint
HERE AT CHEREPKO'S WE ALSO DO CUSTOM PAINT WORK, CLASSIC VEHICLE RESTORATIONS, AND CUSTOM RETROFITS(SUCH AS FRONT DISC BRAKE CONVERSIONS FOR EXAMPLE).
THIS IS ONE AREA WHERE WE CAN SHOWCASE ALL OF OUR BODY REPAIR TALENTS, MOST OF THE TIME,THESE VEHICLES WILL USUALLY SHOW UP AT THE LOCAL WEEKEND CAR CRUISE!!! TO DEMONSTRATE THIS PART OF OUR BODY REPAIR SERVICE WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE PROGRESSION ON ONE OF OUR PROJECT CARS AS WE RESTORE IT BACK TO PRISTINE CONDITION. MORE PICTURES WILL COME AS WE WORK ON IT. the car is a 1967 pontiac lemans that has come in for what we call a " daily driver" restoration.
day one get car in and begin to take it apart
next step start bodywork to find the bad spots
the worst spots on the car are here on the lower
rear quarter panels we will have to put some
partial replacement panels in to properly repair the
rust damage
here are those same spots in primer with the new
panels installed. now let's see how the rest of
this job is coming along
well now we have the whole car in primer,the door and
trunk jambs are cut in to the new body color and also we
have the doors and trunk lid back on .
now she is in the paint booth ready to have a few coats
of bright aqua metallic and a few coats of ppg
dcu 2055 urethane clearcoat applied