Posts tagged ‘Restoration’
The road to finishing a project car is always paved with good intentions. Mark Oberkircher found this out after purchasing a 1971 Pontiac GTO way back in 1993. Mark paid only $700 for the GTO. It was only a body in primer. It didn’t even come with an engine or transmission. He saw it as…
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If you have an older Ford or GM vehicle, it likely has a distributor. You may want to consider replacing it soon. Even if your distributor works fine, replacing it with a newer one brings many benefits. What Is A Distributor? A distributor delivers electricity from the ignition coil to the spark plugs at exactly…
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At Karl Kustoms, we adore the 1970 Buick GSX. It’s a rare car you don’t see very often. We always jump at the opportunity to restore one. In the winter of 2020/2021, we started restoring a 1970 GSX brought in by a customer of ours named Tracey Lambert. We thoroughly enjoyed this project and the…
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Have you ever thought about lifting your Jeep Wrangler? If you ask us, it’s a great idea. There are several good reasons to lift your Jeep Wrangler: 1. Lifting Your Jeep Gives It A Rugged Look Jeep Wranglers are as rugged as they come. Yet, lifting one will make it look even more rugged. It’ll…
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We love it when classic cars roll into our shop. For example, this 1940 Ford Deluxe turned every head in our shop, before and after we finished working on it. Know what we love even more? Classic cars with interesting stories behind them. That’s what Marri and her husband Robert brought to our shop: a…
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At Karl Kustoms, we restore all kinds of cars. Our work is so good that our paint shop stays very busy. Classic cars are among our favorite types of cars to restore. This 1967 Chevy Chevelle Super Sport, for example, was a lot of fun to work on. The car’s owner, Carl Kapfer from Grimes,…
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In today’s day and age, we don’t see many classic trucks anymore. So when a customer brought his 1953 Ford F-100 into our shop, we were elated. We could never pass up an opportunity to work on a classic truck like this one. The customer asked us to improve his ’53 F-100 with a few…
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At Karl Kustoms, we love classic Chevy pickup trucks. We also love working with truck owners who are as passionate as we are about restoring classic trucks to their former glory. When David Warner of Altoona, IA brought his 1972 K20 pickup to our shop, we were thrilled. It was a well built truck, and…
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At Karl Kustoms, we have a state-of-the-art paint shop. We use modern equipment and we stock a variety of high quality automotive paint. Our set up makes us a good paint shop, but that’s not what makes us a great paint shop. What makes us great, then? Two words: Ed Birmingham. Ed Birmingham is our…
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Despite Depression-era production, the Chevy Confederate helped Chevrolet stay ahead of cross-town rival Ford and remain #1. The Chevy Confederate is one of the sleekest and classiest sedans to ever roll out of Detroit as you can see in the video above. Produced as somewhat of a bargain Cadillac, the Chevy Confederate with its inline-six…
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