Legendary Motorcars.....WOW

[Big Sugar]

Check this lil 68 out.....
Look Carefully  lots of detail


http://www.legendarymotorcar.com/legendary.php?obj=restoration&name=1968DodgeCharger


Ron

[tan top]

  ................    them guys are doing alot of clever fabrication stuff    thanks for posting the link 

[dodgecharger-fan]

I love going to that place. I wish I could get back in to the shop though.

I like the fender repair they did there... I have some fenders that could use that exact repair.

[speedfreak68]

Those guys are doing some really amasing work on that car. its gona be pretty gnar 

[PocketThunder]

Holy Headers Batman!!!!!!!!    

[Silver R/T]

Nice fab work

[maxwellwedge]

Sorry - but those woodchucks damn near killed my Charger - I wouldn't let them change my oil.

[suntech]

Sorry - but those woodchucks damn near killed my Charger - I wouldn't let them change my oil. 

What happened???

[tan top]

Sorry - but those woodchucks damn near killed my Charger - I wouldn't let them change my oil. 

What happened???

  don't sound good ..what happened 

[BIRD67]

NICE HEADERS! My buddy has an L78 Nova that he had restored there, it is impeccable! A really nice place from what he tells me! maxwellwedge, whats the story with you?

[maxwellwedge]

Sorry I chimed in.....I don't want to get all wound up.

[Ghoste]

Not even a hint? 

[400/6/PAC]

I know what You mean about not wanting to get all wound up.
The shop that I had do My motor charged Me for parts that He never put on My Motor.
I never got a build sheet to know exactly what was inside and I spent $300.00 for a Dyno and never got a readout.
That's not even the half of it.

It might help to share Your story if it could save Someone else the misery.
I do have to say, The car in the pics is looking good.

[Big Sugar]

Sorry I chimed in.....I don't want to get all wound up.

C'mon..... Wind up, tell us all the details, looks like a nice shop, I'm sure it's expensive.

[Ghoste]

How many Ontarians on here remember when it was called The Shelby Shop?

[doctorpimp]

How many Ontarians on here remember when it was called The Shelby Shop?

I do - I went there interviewed Peter and took 35mm slide photos of the cars for a school project!!!  LOL
I remember there was a mint 71 hemicuda there for +/- $CDN 30,000... Fall 1994  70 428 SCJ Mach 1 for $15,000 68 Shelby GT500KR for $40,000 - We thought those $$$ were insane then LOL

[Dan T]

Sorry - but those woodchucks damn near killed my Charger - I wouldn't let them change my oil.

I've actually heard the same from others.

As an interesting sidenote, back in the early '90's my uncle was trying to sell his perfectly restored Duster 340. He took it to Peter to see if he'd want to sell as part of consignment, and he says "it's only a Duster, Mopars are hard enough to sell let alone a Duster"
Funny thing, I saw one there a few years ago!!
My top choice would be Musclecar Restorations in WI. for extensive sheetmetal work, even though I could practically walk to legendary.

[Mike DC]

I just see the typical aggravating procedure with these buildups.

They "started with a solid foundation" and hacked up a whole decent car.  By the time they got done stripping & torching it down, it was no more than the rusting frame-less hulks littering the countryside for $500.   



Maybe not everyone has the guilt about cutting up a decent car, but sometimes this kind of stuff looks like it's just bad math.  Doesn't it appeal to them to start with a rusty shell if it'll save them $15,000?   

[Shakey]

How many Ontarians on here remember when it was called The Shelby Shop?

I've also heard some negative about the place, then and now.

[Shakey]

Sorry I chimed in.....I don't want to get all wound up.

Don't you think it might be a good idea to share your story with others?

Can you imagine if all the folks that got burned by HLPAG never spoke up and shared their experiences. 

How many others might get burned for not being informed?

[Big Sugar]

Really, if you ask around you'll find negative press or attitudes towards any Restoration shop ,Lots of people get taken advantage of. When your Baby is in a million pieces and they start dinging you an extra 200 here and 300 here it can escalate in a big hurry, I'm sure it's the root of a lot of marital divorces.
   These guys do appear to know what they are doing , The workmanship looks "top shelf."
It's got to be hard to justify spending a $100 /hour at premier Restoration shop or $70/hour at a Qualified Body Shop, Where a guy might spend 3 hours working on a on a custom patch  and the premier shop does it in 1 hour because they've got the equipment to do it efficiently. Like anything it pays to do your homework and get firm quotes.


Ron

 

[BIG ZAZA]

This is what you get paying top rate at LMC.  I would expect this from a local bodyshop.

[moparstuart]

 

[tan top]

This is what you get paying top rate at LMC.  I would expect this from a local bodyshop.

hello Big ZaZa     inside a rear quarter 

[PocketThunder]

This is what you get paying top rate at LMC.  I would expect this from a local bodyshop.

hello Big ZaZa     inside a rear quarter 

i thought it was the outside. 

[Big Sugar]

This is what you get paying top rate at LMC.  I would expect this from a local bodyshop.

hello Big ZaZa     inside a rear quarter 

i thought it was the outside. 

What is it we are looking at ?

[terrible one]

Looks like an inside shot of the rear quarter where they overlapped it instead of buttwelding it.

[BIG ZAZA]

Yes inside rear quarters then they were filled with bondo to hide and undercoat then paint. The outside of the car was covered in bondo up to a half of an inch thick in some places. This car now has NOS rear quarters.

I do not want to make this a big thing but all I am going to say is pictures never tell the true story.

When someone builds a car to go custom there is no wrong.

When a car is going to be RESTORED BACK TO ORIGINAL lots can be done wrong and the person spending the money normally has no clue. That was the case with this car.

Here is a question how many restoration shops have you guys seen that have the equipment to correctly check and straighten the frames of cars? (And a 4x4 and a sledge do not count)

[tan top]

thats true  ZAZA , custom your not trying to duplicate how something was build originaly ...

[Big Sugar]

Yes inside rear quarters then they were filled with bondo to hide and undercoat then paint. The outside of the car was covered in bondo up to a half of an inch thick in some places. This car now has NOS rear quarters.

I do not want to make this a big thing but all I am going to say is pictures never tell the true story.

When someone builds a car to go custom there is no wrong.

When a car is going to be RESTORED BACK TO ORIGINAL lots can be done wrong and the person spending the money normally has no clue. That was the case with this car.

Here is a question how many restoration shops have you guys seen that have the equipment to correctly check and straighten the frames of cars? (And a 4x4 and a sledge do not count)

Details , What Kind of car was it , I'm assuming it's a Mopar cause your here.  More pics ZAZA ?


Ron

[suntech]

To have the frame shecked and pulled where it needs to be, is IMO the first thing that needs to be done, before restoration starts. Does´nt help a freak´n bit to have new fresh sheetmetal, putted on nice, if the framerails/ car is not straight. Also the gaps will be a bitch to get right.

[69_500]

I believe they were also the shop that did work on the nice Green HEMI 500 that was sold last year at the BJ auction.

[hemi-hampton]

I'd like to put NOS 1/4's on all my resto's but many customers will say on one hand I got $5,000 each NOS 1/4's & on the other hand $200 each Sherman 1/4's. I say your choice. What do you want. What do you think they Pick. LEON.

[gers1968rt]

Thanks to the Shelby Shop, I learned how to do bodywork. I had them sandblast my rt and make some sheetmetal patches (which weren't high quality) back in 89 or 90. I had to take it home because I couldn't afford them. Peter made me feel as if my car wasn't good enough for a high end restoration. You could tell he really only liked mustangs.

[maxwellwedge]

I'd like to put NOS 1/4's on all my resto's but many customers will say on one hand I got $5,000 each NOS 1/4's & on the other hand $200 each Sherman 1/4's. I say your choice. What do you want. What do you think they Pick. LEON.

On a rare car NOS is the ONLY way to go when it comes to quarters. The second most important thing is finding someone who really knows how to align the doors, trunk valance etc. before puting them on! If you can't afford them save until you can. I know of a shop (wonder who) that put quarters on a very rare and valuable convertible and guess what, the valance was 3 inches short    How do you fix that?