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1931 Buick Faces of Valor USA Project
| Give the gift of life. Ted & Beth are helping wounded soldiers from dessert storm by using this 1931 Buick Restoration project to honor all service men and women that have served our great country. If you like the car and want to help a hero, send your tax deductible donation. This is just the beginning of the project. To see how you can help CLICK HERE and enter the world of Faces of Valor USA. |
Rebuilding Buick into a street rod |
Frame almost done |
Putting in electric sun roof |
Fitting body back on frame |
Scott driving in the 2001 4th of July parade |
June 2006: Starting to strip down body |
Stripping more of the body |
Taking out the interior |
Stripping more of the interior |
Stripping out the front |
Stripping out the rear |
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Primed and ready for paint (over 130 hours to get to this point) |
Painted, ready to get interior! |
Priming fenders & hood getting for paint |
Fenders, hood, trunk just about ready for installing |
Fun header above windshield, with electric sun roof, DVD, CD, nav system, back up camera, siren systems and more |
Rear seat, with seat belts. |
All faces on this Faces of Valor project are real people like you and me, giving their all for our country. Please never forget. |
All 42 faces are being air brushed free hand. Many, many hours of work! |
First World War, Vietnam, Desert storm, Iraq war and others all represented here. |
Fire, Police, Paramedics |
All the major forces have their own seals on the hood of the car |
It takes a lot to make this country what it is. |
Marines putting their lives on the line everyday so we can enjoy our freedom. |
Fire fighters giving their lives to save us every day. |
Here comes the great American Look!!! |
Lauren helping dad put on the luggage rack. |
Long time friends Rusty & son Mike from Bay Country Vans put in the beautiful interior |
I didn't realize they didn't have back-up camera & 7" DVD screens, Electric sunroof & sirens in 1933 |
After many hours of fun work, lets put the engine in. Thanks for all the help and advice from Wayne Evert & Bill Hicks. |
Almost there... |
Time to put the fenders on. |
How about a little fun with lights. |
Lets make running boards from scratch from Mahogany |
Friends Mike Zitzmann (Veteran of Viet Nam face on the car) and friend Don App, help sanding and refinishing the running boards. |
Running boards finished |
Almost there. Thanks Mike Zitzmann for all the help. Good friends are what it's about. |
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