Taplin Customs

02/14/2026

08/07/2025

Just sent this beautiful 1969 Ford Mustang Fastback Mach 1 home today! Been chipping away at this one for the better part of a year! Customer originally came in just looking for a killer custom paint job on his car, and had some suspicions about some shotty work done in the past, and boy was he right! Uncovered gallons of bondo under 3 seperate paint jobs, all hiding alot of questionable patch work and alot of hidden rust! We replaced both qtr panels on the car, a rear frame rail, most of the trunk floor, rear support and tail panel, along with some patching of the rockers, doors, and inner fenders. Pulled alot of dents and stripped the car to a bare metal finish to build it up the right way. After all the metal work was complete, the car got epoxy primed, painstakingly long blocked until it was straight as an arrow, then sealed the body work with epoxy once again. 2k primer followed the epoxy, one final long blocking, and a killer paint job with a custom tri coat "Merlot Jewel Pearl" sealed the deal. These Fastbacks are truly hard to come by these days and it was a pleasure to bring this thing back to it's former glory, and then some!

04/19/2025

1969 Mustang Fastback Mach 1

Been chipping away at this mustang over the winter! Came in for a "quick paint job" and I quickly discovered tons of old patch work sitting on top of rusted panels. Only thing to do was cut out the cancer and build her back up! After a ton of metal work the car was sealed in epoxy primer, and we're in the long blocking phase headed to paint soon!

Soon to be sitting pretty in a tri coat Merlot Jewel Pearl. This car will be a head turner for sure 🤙

03/05/2025

Haven't posted on here in a while. Some of you may know I'm in the process of moving my shop up north, which will take some time, but I've been taking a few select jobs in the meantime. I've got a 69 Mustang Fastback nearing completion of metal work which I will be sharing soon.

Over the summer of 2024 I teamed up with Automotive Everything to help out with their SEMA build for a great cause. This car had a lot of sentimental value and it was a pleasure to be part of the team to bring it back to life. Great team over there in Raymond, highly recommend them for any work to your vehicle!

Here's a photo dump from countless hours of metal work over the summer!

10/11/2023

Just rolled this beautiful 1951 Chevrolet 3100 pickup out of the shop. We dressed this truck up with a Jaguar "Caesium blue pearl", definitely a one of a kind color! This truck looks awesome in photos and even nicer in person. She's headed home for interior, glass, and other finishing touches. Keep your eye out for this truck at the local car shows next year! It'll be the one with all the trophies next to it 🏆😉

06/08/2023

1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS. Full body resto and paint. We went the full mile with this one, and it certainly paid off in the end 😎 So many hours into this one, but she got the love she deserved! This beast is headed home for interior, and some finish motor work! Keep your eyes peeled for this car at future car shows, it'll be hard to miss 😉🤙

04/03/2023

Quick little chrome delete on this '22 Dodge Ram. What a difference the little things can make! Colormatched both front and rear bumpers, and all the grill pieces. Also added fog lights to the front bumper and new black and red badges all the way around!

03/19/2023

Finished up the metal work on this 70 Chevelle this week! Finally headed into the paint stage on this long awaited project. Keep your eye out for some color on this badass ride soon! 😎🤙

02/18/2023

Few progress shots on the 1970 Chevelle in the shop right now! Full tear down on this one! Removed ALOT of repair work done by someone in the past, building her back up the right way this time. This week she got new cowl panels, new rear package tray, original hinges got rebuilt, and we're test fitting new quarter panels. So much new sheet metal going into this build, but it'll be a clean street machine when it's done! Keep your eye out for more updates as the build progresses 🤙😎

01/16/2023

Just rolled this 1970 procharged big block Chevelle into the shop the other day! Starting to strip 50 years of paint off a few panels while waiting for parts to show up. Time to make this thing look as mean as it sounds 🤙

12/31/2022

Finishing up 2022 with another Ford Raptor! The usual full rocker panel replacement, plus wired in some new illuminated fender emblems for the customer. I want to give a big shout out to all my awesome clients that made this another great year in business! Lots of exciting cars, restorations, and paint jobs coming in 2023! Happy new year everyone! 🍻