New way to estimate

We can now write you an estimate, or book an appointment for you without you ever leaving your home. Simply click the link and follow the prompts and all the info we need will be sent directly to us. Once written, you will receive an electronic copy of the estimate either by email or text message. Its a simple way to get the ball rolling on your repairs.

https://www.carwise.com/auto-body-shops/global-fleet-sales-inc-mc-leansville-nc-27301/542871

We’re Moving!!

We’re Moving!

 

After 11 years at our current location, we’re relocating to a larger facility. Our new location is conveniently located just off Interstate 40/85 at 545 Kivett Dairy Rd, McLeansville, NC 27301.

 

Our new facility is not only larger, it is also equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to allow us to better serve our customers. We’re changing our location, and offering new services, such as a full detail center, but what isn’t changing is our commitment to quality work and personal service that we’ve always prided ourselves on.

 

Our current location at 1610 Fairview St, Burlington, NC will be closed beginning January 20, 2020. We will reopen on February 3, 2020 in our new location.

 

Come visit us at our new location and let me show you that, while our location may have changed, our commitment to personal service, quality workmanship, and fair price hasn’t. That’s the JMC AutoworX way, and that’s my promise to you.

Another tri five?

Yes. That’s right we now have a third tri five shoebox. We started with a ’57. Then we picked up a cool ’55. Well now we have ’56 4 door. It’s in very nice shape. There is no major rust or body damage. The owner has already replaced the door skins and the the fenders were patched some time ago so we will not have any major surgery on this one. We started by stripping the hood and fenders. We chose to those ourselves because they were not rusty on the back sides. We have primed the hood with PPG’s vibrancy line very high build primer. Cole started blocking that out today. Tomorrow we plan on priming the fenders with the same product. Stay tuned.

What’s going on at the shop?

I know it’s been a while since we have posted. We have been pretty busy and we have been making some progress. Here we have the ’70 Beetle project. It’s all complete and ready to go home. This was a complete body off restoration. We painted this one inside and out, replaced the wiring and a complete interior kit. As you can see we kept the outside completely stock except for the lowered and narrowed front beam. This was a fun project. I’m sure the owner will love tooling around in this awesome little bug.

Cabs are here!

The past few days we have been sanding this cab to prepare it for painting. After hours and hours of meticulous work we were finally satisfied with and decided it was time to make it shiny again. We cleaned the booth this morning and set the cab up. We then wiped it down, cleaning every square inch. Once that was done we masked off the floor inside and outside. This was done to keep the floor looking nice and to keep dirt out of the paint. We then did our final wipe with a tach rag and started painting. First a coat of PPG’s DAS sealer was sprayed. Once that was dry 3 coats of DBC color followed by 3 coats of 2021 clear. The more I spray this color, the more I like it. This cab really turned out great. Its nice to see hard work pay off.

New job in the shop

Here are a few parts that were dropped off last week for a 1971 C10. We will be performing a full High Performance Finish on this truck. There will be several custom touches done on this one. The molding holes and side marker lights have all ready been welded up so we don’t have to worry with that. We did use our stud gun to weld studs to the low places so we can pull them back into shape to minimize the amount of filler needed to straighten out the dents. We also used a hammer and dolly to smooth out the dents as well. The next step will be to sand the bed inside and out and spray several coats of our high build epoxy primer. Stay tuned to this one. It should really stand tall.

Back on the Bug

Lots of work getting done on the Beetle last. All the body work is complete on the body. Cole and Jordan Jumped on this thing and really moved quickly straightening out the body. They started by blocking out the high build primer that was sprayed a while back. This showed them where the low and high spots are and also straightens out the minor imperfections and makes the panels flat and straight. Once the body panes were straight, the entire body needed to be sanded in preparation of the final urethane primer. 3 coats of that was sprayed and it too will be blocked out before paint.

Time for some color

Last week we pulled out a few parts for the ’57 Bel-Air and prepped them for paint. Paul blocked out the trunk and the doors to ensure they were straight and smooth. We then sanded these parts all on the inside for trim out. Once the were all sanded up, we cleaned them meticulously to ensure a clean paint job. We then sprayed a coat of urethane sealer on the parts to provide uniform color and increase adhesion of the base color coats. 3 coats of Tropical Turquoise was then sprayed once the sealer was dry followed by 3 coats of high solids PPG clear coat. These parts really turned out nice. Its a great sneak peak of what the car will look like. The finished product is going to be very impressive.

Buggin right along

Yes, we are still here. We have been extremely busy these past few weeks. I have been taking a few pictures of whats been going on but just havent been able to post anything.  A lot has been completed on the beetle since the last post. New pans are in, front beam support is in, new narrowed adjustable beam is in, new shocks master cylinder, all new brake lines, the body has been stripped and primed, pedal assembly has been stripped, painted and rebuilt and as you can see we have sprayed some Diamond Blue on the doors, trunk and deck lid. The body is currently at the metal fabricator getting its new heater channels in, new firewall and various other patch work done. We should be getting it back shortly and when we do we will jump on the body work to get it in final primer. As you can see things are moving. These old bugs are super cool and this one will turn out great.

Closing in

This past Friday was another good progress day on the FJ, we were able to get the doors painted. We started off by masking off the freshly trimmed out backside then flipped them over and prepped the front. Paul started with coat of urethane sealer followed by 3 coats of the white. Once all that was dry, we carefully masked off the line for the red and papered up the white. Three coats of red was then sprayed on the lower parts of the doors. We then unmasked the white and applied the clear coat. While Paul was spraying the doors, Jordan and Cole built the rear bumper and installed it with all new hardware. This week we will get the doors back on the vehicle and continue the assembly process.