Dark Horse Elite Detailing

What we do

Services

Four things, done right. Bring us the car everybody else turned down — that's our favorite kind of phone call.

Auto Detailing

Full interior and exterior detailing — deep-cleaned cabins, door panels, seats and glass, and paint washed, polished, and brought back to a shine.

Dent Removal

Dents and creases worked out and panels made straight again — from parking-lot dings to tailgates that have seen better days.

Paint Repair

Scratches, chips, peeling clear, and rust spots cut out, filled, primed, and painted to blend with the panel around it.

Customization

Chrome deletes, blacked-out grilles, trim, and emblems — the details that take a truck from stock to yours.

Every job is different, so every price is too. Call or text 910-726-0550 and we'll give you a free quote on your vehicle.

The long game

Current Build

Not every job is a quick turnaround. This is the long game — two builds running side by side, each in stages, documented as they go. New photos land here as the work moves.

Chevrolet Monte Carlo

A full build takes as long as it takes. The Monte Carlo is deep in rust repair and bodywork right now — the front clip is off, the rot is being cut out panel by panel, patch panels are fabricated by hand, the cowl is rebuilt, and the rear quarter is welded up and in filler.

This page is its journal. As each stage wraps up — metalwork, bodywork, paint, assembly — the newest photos go up top here so you can watch it come back to life.

StageIn primer — body masked, primed and ready for paint
In progressBodywork done · full body, hood and trunk lid in primer, masked up
UpdatedNovember 2026 — primer photos added Nov 4, 2026

01 As it came in

Full side profile, as it came in

Front three-quarter view of the Monte Carlo from the shop doorway with the grille and bumper removed — Grille and bumper off, from the doorway

02 Rust & cowl repair

Heavy rust across the Monte Carlo cowl and firewall area before repair — The cowl, before — heavy rust

Monte Carlo cowl and firewall after rust repair and welding, coated black — Same cowl, after — welded and coated

03 Patch panels, made by hand

A hand holding a freshly fabricated steel patch panel beside the rusted section cut out of the Monte Carlo — The new patch panel, fabricated by hand

Patch panel tacked in at the corner of the Monte Carlo quarter, with rusted metal above still to be cut out — Tacked in — more rot above to come out

04 Quarter & door bodywork

Full side view of the Monte Carlo with filler work across the sail panel, door, and rear quarter — The whole side, in bodywork

Monte Carlo rear quarter up on a jack stand with the trunk open and the lower quarter in fresh filler — Up on the stand, quarter in filler

Close-up of filler and sanding work on the Monte Carlo door — Door filler, blocked and sanded

05 Under the hood

Close-up of the Monte Carlo engine in the bay, Edelbrock air cleaner and valve covers in place — The engine, waiting its turn

06 In primer — November 2026

Spray gun and a bucket of gray primer, mixed and ready, on the shop bench — Primer mixed, gun ready

Monte Carlo masked up for primer, windows and front end covered, filler work showing on the front fender — Masked up, ready for primer

Monte Carlo masked up for primer, side view with filler work on the door and quarter — Masked side view — primer next

Front fender of the Monte Carlo masked and in filler, wheel covered, ready for primer — Front fender, masked and ready

Side of the Monte Carlo masked for primer, door and fender in filler — Masked side — door and fender ready

Monte Carlo in the shop, body in gray primer, windows and front end masked off with plastic and tape — The whole car, in primer — masked up

Side view of the Monte Carlo in gray primer, door and rear quarter smooth and straight — Side view — door and quarter in primer

Front fender of the Monte Carlo in gray primer, masked, wheel covered — Front fender, in primer

Monte Carlo door in gray primer, window masked, body lines straight — Door, in primer

Rear quarter of the Monte Carlo in gray primer, trunk area masked — Rear quarter, in primer

Rear view of the Monte Carlo in gray primer, trunk lid area masked, in the shop — Rear view, in primer

Monte Carlo hood panel off the car, in gray primer, on a stand in the shop — Hood, off the car and in primer

Monte Carlo trunk lid underside in gray primer, on a stand in the shop — Trunk lid, in primer

Volkswagen Super Beetle Convertible

Running right alongside the Monte Carlo is a full restoration of a Volkswagen Super Beetle convertible. It came in white and tired, and the first job was taking it apart — fenders off, lights out, interior gutted down to the floor pans. From there it's being taken back panel by panel: stripped to bare metal where it counts, worked straight, and sealed in primer ahead of paint.

Same deal as the Monte Carlo: this is its journal. Teardown, stripping, bodywork, primer, paint, assembly — the newest photos go up as each stage lands.

StageBodywork & paint prep
In progressHood stripped to bare metal · body in primer · first fender in paint
UpdatedNovember 2026 — primer photos added Nov 4, 2026

01 As it came in

Top up, whitewalls on — how it rolled in

02 Teardown

The Super Beetle in teardown — front three-quarter with the door open, front fender off, and whitewall tires — Door open, front fender off

Side view of the Beetle teardown with the door open and the interior fully gutted, floor pans exposed — Gutted to the floor pans

The Beetle cockpit torn down — dash out, wiring exposed, rusty floor pans, tools sitting in the car — Dash out, wiring exposed, pans showing their age

03 Stripping & prep

The Beetle front hood on a stand being stripped, large patches sanded down to bare metal with the sander resting on it — The hood, coming down to bare metal

The Beetle hood nearly fully stripped to bare metal, sander and discs resting on top — Nearly there — bare metal across the hood

04 Body in primer

Wide shot of the shop with the Beetle hood on its stand in front of the primed convertible body — Hood on the stand, body in primer behind

Rear of the primed Super Beetle convertible with the flat-four engine exposed and the engine lid on a stand in the foreground, also in primer — From the back — engine out in the open

05 Paint starting

A Beetle front fender on a stand, white with fresh black paint going on around the edges and headlight opening — First fender, black going on

The Beetle fender fully painted in glossy black on the stand — Same fender — full gloss black

06 The vision

Rendition — not a photo of the actual car — showing the target look for the finished Super Beetle convertible: two-tone deep brown and cream paint with gold pinstriping, a tan convertible top, and polished chrome wheels — The rendition — where this Super Beetle is headed: two-tone brown and cream with hand-laid pinstripes and a tan top. A target, not a finished car — yet.

Proof, not promises

Recent Work

Real jobs, start to finish. This is the part where the dark horse stops talking and lets the work run.

Before and after: a GMC Yukon grille sanded down in chrome, then finished in black after a full chrome delete — GMC Yukon — Chrome Delete

Every piece of chrome on the front end sanded, primed, and blacked out — grille, trim, and emblems — with a full interior detail to match. This one was for our client Dragan.

Before and after: a Ram tailgate with a dented, rusted top edge, then repaired and repainted to a mirror gloss — Ram Tailgate — Dent & Rust Repair

A crushed, rusting tailgate edge cut back, filled, blocked straight, and repainted until it reflected like a mirror.

Ram tailgate before repair — dented edge with rust breaking through the paint

Ram tailgate after repair — deep glossy black finish

Before After

Drag the handle. Same tailgate — rust and a caved-in edge on the left, mirror-black paint on the right.

The Yukon Chrome Delete

GMC Yukon · chrome delete + full detail

01 Off with the chrome

Yukon grille removed and sanded down, chrome dulled for paint prep — Grille off and sanded down

Chrome trim pieces laid out and prepped for paint — Trim pieces prepped

Close view of the sanded chrome grille ready for primer — Chrome scuffed, shine killed

A single chrome trim piece stripped and ready for primer — Every piece gets the same treatment

02 Primer & blackout

Yukon grille coated in gray primer — Grille in primer

Primed grille with an even, smooth finish ready for black paint — Primed smooth and even

Trim pieces in primer before black paint — Trim in primer

GMC emblems painted black for the chrome delete — Emblems blacked out

03 The finish

Finished Yukon front end with blacked-out grille and trim — The finished front end

Finished Yukon with the hood open for a final check — Final check under the hood

Close-up of the finished black bumper and trim — Bumper, up close

Front three-quarter view of the finished black Yukon in a driveway — Front three-quarter, finished

Rear three-quarter view of the finished black Yukon — Rear three-quarter

04 Inside, too

Yukon with doors open showing the detailed interior — Doors open, cabin detailed

Side view of the Yukon with the door open after detailing — Side door, detailed

Clean, detailed back seat of the Yukon — Back seat brought back

Detailed interior door panel with clean trim and controls — Door panel, every switch clean

Rear door of the Yukon open showing the detailed interior — Rear door and cargo area

The Ram Tailgate Save

Ram 4x4 · dent removal + rust repair + paint

01 How it rolled in

Rear of the black Ram truck before tailgate repair — How it rolled in

Close-up of the dented tailgate edge with rust breaking through — Dent and rust on the edge

Side view of the tailgate damage and rust — The damage, from the side

02 Bodywork

Tailgate masked off and ready for bodywork — Masked off, ready to work

Body filler applied along the tailgate edge — Filler laid on the edge

Close-up of body filler being shaped on the tailgate — Shaped by hand

Tailgate sanded smooth after bodywork — Blocked and sanded smooth

03 Paint

Fresh black basecoat being laid on the tailgate — Basecoat going down

Paint blended along the repaired tailgate edge — Blending the edge

04 Mirror finish

Finished Ram tailgate in deep glossy black — The finished tailgate

Close-up of the mirror-gloss black paint on the repaired tailgate — Mirror gloss, up close

The Lincoln Mark VII

Lincoln Mark VII · paint crack repair + repaint + full detail

01 The damage

Close-up of cracked, crazed paint on the Lincoln Mark VII before repair — Cracked paint — how it came in

02 Masked & in paint

Rear three-quarter view of the Lincoln Mark VII masked off with the trunk and roof in base coat — Masked off, trunk and roof in base coat

Lincoln Mark VII rear quarter masked off with fresh base coat on the trunk and roof — Base coat laid on the rear

Freshly painted rear quarter panel of the Lincoln Mark VII in deep blue gloss, still masked — Fresh paint on the quarter

Lincoln Mark VII rear with fresh glossy blue paint on the trunk and roof, still masked off — Trunk and roof, fresh gloss

03 Polish & full detail

Matthew polishing the hood of the Lincoln Mark VII with a machine polisher — Polishing the hood

Hand-wiping the polished hood of the Lincoln Mark VII during its full detail — Final wipe-down, by hand

Front view of the Lincoln Mark VII with its deep-gloss polished hood and chrome Lincoln grille — The hood, brought back

Front view of the finished Lincoln Mark VII in deep glossy blue paint — Finished — deep gloss blue

Finished Lincoln Mark VII rear three-quarter outdoors with deep glossy blue paint — Rear quarter, out in the daylight

Finished Lincoln Mark VII from the rear with a glossy repainted trunk lid and roof — Trunk and roof, repainted

Lucas Saylor detailing the interior door panel of the Lincoln Mark VII — Lucas on the interior detail

The Rotted Bed

Pickup truck · bed rail replacement + underside sealed

Before and after: the truck bed's underside with every support rail rusted through, then rebuilt with new black rails and a sealed floor — Rotted From Underneath

This pickup came in with the bed rotting out from below — the support rails under the bed floor were rusted clean through. The fix wasn't a patch: the bed came off, the dead rails came out, new rails went in, the whole underside got sealed, and the bed went back on solid.

01 Bed off, frame exposed

The silver pickup outdoors with the bed removed, the bare rusty frame exposed behind the cab — Bed off — bare frame behind the cab

Straight rear view of the truck cab and the rusted bare frame with no bed on it — From the rear — cab and rusted frame

Top view of the rusty frame rails, exhaust, and rear axle with the bed removed — Frame rails, exhaust, axle — all rust

02 What was hiding under the bed

The underside of the truck bed before repair, every support rail heavily rusted — The underside, before — every rail rotted

Close angled view of the old bed support rails rusted clean through — Rusted clean through — nothing left to save

The truck bed floor from above, surface rust and a rot hole breaking through — The floor from above — rust eating through

Extreme close-up of the truck's spare steel wheel rusted completely through — Even the spare wheel rusted through

A needle scaler knocking rust off a frame rail outdoors — Scaling the rust off the frame

03 New rails in

New black bed rails laid across the rusty bed floor during fitting, tools scattered around — New rails, laid in and fitted

The bed underside finished — new black support rails and a sealed floor, close view — Underside finished — new rails, sealed tight

Wide view of the finished bed underside with new black rails and sealed floor panels — The finished underside, end to end

04 Bed back on

The complete silver pickup bed with a 4x4 decal sitting on stands in the shop, ready to go back on the truck — The bed, whole again and ready to mount

The silver pickup whole again in the shop with the repaired bed back on — Finished — bed back on, truck whole again

The Scout That Barely Existed

International Scout 800 · frame-off rebuild

The finished International Scout 800 in sage green with a cream top and big off-road tires, gleaming in the shop — Hardly Anything Left of It

When Matthew tore this Scout down, there was hardly anything left of it — the rust had taken the floors, the panels, the structure. So it got built back the hard way: a frame-off rebuild with hand-fabricated patch panels and new floors, sage-green paint, and a modern V8 under the hood. This is the build he points to when people ask what “done right” actually looks like.

01 How it rolled in

Rear view of the rusty Scout 800 as it arrived, before teardown — As it arrived, from the rear

Side view of the Scout 800 with the hood open, tired and rusted before the rebuild — Hood up — looks whole. It wasn't

02 Down to the rotisserie

Wide view of the Scout body stripped down during teardown in the shop — Teardown — stripped wide open

The Scout body mounted on a rotisserie, front view, during the rebuild — On the rotisserie

The underside of the Scout body on the rotisserie, showing how much metal the rust had taken — The underside — hardly anything left

The Scout body on the rotisserie after media blasting, bare metal showing what could be saved — Blasted clean, down to honest metal

03 Metal, made by hand

A new floor panel being fitted into the Scout's tub by hand — New floor panel, fitted by hand

A hand-fabricated patch panel clamped in place on the Scout body, ready to weld — Patch panel clamped, ready to weld

04 Primer & sage green

The Scout body in primer with the top back on, straight and whole again — In primer, top on — whole again

The Scout's rear quarter in final primer, blocked straight before paint — Quarter in final primer

The Scout's quarter panel in the paint booth, fresh in sage green — Sage green, in the booth

05 Back together

The Scout coming back together, front clip assembled in fresh sage-green paint — Front end coming together

Close-up of the Scout's fender badge on the fresh sage-green paint — The badge, back where it belongs

Finished side view of the Scout 800 in sage green with the cream top fitted — Finished — the full side profile

The Scout's engine bay with the modern V8 installed, clean and tidy — A modern V8 under the hood

The '56 Power Wagon Restomod

1956 Dodge Power Wagon · grafted onto a modern Ram 2500 Cummins

The plan: take a 1956 Dodge Power Wagon and make it drive like a modern truck. Matthew restored the '56 — rust repair, cab and bed brought back, gloss red paint — and grafted the body onto a modern Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins chassis. Every bit of work in these photos is his. The honest part: the truck was in final assembly when he left that shop — it was going down the tubes — so he never got to be the one to finish it. No embarrassment in that. The work speaks for itself.

01 As it came in

Front view of the 1956 Power Wagon as it arrived — rusted, faded, and complete — The '56, as it arrived

Driver side of the 1956 Power Wagon before restoration, rust showing along the body — Driver side, before

02 The modern donor

The whole modern Dodge Ram 2500 donor truck that would give the Power Wagon its chassis and Cummins running gear — The donor — a modern Ram 2500

Side view of the modern Dodge chassis stripped down, ready to receive the 1956 body — The modern chassis, stripped

03 The cab, rebuilt

The Power Wagon cab with the door skin off, rust repair underway — Door skin off, rust coming out

Side view of the restored Power Wagon cab in primer — The cab in primer

04 The graft

The 1956 cab set down onto the modern Ram chassis for the first time — The '56 cab, on the modern chassis

Front mockup of the Power Wagon with the body panels test-fitted on the modern chassis — Mocked up, front view

05 Bed & paint

The Power Wagon's bed with its new wood floor built and fitted — The wood bed floor, built in

The Power Wagon cab and doors in the paint booth in fresh gloss red — Cab and doors, gloss red

06 Final assembly — where it left off

Side view of the Power Wagon in final assembly — red cab and bed mounted on the modern chassis — Cab and bed on, in final assembly

The Power Wagon's front clip going together during final assembly — Front clip going together

Stripes, Redone by Hand

Suburban Starcraft conversion · stripe restoration

The finished lifted Suburban Starcraft conversion from the front — deep blue and tan with crisp hand-laid stripes — A Steady Hand and a Laser Eye

This lifted square-body Suburban — a Starcraft conversion, believed to be a 1989 — had custom stripes that another shop botched trying to repaint. So the client had Matthew strip them all off, repaint the truck, and re-stripe it entirely by hand. It's a lengthy process: “a steady hand and a laser eye — people don't do that anymore.”

01 How it came in

Side view of the Suburban as it arrived, its custom stripes botched by a previous shop's repaint — As it arrived — botched stripes and all

02 Stripped back

Front of the Suburban being wet-sanded, the old stripes and failed paint coming off — Wet-sanding it all back

03 Fresh paint

Side view of the Suburban in fresh deep blue base paint, smooth and stripe-free — Fresh blue base, ready for stripes

04 Stripes laid by hand

Fine-line tape laying out the new stripe pattern down the side of the Suburban — Tape lines down the side

Close-up of the taped stripe corner on the Suburban, every radius matched by eye — The corner, matched by eye

05 The reveal

The Suburban with the tan two-tone sprayed, stripes still under tape — Tan sprayed, tape still on

The tape coming off the Suburban to reveal crisp new hand-laid stripes — The reveal — crisp, clean lines

06 The details

The STARCRAFT stencil work going back on the Suburban by hand — Starcraft lettering, by hand

Checking the stripe alignment down the length of the finished Suburban — Alignment checked, front to back

The finished Suburban from the side in the shop — two-tone paint and hand-laid stripes complete — Finished, in the shop

Ford Bumpside Crew Cab

Vintage Ford crew cab · body & paint

A client's vintage Ford “bumpside” crew cab, with a clean split of the work: Matthew did the body and paint — and completed it — two-tone in light blue with a darker blue roof, the chassis in black. The client handled the motor and interior work himself.

01 Stripped & sealed

The Ford crew cab stripped down to bare shell before bodywork — Stripped to a bare shell

Fresh seam sealer being laid into the Ford cab's seams — Seams sealed up

02 Two-tone paint

The Ford cab's roof in fresh darker blue paint — The darker blue roof

Rear view of the Ford cab in fresh two-tone paint — Painted cab, from the rear

The Ford's fenders painted in matching light blue, resting on stands — Fenders, painted to match

03 Chassis & reassembly

The Ford's chassis painted black, clean and ready for the cab — The chassis, in black

The painted Ford cab set back down on its black chassis — Cab back on the frame

04 Glass, grille, done

Rear view of the Ford crew cab with the glass installed and two-tone paint finished — Glass in, rear view

The Ford's front end with the grille assembly going together — Grille assembly

The finished side profile

Mack R-Model

Mack R-model · hand-laid stripe graphics

Big rigs get the same hands as everything else. This Mack R-model — a job Matthew ran around 2011 — got its hood and front clip laid out with black-and-white stripe graphics under gloss red, finished with the Mack script badge and a black bulldog hood ornament with red eyes.

01 Stripes laid out

The Mack's hood with the stripe graphics being laid out in tape — Stripes laid out in tape

The Mack hood in primer with the black-and-white stripe graphics taking shape — Stripes taking shape

02 Gloss red

The Mack's front clip in the booth, fresh in gloss red — In the booth, gloss red

The Mack hood in gloss red with the black-and-white stripes finished — The hood, stripes and all

03 The finishing touches

Close-up of the Mack script badge on the finished red paint — The Mack script badge

The black bulldog hood ornament with red eyes on the finished Mack — The bulldog, red eyes and all

The finished Mack R-model from the front — gloss red with hand-laid stripes — Finished, from the front

Camaro Cowl Hood

Chevrolet Camaro · custom cowl hood

A custom cowl hood, done the slow way — primed, guide-coated, block-sanded until it was dead straight, then painted gloss black and installed.

01 In primer

The Camaro's custom cowl hood hanging in primer — The hood, in primer

02 Guide coat & blocking

The cowl hood dusted with guide coat to reveal every low spot before blocking — Guide coat on

Block-sanding the cowl hood by hand until the panel is dead straight — Blocking it straight

03 Gloss black

The cowl hood hanging after paint, deep gloss black — Gloss black, out of the gun

04 On the car

Front view of the Camaro with the finished gloss black cowl hood installed — Installed, front view

The Camaro from the front with the cowl hood open — Hood up — job done

Honda CR-V Quarter Panel

Honda CR-V · quarter panel repair

Not every job is a showpiece — this is the everyday work, done right. A crease in the driver-side rear quarter: pulled, filled, primed, painted, and blended until it disappeared.

01 The crease

Wide view of the CR-V's driver-side rear quarter with the crease, before repair — The quarter, before

Close-up of the crease in the CR-V's rear quarter panel — The crease, up close

02 Metalwork & primer

The CR-V quarter panel during metalwork, the crease pulled and worked out — Metalwork underway

The CR-V quarter panel in primer, smooth and ready for paint — In primer, straight again

03 Painted & blended

The CR-V quarter freshly painted, the color blended into the surrounding panels — Painted and blended

The finished CR-V quarter panel — no trace of the crease — Finished — like it never happened

Lexus RX, Sorted

Lexus RX · bumper & fender repair + headlights + interior detail

The everyday trifecta: front bumper and fender paint repair, headlights wet-sanded back to clear, and a full interior detail — a daily driver sent home looking years younger.

01 The damage

The Lexus RX's front fender damage before repair — The fender, before

02 Prep & paint

The Lexus front bumper prepped and masked for paint repair — Bumper prepped

Paint being sprayed on the Lexus bumper and fender repair — Color going on

03 Headlights brought back

Wet-sanding the Lexus headlight lens to restore it to clear — Headlight, wet-sanded clear

04 Inside, too

The Lexus interior mid-detail, being vacuumed out — Interior detail, underway

05 Finished

The finished Lexus RX from the front — repaired, glossy, headlights clear — Finished, front view

Close view of the Lexus's repaired fender in glossy silver paint — The fender, repaired

The man behind the shield

The Dark Horse

A dark horse is the one nobody picks to win. Overlooked, underestimated, counted out — right up until he crosses the line first.

That's not just a name on a sign. That's how this business got here. Matthew has spent a lifetime building cars — learning the trade the only way it really gets learned: with his hands, one car at a time. Detailing, bodywork, paint, customization — if it can be taken apart, fixed, and put back better, he's done it.

“He has built thousands of cars in his lifetime.”

— said by a customer, and earned the hard way

Nobody handed him a shop, a crew, or a head start. What he got was a work ethic and a stubborn streak — the kind that hears “you won't make it” and treats it as fuel.

This is a family business, built on a family trade. Matthew works alongside his son, Lucas Saylor — the same knowledge, passed hand to hand, car to car. When your family's name and hands are on the work, “good enough” isn't in the vocabulary. Every panel, every seam, every interior gets treated like the family name is riding on it — because it is.

That's the foundation Dark Horse Elite Detailing stands on: underestimated outsiders, family hands, and work that outruns every expectation. We weren't supposed to be here. We're not going anywhere, either.

So bring us the car. The dented tailgate, the tired paint, the truck that needs someone to actually care. The dark horse is ready when you are.

Earned, never given Family hands on every job Let the work talk

Career highlights

The Road Here

Dark Horse didn't start with a sign and a phone number. It started with years of building — trucks for Mack, fire trucks for the people who run toward the fire, and one very special wheelchair.

The Jack Mack

Mack Trucks · one-of-one tribute truck

A special custom Mack created as a tribute truck for Mack Trucks — flag mural work down the cab, a camo bed, an eagle on the side. Matthew helped build it while he worked at Mack Trucks, years before Dark Horse had a name. One of one, and he had a hand in it.

Front three-quarter of the Jack Mack tribute truck — dark gray Mack with an American flag mural across the cab door — The flag mural across the cab

Rear view of the Jack Mack showing the camo-pattern bed, the eagle mural on the cab, and flags mounted behind the cab — Camo bed, eagle on the cab

The Fire Truck Years

Fire apparatus plant · body & paint

Before Dark Horse, Matthew spent years building fire trucks at a fire apparatus plant — aluminum bodies from bare shell to finished engine. Same hands, same standard as the work on this page. It turns out he was training for this all along.

A bare aluminum fire truck body shell at the apparatus plant, before paint — Where a fire truck starts

A fire truck body in primer on dollies at the plant, panels being prepped — Body in primer

Sanding a fire truck body panel by hand at the apparatus plant — Panels sanded by hand

A finished red fire engine inside the plant, glossy and ready for service — Finished, ready for service

Not Just Cars

A custom wheelchair · Thomas the Tank Engine theme

Years ago, Matthew customized a wheelchair for a young disabled boy — stripped the frame, painted it Thomas the Tank Engine blue with red handrims and yellow spoke inlays, and finished it with hand pinstripe work. In his words: “I don't just customize cars — I can customize anything.”

The wheelchair before customization — plain and worn — The chair, before

The wheelchair frame stripped down to bare metal for paint — Frame stripped down

The wheelchair frame painted in Thomas blue with red accents — Frame in Thomas blue

Close-up of a finished wheel — blue with yellow spoke inlays and hand pinstripe work — The wheels, up close

Side view of the finished Thomas-themed wheelchair — blue frame, red handrims, pinstriped side panels — Finished — the full treatment

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Wilmington, NC 28405

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Chevrolet Monte Carlo

Volkswagen Super Beetle Convertible

Recent Work

GMC Yukon — Chrome Delete

Ram Tailgate — Dent & Rust Repair

The Yukon Chrome Delete

The Ram Tailgate Save

The Lincoln Mark VII

The Rotted Bed

Rotted From Underneath

The Scout That Barely Existed

Hardly Anything Left of It

The '56 Power Wagon Restomod

Stripes, Redone by Hand

A Steady Hand and a Laser Eye

Ford Bumpside Crew Cab

Mack R-Model

Camaro Cowl Hood

Honda CR-V Quarter Panel

Lexus RX, Sorted

The Dark Horse

The Road Here

The Jack Mack

The Fire Truck Years

Not Just Cars

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