Trevor Gates Metal Werks

Trevor Gates Metal Werks Porsche 356 Restoration

Final front closing panel ✅. Sanding marks don’t all go the same way, but I don’t think the undercoating will mind. 🤣 ...
06/04/2026

Final front closing panel ✅. Sanding marks don’t all go the same way, but I don’t think the undercoating will mind. 🤣

06/04/2026

Per my last post, doors didn’t fit, due to previous “repairs”; so I’m modifying the lower hinge location, but the hinge bracket needs good metal to attach to… one step forward 10 steps back.🤣

Door threshold, jack spur and rocker support bracket in the ✅ column on the 64. Love it when the jack spur flanges sit f...
06/04/2026

Door threshold, jack spur and rocker support bracket in the ✅ column on the 64. Love it when the jack spur flanges sit flush, like factory!

06/04/2026

Update on the 59 Cabriolet. Car is mounted to the frame table and in its original factory locations. Besides being sent back to the Porsche factory for a re-body (car has 2 VIN’s/Kardex’s) it had been additionally “repaired” at some point in its life and the doors don’t fit.

Shop logo hats back in stock, made here in the shop by yours truly!$20 in person/ $30 shipped in the US.
05/26/2026

Shop logo hats back in stock, made here in the shop by yours truly!
$20 in person/ $30 shipped in the US.

Front closing panel re-construction on Greg’s 64 Coupe.
05/19/2026

Front closing panel re-construction on Greg’s 64 Coupe.

Fixing the rear closing panels so the longitudinal has something to attach to.
05/13/2026

Fixing the rear closing panels so the longitudinal has something to attach to.

Just about ready for welding on Greg’s 64.
05/04/2026

Just about ready for welding on Greg’s 64.

As my daughter says, focusing on the grind the past few weeks.🤣 Rhinoplasty on John & Liz’s 64 Coupe “Lamb chop”. 🐑 ...
02/13/2026

As my daughter says, focusing on the grind the past few weeks.🤣 Rhinoplasty on John & Liz’s 64 Coupe “Lamb chop”. 🐑

Goodnight little shop, more de-rusting mañana!
01/27/2026

Goodnight little shop, more de-rusting mañana!

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