Metal Works Classics

"The Recycler" 1958 Pontiac Wagon

BEFORE

Recycling vintage autos. We are starting this process with a 1958 Pontiac Wagon that has been sitting in a barn untouched for over 25 years. This photo show you some of the condtion it was in before we beginning any restoration.

CURRENTLY

The 58 Pontiac "Recycler" is currently in the bodywork statge.  Blocksanding the body to ensure the perfectly smooth and straight body.  The bodywork prior to paint is very critical when it comes to the high-end paint jobs.

Block Sanding the Body

Block sanding the first prime after initial bodywork. Here we will be able to better identify imperfections in body and make repairs prior to next priming.

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Epoxy Priming Entire Car

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Epoxy Priming Prior to Body Work

All metal is cleaned with metal prep cleaners prior to epoxy priming. Areas that will receive body work will now be primed prior to any filler being applied.

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Roof and Drip Rails

Roof, drip rails, and many areas of the car received special attention. These areas had rust pitting and were spot blasted to deep clean the metal. Directly afterwards those area's were cleaned and epoxy primed.

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Welding Seams

Welding once leaded seams eliminates possibility of cracking or paint reactions later.

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Panel Gapping

Final Fitment of All Sheetmetal- this insures good alignment of the sheetmetal

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Air Suspension System

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Metal and Body Work

Our team is cleaning up, repairing, and replacing sheet metal as needed throughout the entire body of the car.

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After Metal Dipping

This is the car after our metal dipping process.

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Dissasembly II

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Dissasembly

These images capture us stripping everything out of this car. We take each and every part off then carefully mark and categorize them for assembly.

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Before

These pictures show the condition of this car before we began the restoration and recycle work.

This car was originally found resting in a field in Wyoming.

For the past 15 years it's been stowed inside a barn outside Portland, Oregon.
As you can clearly see it's condition was quite deteriorated and in need of total restoration.

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