Monday, June 28, 2010

Shop Update - June 2010

Hi folks......we'll, for some reason blogger doesn't let you cut and paste text into the blog posts...gotta type it all from scratch. This normally wouldn't be a problem but I've already got the whole post written in a word processor and cutting and pasting would be so convenient. Oh, well.

Anyway, it's been a while since we blogged on our Restoration Times site. Things have been extremely busy over the past few months. We've been wrapping up some details on the '46 Chevy Hot Rod Panel truck and expect to debut it in July. We've also been tending to a couple of last minute items on the '71 Mercedes-Benz 280SE Coupe. This car is for sale and a cool video of it in action can be found on our web site at www.hahnandwoodward.com

In May we began a major push on the 1938 HRG Coupe. The hand made window side curtains have presented us with a few challenges as the multiple compound curves have required a lot of work to get perfect. Within the next week of so, we'll be pulling to body off the chassis and will send it into the paint booth for its paint job. The fenders, running boards and boonet have all been painted and the interior wood trim has been cut and is awaiting final finish work. Also in May we were invited to take the '72 Morgan 4/4 to the Import and Kit Car Nationals at Carlisle, PA. The car was very well received and the folks we met there were excellent.

In June we hosted an open house for members of the Antique Auto Club of America (AACA). It was a great opportunity to make some new car enthusiast friends. We had a great time.

Were are currently taking a break fro working on the '55 Mercedes Gullwing and have shifted focus to the '57 Mercedes 300SL Roadster and the '62 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso. Both cars are showing excellent progress. Finally, we've started working on a little Mercedes 230SL Roadster that is owned by one of our Gullwing customers. He has owned this car since it was new and considers it his "baby". We'll soon be posting some pictures and updates of this car on our web site. Stay tuned.

Coming up in July will be the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. We plan to be there....more on this in our next blog post. Until then....Happy Cruise Season! If you have any questions/comments, please drop us a line at info@hahnandwoodward.com