Category Archives: Shop Projects

Our shop cars we’ll be displaying at local shows or driving cross country!

Video: 66 Fastback Loads Up for the 2013 Detroit Autorama

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Last November Murry Pfaff of Pfaff Designs invited American Resto Mods to showcase our 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback Custom in his booth at the 2013 Detroit Autorama—and we took him up on it! Watch her (better yet, listen to her) load up up here. Continue reading

Video: Shop 66 Ford Mustang Fastback Cranks

Video: 1966 Ford Mustang Cranks

Last November Murry Pfaff of Pfaff Designs invited American Resto Mods to showcase our 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback Custom in his booth at the 2013 Detroit Autorama—and we took him up on it! Just fired up the stroked 302 (331) 410hp. She needs to drive into the trailer on Feb 28th to head to Detroit! Watch her crank up here. Continue reading

We’re Going to Detroit Autorama Baby

Detroit Autorama 2013

Last November Murry Pfaff of Pfaff Designs invited American Resto Mods to showcase our 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback Custom in his booth at the 2013 Detroit Autorama—and we took him up on it! Continue reading

1960 Chevrolet El Camino Restomod Gallery

1960 El Camino Restomod

Follow along as this tired 1960 El Camino transforms into The American Resto Mods shop truck. This gallery documents the entire build build from start to finish. Continue reading

1966 Ford Mustang Fastback Custom

1966 Ford Mustang Fastback Custom

Follow along as we turn this old and tired Fastback into a lean, green, muscle machine! This is one of our shop cars and it has taken a while to finish, but we are very excited to show you the finished product! Continue reading

How To Hydro Dip A Hood

Hydo Dipped Hood Results :(

Follow along as we show you the process we used in hydro dipping the hood of our 1966 Mustang Fastback to achieve a carbon fiber effect. It didn’t turn out perfect, but it was a great learning experience. Video included. Continue reading

1961 Oldsmobile Custom

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This 1961 Oldsmobile has been highly modified by our professional restoration/customs team. The owner of this car ended up in some legal trouble and we have acquired the rights to sell this project. Continue reading

1963 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Convertible

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The big cruiser now sports a 6L vortec engine and a 4L60E tranny. Along with a variety of other goodies. Click here to follow along as we get this baby ready for the 2012 Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour. Continue reading

Video: Final Assembly of a 1966 Fastback Mustang Build

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Behind the scenes at American RestoMods! There is a little bit of work and a lot of joking around going on here, but rest assured, this is serious business for us. We uploaded a couple of videos of a 1966 … Continue reading

Nissan 240Z vs Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 race to the finish

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In a post we made the other day about the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour coming up on June 2nd, we talked about 2 cars possibly making the trip with us. Which one will win the race to the finish? Continue reading