Bodywork is probably the best test of patience in the automotive field. Unlike everything else we do to our cars, bodywork is not a matter of simply turning bolts. The whole idea is to reshape a piece ...

Back in the day, there weren't any quick plastic fillers to hide your mistakes under when doing body work. The old-school method of finishing a panel's contours or welded joints was to use lead. Lead ...

Getting show-quality paint is the stuff of art and science. Not many of us know exactly how to get it, and even fewer have the patience to achieve it. Scott Brideau of Car Concepts in Nampa, Idaho, ...

Despite the trend embracing the “don’t care” look of ratty muscle cars, nothing says quality like perfect paint. No, were not talking an exterior blow-over here. We mean paint that is crisp at every ...

We all know it, we all love it, and the guy parked outside of the 7-11 covered his car in it. What is it? Polyester body filler, better known by the almost generic trademark, Bondo. There’s a lot more ...