165 Main Street · Annapolis, MD 21401 · (410) 269-6737

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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
	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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