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HIS Craftsmanship At HIS Craftsmanship, we do body work, metal repair, and paint work on hot rods, muscle cars and tru

09/15/2026

What redneck came up with this? This is some great entertainment. Much better than the gay sports most guys watch.

Clues to which project car NOT to buy. When someone says:1. “All the hard work’s been done,” and the project is not f...
09/12/2026

Clues to which project car NOT to buy. When someone says:
1. “All the hard work’s been done,” and the project is not finished. If it’s so easy, why haven’t you done it?
2. “We took it down to bare metal” but have no pictures to show their work, let it sit in the shop for a month or out in the rain before they primed it. Or primed over the rust.
3. “Ive been restoring cars for 50
Years,” and they are still using technology and techniques from when they first started. Like not putting primer on the metal before doing body work.

This is why we offer a consultation service. It’s sad that people have no personal integrity. So if you’re going to buy ...
09/12/2026

This is why we offer a consultation service. It’s sad that people have no personal integrity. So if you’re going to buy a project, save yourself a lot of money by spending a little by taking someone with you who knows what questions to ask. This is not the first project I’ve worked on that had to be stripped back down that was “stripped to bare metal and primed.”

Finally got Brandon’s ‘68 Camaro in final prime. After finishing body work in 180 grit, 3 coats of CRE-391 black epoxy p...
08/24/2026

Finally got Brandon’s ‘68 Camaro in final prime. After finishing body work in 180 grit, 3 coats of CRE-391 black epoxy primer and finishing that in 240 grit, I put two coats of CRE-391 on some areas that needed some minor attention, and then put two more coats on the entire car. Later I put on a coat very inexpensive clear to give it more shine to see all the imperfections. It actually turned out better than some “budget” jobs I’ve seen. 🙂
Now it will sit for a few weeks while everything shrinks.

08/13/2026

I am looking for a helper/“employee” who would like to work in my shop with me on a part-time or full-time basis. Your main job will be bodywork and sanding primer, and prepping for paint, which is always the majority of the process. It takes weeks to prepare a car for paint, and only a day or two for the painting process.
If you are interested in this trade yet untrained, I am more than happy to train and mentor. If you’re experienced, that’s fine too.
I do compensate well for your knowledge and abilities. I’m not paying someone to play on their phone and be on social media. If you’re lazy and don’t take pride in your work, then please don’t waste my time. I demand a lot from myself and take pride in my work and want to give my customers the best product I can put out. I do all of my work with integrity.
If you are interested, please contact me.

07/11/2026

Looking for someone in the Springfield, MO area who does high quality bead rolling. Emphasis on HIGH quality.

Making progress on the engine compartment. VanNatta Fabrication does a great job with their engine bay panels. I did som...
07/11/2026

Making progress on the engine compartment. VanNatta Fabrication does a great job with their engine bay panels. I did some modification to the upper panels by shrinking the edge to make them have the same curve as the top of the fender. Made some side panels to match the new shape and also flow with the custom frame rails. I will have them bead rolled to finish them off.

Like everything in life, you need a good foundation to build on, and that includes a firewall. After cutting out the di...
06/22/2026

Like everything in life, you need a good foundation to build on, and that includes a firewall. After cutting out the disaster of a
custom firewall, I made a straight and plumb foundation for the firewall by using a grid, test fit and finally welded in the firewall.
I also had to build a normal height trans tunnel. (yes I had the engine and trans mounted to ensure fitment)
And I had Southwest Mobile Blasting, LLC come do another fantastic job or getting it all clean for a great foundation to start from.
And I primered it all thereafter so prevent any flash rust.

Nothing gets under my skin more than having to redo someone else's work on a customer's car. This is worse than stealin...
06/22/2026

Nothing gets under my skin more than having to redo someone else's work on a customer's car. This is worse than stealing; this is vandalism. Not only did my customer have to pay for this crap in the first place, he has to pay me to undo and redo, what should have been done right in thy first place.
1. The horrific metal work on the firewall. He just ground through the corners, used a jack hammer to get the metal to reach the firewall, and filled it with bondo.
2. Put a water-based sound deadener over bare metal and body filler.
3. Put water based sound deadener on smooth surfaces, that peeled off with air.
4. using filler to "smooth out" a firewall.
5 building a trans tunnel that goes up to the bottom of the dash and your arm pit.
6. putting filler over rust.
7. drilled out the holes from the torque-box to the floor, then cutting the floor in front of the torque-box and then not welding it back.
8. Replaced the quarters and did some world record setting cave-and-pave on both sides.
9. Worst of all, charging someone to do this.

It seems to some restoration companies, low price is more important than quality. Many vendors get their parts from the ...
05/15/2026

It seems to some restoration companies, low price is more important than quality. Many vendors get their parts from the same manufacturer. Just because you got it from AMD doesn’t mean they made it or even inspected its quality. I know of 4 GM cars that were finished and have problems with the window gap being too tight. I have pictures as examples.
The first pics are of original Camaro doors. Then, the new black door and the red 69 Camaro convertible shows the difference between the rear quarter window openings. He can get the trim on the front of the glass because there is no room.

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