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Rich Evans Will Do Custom Dodge Challenger for Mopar at SEMA 2010
Mopar is joining forces with custom-car builder Rich Evans to bring to life a customized Dodge Challenger for the 2010 SEMA Show. Owner of Huntington Beach Bodyworks and Rich Evans Designs, Evans is a...
View ArticleWorking On a ‘57 Thunderbird With Old School Tools & Techniques
We are going to switch it up this month and go back to the old school way of fixing things on a `57 Thunderbird. A friend from New York shipped me out his Thunderbird, and there’s a good story behind...
View ArticleBuilding a Custom Trophy for ‘The School of the Year’
This month we’re going to cover a little different category than repair steps and procedures or building hot rods or repairing vehicles We’re going to talk about getting creative and using your mind to...
View ArticleBuilding A Numbered Car Exactly Like the Red Mist in ‘Kick Ass’
I got a really interesting request for a cool project from a guy out in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Woody Frees. If you’ve seen the Nicolas Cage movie “Kick Ass” you may remember the car in there driven...
View ArticleBuilding a Pinewood Derby Race Car
This month I’ve got a really cool project that’s gonna take us out of the big garage and put us in the small garage. I know you guys have heard of the Pinewood Derby races, usually involving the Boy...
View ArticleBuilding A Numbered Car Exactly Like the Red Mist, Part Two
This column is part two of Rich Evans’ column from our July 2010 issue titled Building a numbered car exactly like the Red Mist in Kick Ass. To read that column go to www.autobodynews.com > columns...
View ArticleFinishing the Red Mist, Part Three
This column is part three of Rich Evans’ column continued from our September 2010 issue titled Building a numbered car exactly like the Red Mist in the movie “Kick-Ass.” To read this column with photos...
View ArticleThe Rich Evans Designs-Mopar Kit for Dodge’s Challenger
We unveiled our made over 2010 RT Challenger at the Mopar booth at SEMA in November, 2010 (see cover photo). This is one of the coolest and most interesting projects I have ever had the pleasure to...
View ArticleThe Rich Evans Designs-Mopar Kit for Dodge’s Challenger, Part 2
This article is a continuation from Rich’s column last month. For an archive of Rich’s columns please visit www.autobodynews.com/columnists/Rich Evans. To view a PDF of this article please CLICK HERE....
View ArticleRemaking a 1941 Chevy Deluxe Back-End with an English Wheel
This month is a current project I’m working on which is a 1941 Chevrolet Deluxe STD two-door sedan. This is for some of you fabricators out there and other body men who know that sometimes you can’t...
View ArticleRepairing Quarter Panel, Bumper, and Molding: No Time, No Money
Challenges—they seem like they’re always coming up. Since I did the Car Warriors TV show, where we were always fighting the clock with only 72 hours to build a complete car, it seems like everybody...
View ArticleLesson Learned—Re-Painting a ‘57 Thunderbird
This month I’m working on a project that I call re-do, nobody likes to do re-dos. About 6 to 8 months ago I did a ‘57 Thunderbird and I repaired the front end. I wrote a story for Autobody News (April...
View ArticleSolution Finish’s Brings Black Back™ is a Breakthrough Product
I’ve missed you guys the last couple of months because I’ve been really slammed with great projects and getting ready for SEMA, but I’m back with a lot of great news and some great projects. To view a...
View ArticleDoing a Charity Build for Patriot Outreach on a Donated Mustang
Alan Taylor from Motor Trend Radio called me last fall to say he had partnered up with eBay Motors to ‘personalize’ a 2012 5.0L Mustang donated by Galpin Ford, and auction it during SEMA 2011. He...
View ArticleBarrett-Jackson DIY Event Draws Fans and Future Body Techs
I was out at Barrett-Jackson in Phoenix last month with a good buddy of mine, Alan Taylor, from Entertainment Radio. I wrote about Alan in last month’s column...
View ArticleBuilding a Junior Motor Sport Vehicle for 11-Year-Old Driver
I’ve been very busy the past three months working on a new project for Dan Weaver of the Bakersfield area and his 11-year-old son Brandon Weaver, a junior race car driver who is number #1 in California...
View ArticleSome Cool Tips and Tricks to Save You Time and Money
To view a pdf file of this article with photos, click HERE. In this month’s column, I want to share some new and cool tools that have saved me time. As I always say, time is money, especially in this...
View ArticleBuilding Body Molds from Plugs is No Easy Task
To view a pdf file of this article with photos, click HERE. This month’s column is Part 2 of my June column about building a junior motor sport body for a motor sport vehicle for an 11-year-old driver....
View Article‘55 Panel Truck Converted into a Pickup on 2006 SSR Chassis
To view a pdf file of this article with photos, click HERE. Last September while I was in Eastern Canada working on the 2004 H2 Hummer build for the filming of the pilot for “World Wide Car Building,”...
View ArticleSharing the Love of Custom Painting with Students at Lincoln
To view a pdf file of this article with photos, click HERE. I did a little traveling this month. I got a call from Tony Passwater, the director of the Indiana Autobody Association, who organizes the...
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