Taplin Customs

Stage 2 of the restoration of this 1978 Z28 Camaro is finally complete! 4 years ago this car came to me with rusty floors and the fun began! Fixed the floors on both sides, pulled the drivetrain and subframe, and threw it up on the rotisserie. Underside was sprayed in epoxy and then topcoated with a super durable urethane chassis paint. After being reassembled, the car then went home for the owner to install the power plant!

Fast forward 4 years and the Z28 came back for stage 2! It needed a small amount of metal work in the qtr panels, fenders, and doors. The original hood was toast, and Z28 Hoods are no longer available. We got an aftermarket hood and I grafted the z28 inner skin into it, and made the top accept the hood scoop! She went into full paint mode after that, painted in the original 1978 white and some fresh Z28 graphics were added to finish the deal!

Sometimes these vehicles can't be done all in one shot, and thats life. Happy that this one made its way back to me to finish the job years later! Shes home with the happy owner now, finishing up the interior and then ready to hit the streets!

Just sent this beautiful 1969 Ford Mustang Fastback Mach 1 home today! Been chipping away at this one for the better part of a year! Customer originally came in just looking for a killer custom paint job on his car, and had some suspicions about some shotty work done in the past, and boy was he right! Uncovered gallons of bondo under 3 seperate paint jobs, all hiding alot of questionable patch work and alot of hidden rust! We replaced both qtr panels on the car, a rear frame rail, most of the trunk floor, rear support and tail panel, along with some patching of the rockers, doors, and inner fenders. Pulled alot of dents and stripped the car to a bare metal finish to build it up the right way. After all the metal work was complete, the car got epoxy primed, painstakingly long blocked until it was straight as an arrow, then sealed the body work with epoxy once again. 2k primer followed the epoxy, one final long blocking, and a killer paint job with a custom tri coat "Merlot Jewel Pearl" sealed the deal. These Fastbacks are truly hard to come by these days and it was a pleasure to bring this thing back to it's former glory, and then some!

1969 Mustang Fastback Mach 1

Been chipping away at this mustang over the winter! Came in for a "quick paint job" and I quickly discovered tons of old patch work sitting on top of rusted panels. Only thing to do was cut out the cancer and build her back up! After a ton of metal work the car was sealed in epoxy primer, and we're in the long blocking phase headed to paint soon!

Soon to be sitting pretty in a tri coat Merlot Jewel Pearl. This car will be a head turner for sure 🤙

Haven't posted on here in a while. Some of you may know I'm in the process of moving my shop up north, which will take some time, but I've been taking a few select jobs in the meantime. I've got a 69 Mustang Fastback nearing completion of metal work which I will be sharing soon.

Over the summer of 2024 I teamed up with Automotive Everything to help out with their SEMA build for a great cause. This car had a lot of sentimental value and it was a pleasure to be part of the team to bring it back to life. Great team over there in Raymond, highly recommend them for any work to your vehicle!

Here's a photo dump from countless hours of metal work over the summer!