Ballard Paint and Body

Ballard Paint and Body We provide superior auto restoration services to customers in Joplin Missouri and beyond!

08/04/2026

1968 Shelby GT500
Factory 4-Speed
Highland Green
Originally a customer restoration, but now part of the Ballard Built Collection!

08/04/2026

1968 Shelby GT500
Factory 4-Speed
Highland Green
Originally a customer restoration and now part of the Ballard Built collection!!

This 1986 Chevrolet C30 Crew Cab came to us for a complete body and paint restoration. Our focus was bringing the exteri...
06/30/2026

This 1986 Chevrolet C30 Crew Cab came to us for a complete body and paint restoration. Our focus was bringing the exterior back to a finish worthy of the truck’s presence while preserving the customer’s vision for the rest of the build. We couldn’t be happier with how the two-tone black and red turned out.

Who remembers when these crew cab duallys were still working every day?

Our ’68 Shelby is in bare metal now thanks to our friends at NWA Media Blasting, LLC and sitting on the rotisserie while...
06/03/2026

Our ’68 Shelby is in bare metal now thanks to our friends at NWA Media Blasting, LLC and sitting on the rotisserie while we work through it section by section. No paint, no sealer, no filler hiding anything. Just steel, and bare steel tells the truth.

This is where you find the old repairs, rust that got covered instead of cut out, collision damage that was straightened “good enough,” and all the little shortcuts taken over the years. It all shows up eventually.

Honestly, this is one of our favorite parts of a build. Not because it looks pretty, but because this is where the real work starts. You can’t fix what you haven’t found.

Before this car gets anywhere close to primer, the metalwork has to be right. Proper panel fit, clean welds, straight metal, and a foundation that will last long after the paint is finished.

A true Shelby like this deserves more than a quick cosmetic fix.

The paint will come later. Right now, we’re still turning it on the rotisserie and dealing with what the metal shows us.

Most damage in a restoration doesn’t happen during the build.It happens during disassembly.⸻Before any metal work…Before...
05/03/2026

Most damage in a restoration doesn’t happen during the build.

It happens during disassembly.

⸻

Before any metal work…
Before any paint…
Before a single part is restored…

This car is carefully taken apart—piece by piece.

Not just removed.
Documented. Tagged. Preserved.

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Every component tells a story:
• Original fasteners
• Factory markings
• Assembly line finishes
• Placement, orientation, and wear patterns

Once those details are lost… they’re gone for good.

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On a car like this, disassembly isn’t a teardown.

It’s an investigation.

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Every part is:
• Cataloged
• Labeled
• Stored with intention

So when it goes back together, it doesn’t just look right—

It is right.

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This is the part most people never see.

But it’s the reason the final result matters.

Some cars you restore…Some cars you preserve…And then there are the ones you respect.We’re excited to share our latest p...
04/02/2026

Some cars you restore…
Some cars you preserve…
And then there are the ones you respect.

We’re excited to share our latest project at Ballard Paint & Body:

👉 1968 Shelby Mustang — Factory 4-Speed Car

This isn’t just another build.

This car still carries:
✔️ Original Shelby VIN tag
✔️ Factory door tag
✔️ Original build sheet
✔️ Assembly line markings and wiring tags

And now it’s getting the full Ballard treatment.

Our goal isn’t to overbuild it…
👉 It’s to bring it back the right way.
• Correct color
• Correct finishes
• Correct details
• No shortcuts

This one deserves it.

We’ll be documenting the entire restoration process—from where it sits today to the final turn of the key.

Follow along.

This is going to be a special one.

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9338 Highway NN
Neosho, MO
64850

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