Contact us today to discuss your classic car. We can help you get your classic car running right and back on the road! Looking for a complete restoration? We do that too!
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Select Motors is a one-stop restoration and classic car repair shop.
Antique and classic car mechanical restoration and repair is our specialty. It's what we do! We can restore, repair and maintain all of the mechanical systems on your classic car or truck. Our mechanics understand the mechanical systems on street rods, hot rods and muscle cars.
Browse through our mechanical services, view photos of our work in progress, and completed auto restoration projects.
You will find Select Motors offers turn-key, fully functional, no excuses, ready to drive classic cars.
We offer a complete line of classic car restoration, repair, and maintenance services.
Let us get the mechanical systems on your vehicle working properly. After all, you need to be out there enjoying your classic!
Classic Car Repair and Restoration Services
Air Conditioning & Heating Services
Fuel System Services
Automotive Maintenance Services
Classic & Vintage Auto Maintenance & Repair
Classic Car Repair & Maintenance
Select Motors is aware that not all vintage cars have been through a "nuts and bolts" type restoration or necessarily need one.
In addition to vintage car restoration, we offer antique auto repair and maintenance.
In an ever growing market of classic auto sales, we are often called upon for antique car repair.
Whether you need to address drivability or cosmetic issues, or simply want to update or upgrade certain systems in your classic vehicle, Select Motors values your business and offers a complete menu of repair services.
Our experienced technicians are familiar with the challenges presented in restoring and repairing old cars
and we offer the same diversified approach to classic car repair and maintenance as we do to full restoration.
Our knowledgeable staff excels in making aftermarket parts work well together and integrating them with original equipment.
Whether you need muscle car repair, hot rod repair, or want to update your classic, the auto restorers at Select Motors have the knowledge, the expertise, and the experience to handle all of your vintage car repair and maintenance needs.
Brake Conversion & Repair Services
Brake Conversion and Repair
Let Select Motors return your classic car brake system to its original function and appearance. Often what appears to be an original brake arrangement is a severe mismatched set of parts that functions poorly. Select Motors has the expertise to diagnose and deliver a first class brake system for your classic car or truck. Our brake conversion and repair specialist have the skills and tools to do the job right the first time.
Factory Upgrades
Select Motors can upgrade your factory drum brakes to either a disc drum setup or a 4-wheel disc brake system.
Our technicians will install the brake system of your choice or help you decide which conversion kit is right for your classic car.
Select Motors' technicians have the experience and solutions to contend with brake line
brake hose, brake proportioning, and mechanical pedal advantage issues associated with custom brake installations. Custom brakes are offered by a large number of brake parts manufacturers. Often these parts are bundled in kits for a specific vehicle and many times they are sold as components. We can take the guesswork out of custom brake installation.
The restoration team at Select Motors can do this by fine-tuning your current brake system or by adding performance upgrades to you classic car.
We often see brakes that are over boosted, under boosted, have the wrong residual pressure valves, or incorrect brake proportioning. We have the experience and the technical expertise to install the brake system you desire or tune your existing system. Our professionals can not only make your classic muscle car look good and go fast, but assure that it handles properly and brakes quickly and safely. Call our project manager today at 318-640-4584 to discuss the brake system or your classic car or truck. We are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Brake Safety Wire Installation
Wilwood Brakes - Upgrade
Cooling Systems Services
Vintage Car Cooling System Installation
Vintage Car Cooling System
Select Motors can install one of the many vintage car cooling system upgrades available on the market today.
Need a custom cooling system build? We can build a cooling system suited to your vintage car needs.
Modern cooling systems can incorporate reliability only dreamed about when your classic car was originally built.
We install cooling system upgrades including high-capacity radiators, high-flow water pumps, electric fans, and transmission coolers.
We can produce custom fabricated radiators to fit your application.
Stamped tank aluminum radiators are also available for most vehicles. These radiators are often painted black to appear as the older brass and copper units.Select Motors offers complete cooling system services. Give us a call today at 318-640-4584!
Differential Services
Differential Service We Set Up Gears
Gears Spoken Here!
Select Motors has the precise instruments and expertise to set up gears.
We have the formulas to correct your effective gear ratio after changing to larger or smaller tires.
We offer installation of various locking differentials. Let us help you choose which one is right for you.
The gear ratio in your rear differential can work with you and your engine or against all reason.
The type of driving you enjoy the most and the RPM range where your engine really shines
based on cam profile, is important to consider when making a gear change.
Our drivetrain specialist can work out a custom gear change that works great for you and your car.
Call to discuss how your ride can benefit from a gear ratio change.
Engine Services
Automotive Engine Service
The automotive engine service team at Select Motors can dial in the correct engine for your vehicle and driving habits.
The options for automotive engine packages have never been so diversified as they are today.
General Motors, Ford and Chrysler offer an incredible number of choices and levels of performance that were not available in the past.
Many designer engine builders have developed marketing machines to sell their engines and are selling "crate" engines cafeteria style.
Tom Nelson, Reher Morrison, Jack Roush and John Arruzza all produce big-inch engines that produce astronomical horsepower on pump gas.
Original type vehicles can receive an original engine build or can remain original in appearance
with custom valve trains and rotating assemblies tucked away in number-matching blocks and under stock intakes and valve covers.
Select Motors can build or install a turnkey engine package to suit your needs.
Call Select Motors at 318-640-4584 to discuss the perfect engine package for your project today!
Steering Upgrade Services
Steering Restoration & Upgrades
We offer steering restoration & upgrades.
Our services include the installation of power or manual rack and pinion steering on cars originally equipped with a steering box and linkage.
Right hand drive rack and pinions are now available and Select Motors has the fabrication skills to perform a complete install.
We also offer steering column upgrades and we install products from the leading manufacturers of steering products
Flaming River and Ididit. One of the newest products on the market is electric power steering.
Most street rods built in our shop have a custom installed rack and pinion system.
These systems include custom linkage to go around header tubes and custom tilt column installation.
Power steering pumps on these builds are usually part of a serpentine accessory system and also have custom power steering lines.
A typical original equipment build might include a close ratio steering pump with a performance pressure valve for a firm feel and an original look.
Call Select Motors today to discuss fabrication or restoration of the steering system on your car.
Transmission Services
Transmission Conversion & Upgrades
Select Motors believes your transmission selection should begin with what you like to drive.
This is why we offer transmission upgrades and transmission conversion options.
Transmission Conversion
The professionals at Select Motors can convert an automatic transmission vehicle to a four-speed. We can convert a standard transmission vehicle to an automatic.
Getting more specific about transmission choice should include horsepower and torque figures that your engine produces and a transmission that will live under those circumstances.
Likewise, torque converter choice should be based on your engine's power curve.
Whether we are building a street rod or fine tuning a muscle car
before choosing a set of gears for the differential we always consider what first and last gear ratio a transmission has.
The combined gear ratio of first gear and the differential gives us insight into how a vehicle will launch or whether or not it will hook up on the street.
The combined gear ratio of last gear and the differential enables us to determine the cruising RPMs and highway performance.
Multiplication of the gear ratios of the transmission times the differential also gives us horsepower per gear ratio figures
which also play a role in orchestrating a vehicle that performs well.
With so many transmission bell housings and adapters on the market today
Select Motors can install virtually any transmission in any vehicle behind any engine.
The professionals at Select Motors can convert an automatic transmission vehicle to a four-speed.
We can convert a standard transmission vehicle to an automatic. Call Select Motors today at 318-640-4584 to discuss upgrading or converting your transmission to an overdrive automatic or manual five or six-speed.
Automotive Chemical Stripping and E-Coating
You may wonder, "How much rust does my car have?" There is only one way to find out.
Using the process called automotive chemical stripping and E-coating we strip your vehicle down to bare metal and take a look.
The classic car buyer is often told, "This car has no rust."
Realistically, however, almost no 20, 30 or 50 year old cars are rust-free. The more practical questions would be how much rust exists, where is it, and what can be done about it.
Since most rust is hidden under body filler and paint, our method of choice for rust removal is chemical stripping.
E-Coating, an electrically applied sealer, is then used to seal the bare panels to prevent rust from recurring. This process gives our clients the peace of mind to know their classic car restoration will stand the test of time.
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Sheet metal parts are baked in an oxygen-deprived oven at 750–800 degrees.
The oxygen-deprived chamber prevents warpage.
The oven reduces to ash all contaminants, paints, and any material other than metal.
A pressure-wash with water follows the baking procedure.
The metal components are then dipped in phosphoric acid.
This is a 10% solution used to remove rust and substances which were turned to ash in the oven.
The panels are pressure-washed with water after this treatment.
The metal components are then dipped into a hot caustic soda bath.
This bath neutralizes the phosphoric acid.
All panels are then again pressure-washed with water.
The metal components are then dipped in an electrolysis "de-rust" solution.
This bath is also a low content caustic soda solution.
This process removes rust and returns a bright sheen to the metal.
All parts are pressure-washed with water following this bath.
The panels are then treated through electro deposition
This is a process sometimes referred to as E-coating.
It is necessary to seal the cleansed metal and prevent corrosion on all surfaces from the inside out. This is also a liquid and electric process.The parts are rinsed.
The parts are treated with zinc phosphate for corrosion protection.
This is a submerged electro-plating process. The parts are positively charged and submerged to receive a Cathodic Epoxy Coating inside and out. This coating prevents rust and promotes paint adhesion.
The parts are rinsed.
The parts are de-ionized.
The parts are rinsed.
Automotive Custom Metal Fabrication
Select Motors specializes in automotive custom metal fabrication.
You will find our quality craftsmanship is second to none.
Nothing moves air like an engine driven fan paired with a modern style fan shroud.
The metal fabricators at Select Motors build fan shrouds for classic cars with the aerodynamics of a modern fan shroud. These types of shrouds allow more air to be moved through a radiator than older shrouds which served mainly as a guard.
We often custom build firewalls to eliminate unnecessary holes and stampings.
Our custom metal fabricators can bring your custom ideas from the drawing board to the showroom.
Almost every vehicle needs a small patch of some sort during the steel work process of restoration.
Sometimes the job does not warrant buying an entire panel to use the small piece that is needed.
Our ability to fabricate the necessary portion of a panel saves our customers time and money.
When working with vehicles built during transition years and those that do not have a strong reproduction market
the skilled technicians at Select Motors build panels and structural steel parts as needed.
Suspensions and Custom Chassis
The chassis builders at Select Motor Company offer a wide variety of services to satisfy your needs on either original or custom chassis and suspensions.
We repair original chassis damaged by rust or collision damage.
We can tune factory suspensions with bolt-on modifications such as tubular control arms, adjustable rear suspension control arms, CalTrac suspension components and make ride height and spring rate adjustments. Most of the street rods we build begin on our chassis jig.
Some of the more popular chassis modifications include Fatman Fabrication frame clips and Heidts Hot Rod Shop IFS crossmembers.
We build a variety of four-link rear suspensions and set up vehicles on coil springs, leaf springs, coil over shocks and with air ride suspension.
Custom Chassis Building & Suspension Modifications
Select Motors offers custom chassis building & suspension modifications along with repair.
Your existing chassis can be upgraded with the many suspension upgrades available on the market.. We build custom chassis with weld-in subframes offered by Fatman Fabrication, Heidts Hot Rod Shop and many other chassis component manufacturers.
We repair rust and collision damaged frames and unibodies with custom fabricated patch panels.
In some cases a complete frame replacement can be performed. This process involves lowering the existing frame out of a vehicle and replacing it, while the majority of the vehicle remains intact.
The chassis builders at Select Motors offers a wide variety of services to satisfy your needs on either original or custom chassis and suspensions.
We can tune factory suspensions with bolt-on modifications such as tubular control arms
adjustable rear suspension control arms, CalTrac suspension components and make ride height and spring rate adjustments. Most of the street rods we build begin on our chassis jig.
Some of the more popular chassis modifications include Fatman Fabrication frame clips and Heidts Hot Rod Shop IFS crossmembers.
We build a variety of four-link rear suspensions and set up vehicles on coil springs, leaf springs, coil over shocks and with air ride suspension.
Select Motor Company at 318-640-4584 for any chassis or suspension modifications or repairs.
Totally Stainless Body Bolt Kits
We Sell Totally Stainless Body Bolt Kits
We sell Totally Stainless Body Bolt Kits. Not only do we sell these high quality stainless steel automotive restoration bolt kits, we use them in our restoration projects.These kits include body bolt kits, chassis, suspension bolt kits and engine bolt kits. We offer automotive bolts kits that fit wide range of makes and models. These totally stainless bolt kits are available for classic cars, vintage trucks, muscle cars, late model trucks, Jeeps, Corvettes and Volkswagen. Each kit includes virtually every nut, bolt, screw and washer needed to correctly assemble your classic car, truck or hot rod.
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Totally Stainless Body Bolt Kits
Each bolt kit contains individually labeled component fastener kits, taking the guess work out of the assembly process.
Chassis Bolt Kits and Suspension Kits
Chassis Bolt Kits and Suspension Bolt Kits are available to complement the stainless body bolt kits. These automotive bolt and fastener kits contain high-strength bolts for suspensions. Where appropriate, the kits contain high- strength U-bolts with the correct tall nuts.
Engine Bolt Kits
These kits are available for most U.S. V-8 and many 6-cylinder engines. Our engine bolt kits include all the correct bolts and washers for the distributor, fuel pump, intake, oil pan, thermostat, timing cover, water pump and valve covers.
Bolt Style Options
Bolt kit come in several different bolt styles. These styles include:OEM Original Style Indented Hex Head with Black Stainless where appropriate – (example: inner fender component kit would be in black stainless) The black stainless is achieved by applying a permanent high tech powder coating with Teflon so that anti seize is not required on these black fasteners. This coating is .4 mils thick.Button Head, Hex Head, Indented Hex Head, HighStrength 6-Point & 12-Point
Automotive Custom Paint and Design
We are experts in the field of automotive custom paint and design and produce show quality vehicles.
The value of your vehicle will be heavily influenced by the quality of the body and paint work performed during restoration.
A paint job can only be as stable as the material on top of which it is applied.
Select Motors' chemical stripping process removes those 30
40 and 50 plus years of products which have the potential to become unstable when introduced with new products: seam sealer, primer, sealer and paint.
Our body men are experts on panel alignment, panel gap and body line restoration and correction.
Also involved in the entire preparation and painting process are our award winning painters.
The caliber of your vehicle will be judged by others based on the quality of the paint and body.
The preparation work that goes into producing perfect body and paint work is key in producing a finish that will last as well.
Select Motors can perform minor repairs on your vehicle's paint
or we can completely restore your car's body with a flawless custom paint scheme or bring your classic auto back to life with show quality original paint.
Contact us today to discuss how our auto paint and body restoration shop can help you with your restoration or repair needs!
Auto Body Panel Replacement
Good metal work skills are required to achieve a perfect fit when replacing auto body panels.
With the skills and tools we use in custom metal work, we are ahead of the grade on auto body panel replacement and repair.
One of the most essential steps in a auto body repair and restoration is stripping away old products such as seam sealer, body filler and paint, along with rust.
If these offenders are not removed they will most likely rear their ugly heads on an otherwise perfect vintage auto body restoration.
Select Motors uses the chemical stripping and e-coating process to assure your restoration project starts with the cleanest body panels possible.
Select Motors knows rust repair and body quarter panel replacement is one of the most critical steps in the restoration process.
We take great pride in producing rust free bodies. We do this by first Chemically Stripping and E-Coating the body and body panels.
This is our method of choice because good metal remains undamaged and is not weakened by the process. In this process all old paint, body filler, rust, seam sealer and foreign materials are stripped away. Only after the metal stripping process does it become apparent which panels should be repaired or replaced.
Panels damaged by the rot and pitting caused by the existence of previous rust must be cut away.
Our technicians cut out the weakened or rotten panels prior to welding new patch panels. In the event that new panels are not available on the market, our custom metal fabrication professionals will fabricate the necessary replacement.
Select Motors takes great care to insure the original integrity of the body remains in order to provide a good surface for proper panel alignment and to insure a solid base for a quality paint finish.
Totally Stainless Body Bolt Kits
We Sell Totally Stainless Body Bolt Kits
We sell Totally Stainless Body Bolt Kits. Not only do we sell these high quality stainless steel automotive restoration bolt kits, we use them in our restoration projects.These kits include body bolt kits, chassis, suspension bolt kits and engine bolt kits. We offer automotive bolts kits that fit wide range of makes and models. These totally stainless bolt kits are available for classic cars, vintage trucks, muscle cars, late model trucks, Jeeps, Corvettes and Volkswagen. Each kit includes virtually every nut, bolt, screw and washer needed to correctly assemble your classic car, truck or hot rod.
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Totally Stainless Body Bolt Kits
Each bolt kit contains individually labeled component fastener kits, taking the guess work out of the assembly process.
Chassis Bolt Kits and Suspension Kits
Chassis Bolt Kits and Suspension Bolt Kits are available to complement the stainless body bolt kits. These automotive bolt and fastener kits contain high-strength bolts for suspensions. Where appropriate, the kits contain high- strength U-bolts with the correct tall nuts.
Engine Bolt Kits
These kits are available for most U.S. V-8 and many 6-cylinder engines. Our engine bolt kits include all the correct bolts and washers for the distributor, fuel pump, intake, oil pan, thermostat, timing cover, water pump and valve covers.
Bolt Style Options
Bolt kit come in several different bolt styles. These styles include:OEM Original Style Indented Hex Head with Black Stainless where appropriate – (example: inner fender component kit would be in black stainless) The black stainless is achieved by applying a permanent high tech powder coating with Teflon so that anti seize is not required on these black fasteners. This coating is .4 mils thick.Button Head, Hex Head, Indented Hex Head, HighStrength 6-Point & 12-Point
Looking for a classic car restoration shop? In business since 1991, Select Motors is a classic car restoration service company.
We have a complete line of automotive restoration and repair services. Building, restoring and repairing classic cars and trucks is what we do, and we’re good at it! Our professional technicians have the knowledge, experience and tools to take your classic car or truck from the planning stages to show stopping reality.