Complete Car Listing

	Car Name	Car Year	Car Make	Car Model	Description
	1932 Ford Roadster	1932	Ford	Ford Roadster	Here at Mid-Southern Restorations we also build custom hotrods. We built a 32 Ford Highboy Roadster. We started with a Pete & Jakes chassis. We had a stock 68 350 lying under a shelf from a restoration we did where the customer picked a new crate motor. The chassis was painted and the motor rebuilt... Read more >>
	1932 Buick Series 80	1932	GM	Buick Series 80	This would be a typical basket case for Mid-Southern Restoration. The 1932 Buick series 80 was totally disassembled in Cookeville, Tennessee years ago to be restored. The frame was cleaned and painted, but then the owner passed away. His son has since decided to get this large classic put back together.... Read more >>
	1932 Auburn	1932	Foreign and Other	Auburn	This 1932 Auburn suffered paint and body damage sustained in a fire. The car was having mechanical issues attended to when an engine fire broke out, burning the front portion of the auto. The owner decided to have the heat warpage repaired and a repaint of the entire body. Once the body was taken care... Read more >>
	1935 Two Door Sedan	1935	Ford	Two Door Sedan	Old Hot Rods need love too and this Ford Slant Back from Fairfield Glades, Tennessee is no exception. The suspension was deemed unsafe by the owner and by MIDSR. The top of the car was chopped and so was the frame rails allowing for a modern motor. Once the integrity is restored to the front frame... Read more >>
	1936 Ford 5 Window Coupe	1936	Ford	Ford 5 Window Coupe	We have this 36 Ford 5 Window Coupe for sale at our shop. It was located in a basement after a 30 stay. The tires held air and it was pulled out and washed off. Then it was to shine again. The motor which is a 53 Ford flathead started up rather well and a new carburetor and fuel pump was installed.... Read more >>
	1938 Austin American Bantam Coupe	1938	Foreign and Other	Austin American Bantam Coupe	Very rare and unique is a way to describe this little vehicle. This auto was first restored by an incompetent restoration shop and then brought to Mid-Southern Restoration. The mechanical parts were re-gone through, and the 20-horsepower four cylinder motor was brought back to life. The body was stripped... Read more >>
	1947 Lincoln Continental V-12 Two Door Sedan	1947	Foreign and Other	Lincoln Continental V-12 Two Door Sedan	The Lincoln V-12 comes from a large private collection in Gallatin, Tennessee. This car needed a mechanical restoration. The front suspension was gone through and everything was checked. The king pins, brakes, and tie rod ends were change. The transmission needed to be rebuilt, and the head gaskets... Read more >>
	1949 Chevrolet	1949	Chevy	Chevrolet	Suzie is the name of this 49 Chevrolet from Signal Mountian, Tennessee. This auto was bought used when the owner was 16 as his first car back in the early 1970s. The Chevy has had work done before to keep it running over time, but the owner decided to do it right once so that it would last a long time.... Read more >>
	1949 Chevy Truck	1949	Chevy	Chevy Truck	This 1949 Chevrolet truck came to us from south of Nashville in Franklin TN. It was picked up by our crew and delivered to the restoration shop. The 3100 series 5 window cab unit has been waiting a long time to hit the road again. The owner acquired this vehicle in the early 1980’s when he was a teenager.... Read more >>
	1953 Packard Clipper	1953	Packard	Packard Clipper	Here is a unique resto-modifcation that was done to a 1953 Packard Clipper four-door. We have a customer who wanted a four door vehicle from the fifties that he could use to drive his friends or family across the country in if he wanted to. The goal was to build a brand new "Old Family Car." A Packard... Read more >>
	1953 Chevrolet 3100 1/2 Ton Pickup Truck	1953	Chevy	Chevrolet 3100 1/2 Ton Pickup Truck	This 1953 Chevrolet 3100 ½ ton comes from the Nashville, Tennessee. It is a clean 5 window daily driver. This customer wanted the mechanical aspects check out from front to rear. He also wanted an upgrage to 12 volt along with a new wiring harness. The power for this will come from a PowerMaster Gen/Alt... Read more >>
	1953 Packard Derham	1953	Packard	Packard Derham	This Packard was a typical "barn find" story. We knew of this car sitting behind a shop in Knoxville, Tennessee in a small enclosure. The first time we saw the car, the body was covered in boxes and garage debris and had been sitting up on blocks for 26 years. We were informed that this was a low-mileage... Read more >>
	1954 Buick Skylark	1954	GM	Buick Skylark	This 1954 Buick Skylark has become the flag ship for our restoration shop here in Cookeville, Tennessee. The numbers matching car was literally a total basket case that was started by another shop. Once the car arrived from Maryland, many parts had to be sorted out and it was found many hard to find... Read more >>
	1954 Packard Carribean Convertible	1954	Packard	Packard Carribean Convertible	This 1954 Packard Caribbean (1 of 400) remained in the process of restoration for over twenty years! Mid-Southern Restoration received the car and had to completely start over and rebuild the car once again. In one year’s time, the Caribbean went from zero to hero. The rear quarter panels had to be... Read more >>
	1955 Packard Caribbean Convertible	1955	Packard	Packard Caribbean Convertible	The 55 Packard Caribbean convertible pictured here was taken out of storage after the transmission went out 26 years earlier. The customer from Knoxville, Tennessee wanted a total mechanical rebuild. This car has the famous Electric Torsion Bar suspension. The ride level of the car compensates continually,... Read more >>
	1955 Chevy 2-Door Post	1955	Chevy	Chevy 2-Door Post	Rarely does the opportunity come to break in a car, but this 55 Chevy needed this service. A customer of ours found this car stuck in storage for 20 years near Cookeville, Tennessee and purchased it quickly. The car had been restored and customized back in the late 70s. It must have been used primarily... Read more >>
	1955 Chevy	1955	Chevy	Chevy	Bohannon Concepts of Cookeville, Tennnessee brought us this SS55 Chevrolet for final sanding and paint. After completing our work, we sent it back to Bohannon's for the final finishing. This Chevy features 55 Packard taillights, a Corvette grill and a C-4 suspension. This car hit the show car curcuit... Read more >>
	1955 Chevy Belair 2-Door Post	1955	Chevy	Chevy Belair 2-Door Post	This custom 55 Chevy chop top is all fiberglass and was built by Bohannon Concepts in Cookeville, TN. All the body work of smoothing out the glass and chassis was completed at Mid-Southern Restoration's facility. Then the car was treated to this spectacular paint job in our booth. The auto was then... Read more >>
	1956 Chrysler Crown Imperial Limousine	1956	Foreign and Other	Chrysler Crown Imperial Limousine	This rare auto was sitting in a gentleman’s driveway near Silver Point Tennessee and he was annoyed by the space it was taking up. It was promptly purchased by an owner here at MidSouthern Restoration and brought to Cookeville, Tennessee where it was used as a prop in front of the shop. This is... Read more >>
	1956 Jaguar XK140	1956	Jaguar	Jaguar XK140	This 1956 XK140 Jaguar was under restoration by an amateur and went unfinished for 25 years. It was found and purchased by a gentleman in Billings, Montana. Before the car went out west, Mid-Southern was contracted to restore this rare car. New parts were purchased and used through out. This model is... Read more >>
	1960 Cadillac	1960	GM	Cadillac	Long green and sleek is a way to describe this long low 1960 Cadillac. This car was previously restored and was in our shop for mechanical issues. We talked the owner into letting us park it "out front" for awhile. This is the type of car that almost causes car accidents in front of our shop. "For a... Read more >>
	1961 Jaguar XK150 FHC	1961	Jaguar	Jaguar XK150 FHC	This is the last Jaguar XK150 FHC LHD to roll off the production line on November 17, 1960 and has just undergone rotisserie restoration at Mid-Southern Restorations in Cookeville, TN. This is a Black Plate California car with 83,000 miles that came out of 35 years of enclosed storage in San Diego,... Read more >>
	1962 Cadillac	1962	GM	Cadillac	Here is a low-mileage old Caddy. This '62 has an almost perfect original interior. The transmission needed rebuilt along with cosmetics under the hood. The owner is a lifelong resident of Cookeville, Tennessee and chose to repaint the body because of lack luster paint. He also chose not to strip the... Read more >>
	1962 Cadillac	1962	GM	Cadillac	The same Cadillac owner from Cookeville, Tennessee that owns the green 62 caddy also rescued this one. Through different stages, this car has been mechanically restored with a rebuilt motor and transmission, and now the body and paint have been restored. The car was what one might call a "25 footer."... Read more >>
	1962 Dodge Truck	1962	Foreign and Other	Dodge Truck	Old Trucks are again popular and it seems the more unusual the better. Finally old Dodge trucks are being sought after and the early 60’s seem to fit the bill. We have seen one at a car show that has original red paint and runs a new Hemi with an old Cherry Bomb decal on the door. Here is a truck our... Read more >>
	1963 409 Chevy Impala SS	1963	Current Project	409 Chevy Impala SS	How does a 425 Horse Power 1963 409 Impala SS with 4 speed and factory ordered 4.56 gears sound? This is what we have here from Fairfield Glade in Southeast Tennessee and it is in for a full body and paint restoration. This 409 car was ordered without Power Steering and Power Brakes and meant to go... Read more >>
	1963 Chevy II Nova	1963	Chevy	Chevy II Nova	All cars have stories behind them and Bertha is no exception. Bertha is a 63 Chevy II purchased new by who else but, "Bertha". Bertha cared for her car like most people did before Americans entered the world of throw away. The person, “Bertha” passed away at age 94 in the late 90’s. She cared for her... Read more >>
	1963 Ford Falcon	1963	Ford	Ford Falcon	Here is a restoration project that came to us from Nashville, Tennessee. This car has a long history of waiting to be restored. The first paragraph of his e-mail spoke of the time frame. “I have a 63 Ford Falcon convertible that we would like to make into a “daily driver” for my wife. We have had... Read more >>
	1963 Impala SS	1963	Chevy	Impala SS	Sometimes we go out of our business way to help people. We met this customer at a car show in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee and he was telling us about a '63 Impala SS with a 327 four-speed with every option he had bought new and still owned. Another company started to re-paint the car and was about... Read more >>
	1964 Thunderbird	1964	Ford	Thunderbird	There are some guys out there who know how to restore a car correctly, and this is an example of that. This customer just wanted MIDSR to complete the body and paint work on this 1964 Ford Thunderbird from the Livingston, Tennessee area. The body had typical old car rust issues but was not in terrible... Read more >>
	1964 “R” code Galaxie 500	1964	Ford	“R” code Galaxie 500	This is the Legendary Ford Magazine project car known as “Big Red”. Less than 100 miles since a complete frame off restoration that was fully documented. This is not a museum piece or “numbers matching” car. I saved it from a basket case and restored it to be a great driver that appears stock but has... Read more >>
	1965 Mustang Convertible	1965	Ford	Mustang Convertible	Always a classic is this 65 Ford Mustang Convertible from Sparta , Tennessee. The car originally came to us just for body and paint, and it turned into fully assembling and making operative. The owner had a 302 and C-4 transmission rebuilt, and we installed it. Projects like these are difficult because... Read more >>
	1965 Ford Mustang 2+2	1965	Current Project	Ford Mustang 2+2	This vintage 65 Mustang 2 + 2 Fastback came to us from to us for restoration from Celina, Tennessee. One could say it was garage kept. The car was involved in an accident 10 years ago and the original owners vowed to repair and restore someday and present it to there son as a gift who is serving in... Read more >>
	1965 Cobra	1965	Foreign and Other	Cobra	Sometimes, walk-in customers or other rod shops need just a little help. Here is a 65 Cobra low end kit car from Crossville, Tennessee with a high end body and paint job from Mid-Southern Restoration. The body was delivered back to owner to be assembled.... Read more >>
	1965 Mustang Fastback 2+2	1965	Current Project	Mustang Fastback 2+2	This 65 Mustang 289 2+2 body came to our shop from Tracy City Tennessee to be restored and painted. The customer saw the expert workmanship on the 1970 Torino Cobra completed here and wanted the same treatment. There are some rust issues with this shell but they will be repaired the correct way. Once... Read more >>
	1966 Fairlane	1966	Ford	Fairlane	The pictures of this car are spread to four different decades. The reason we are showing this is because it shows the test of time on body, paint, and mechanical if they are done right the first time. The colors were changed for racing and paint schemes. The story goes that the car was driven in high... Read more >>
	1966 Thunderbird	1966	Ford	Thunderbird	This car is from Carthage, Ternnessee and was one of Mid-Southern Restorations' first finishes in 2005. The car was being restored by another restoration company when the project was turned over to us. The body had been painted, and while we were assembling the car, the paint began to flake and come... Read more >>
	1966 Pontiac GTO	1966	Current Project	Pontiac GTO	This GTO Convertible from Chattanooga, Tennessee has come out of a long term storage. The Fountain Blue Pontiac was given has a gift to the current owner for a graduation gift. College sports and then business life made for not enough time for the enjoyment of the car. It was last driven in 1984. The... Read more >>
	1966 Pontiac GTO	1966	GM	Pontiac GTO	Here is a prime example of Antique Auto Repair work we get in the shop. This Pontiac GTO is from Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is equipped with a 1970 400 Pontiac but retains the original 389 Tri-Power set up that is now famous. Yes it is a 4 speed car. Even though it is a nice car it has a few down falls... Read more >>
	1967 Pontiac GTO	1967	Current Project	Pontiac GTO	Challenges come in all forms and this is a good one. This 67 Pontiac GTO has been in restoration process for six years from other shops. The car was given to the current owner by her father. The car was rescued from Camden Tennessee and an estimated time of completion was given for the lady could drive... Read more >>
	1967 Corvette	1967	Chevy	Corvette	The owner of this 1967 Corvette from Cookeville, Tennessee drove this to our shop stating that it needed work. The car was clean but had some blemishes. Down deep it had dirt like all old original cars. The owner requested a frame-off restoration. After the body was lifted off, the car started to reveal... Read more >>
	1967 Mustang Fastback	1967	Ford	Mustang Fastback	father and sons projects never seem to get done so a surgeon from Cookeville, Tennessee brought his '67 Mustang fastback to Mid-Southern for some resto-modifications and to be completed. Many new parts were already purchased, and the motor had been rebuilt. The car was a basket case and when it arrived;... Read more >>
	1967 Austin Healey	1967	Foreign and Other	Austin Healey	We can restore a variety of autos here at Mid-Southern Restoration. Here is a total restoration on a 1967 Austin Healey from near Lebanon, Tennessee. The car was rough to say the least. After we rebuilt the motor, a Toyota five-speed conversion was installed to upgrade the drive train. The car body... Read more >>
	1967 Chevy Camaro	1967	Chevy	Chevy Camaro	Between 2006 and 2008, we have restored four first-generation Camaro Coupes. This particular one is a 1967 small block, four-speed car. This customer is from Whitehouse, Tennessee which is just north of Nashville, Tennessee. The auto was purchased 10 years before in Texas, disassembled, and put in storage.... Read more >>
	1967 Chevy Camaro	1967	Chevy	Chevy Camaro	This viper red Camaro (1967) brought us three restoration jobs. The car received a partial mechanical and total body restoration and paint. The motor is a stout 350 with a rare automatic on the column. The suspension was rebuilt, including all new items, and power disc brakes were installed on all four... Read more >>
	1967 Shelby Mustang	1967	Ford	Shelby Mustang	The car is powered by original 428 Police Interceptor with dual quads and automatic transmission. The car was drag raced heavy in 1968 1969 1970 and has won many events. The back window has stickers showing this and there has been magazine articles written about it winning ways. The car has 64,000 miles... Read more >>
	1967 Pontiac Lemans	1967	GM	Pontiac Lemans	Over the last few years it seems we have had a rash of Pontiacs come here to be restored or repaired. We have done a few GTO’S and a Trans Am and now a 1967 Lemans. This customer came from Gainsboro, Tennessee and bought the car in Virgina new in 1967. In 1984 the transmission developed a leak and the... Read more >>
	1967 Ford F-100	1967	Current Project	Ford F-100	This 1967 F-100 came from Louisville, Kentucky to be restored to new condition. The current owner remembers what this truck looked like when his dad bought it off the showroom floor. Here at this restoration shop we have a soft spot for old Ford trucks. The body is in near perfect condition except... Read more >>
	1967 Mustang	1967	Ford	Mustang	Our customers come from far away to seek out our services. We could hold the record at eight time zones away. This customer is a young lady working as a civilian in Iraq for a contractor. She was home in Knoxville, Tennessee in the winter of 2008 and purchased this 1967 Mustang Coupe. By early summer,... Read more >>
	1968 Mustang Fastback	1968	Ford	Mustang Fastback	Our newest customer is a person we met at a car show in Nashville a few years ago. He lives in Franklin, TN., and while at show talked to us about a project he had that had slowed down to a stop. We went to his house and checked it out and it is a classic 1968 Mustang Fastback. This car has been in... Read more >>
	1968 Torino GT	1968	Ford	Torino GT	Here is a 1968 Torino GT that was brought to us from Livingston, Tennessee for some wiring and rear leaf spring work. After close inspection, this car was found to be a mechanical nightmare. Most before pictures are used for a reference. None were taken of the mechanics on this car as everything was... Read more >>
	1968 Mercury Cougar	1968	Current Project	Mercury Cougar	We have restored Fords and Mustangs, but no Mercury Cougars. Here is a 1968 Dan Gurney Special in need of some TLC. Our new customer and friend had seen an episode of Power Block where our Torino Cobra was on the show. He inquired about restoration on his car. This car was delivered from just south... Read more >>
	1968 Chevy Camaro	1968	Chevy	Chevy Camaro	This 1968 Camaro coupe was purchased in Canada in the mid-1970s as a first car for this customer from Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. The proud owner kept the car in his possession through his adult life, vowing to rebuild and restore. Being a business owner, time was tight for him, so he contracted Mid-Southern... Read more >>
	1969 Camaro	1969	Chevy	Camaro	“Do it right the first time” could be the theme for this 1969 Camaro from Cookeville, Tennessee. This car had the body and paint work completed by another local Cookeville restorer. The body had huge gaps in the doors, hood, trunk, and cowl area. The pictures show the tape measure and misalignment on... Read more >>
	1970 Mercury Cougar	1970	Ford	Mercury Cougar	This 1970 Mercury Cougar from Sparta, Tennessee area shows the reason why some rattle can paint should be thrown away from a garage. This customer seen our 1970 Torino Cobra and then wanted the motor to look as good as the 429 Cobra Jet. The original owner said he repainted it before and did not like... Read more >>
	1970 Ford Torino Cobra Fastback	1970	Ford	Ford Torino Cobra Fastback	This 1970 Torino Cobra was found next to a burned-down service station along old highway 56 in middle TN and was spotted by the distinctive "Shaker Hood Scoop." The VIN # was recorded and a few months later was decoded to find out the old Torino was a true J-Code with a 429 Cobra Jet, four-speed, Hurst... Read more >>
	1970 J-Code Torino GT	1970	Ford	J-Code Torino GT	This month of July 2011 we have taken on two full restorations from the state of Kentucky. By searching us out and seeing the Award winning 70 Torino Cobra we had restored a few years ago, he decided to bring his car here for us to see and to check out our operation and look at our shop. We are getting... Read more >>
	1971 Olds Cutlass	1971	GM	Olds Cutlass	This 71 Oldsmobile Cutlass Convertible came to us from Pikeville, Kentucky from its original owner and the car was his first high school cruiser. There were a few known adjustments to be made and some re-chroming to be done. The owner then wanted us to put on lift and check underneath, This car was... Read more >>
	1972 Chevy Pickup Truck	1972	Chevy	Chevy Pickup Truck	Classic old Chevrolet Trucks need love to. This 1972 has been with its owner since nearly new as he was the second owner. After many years of service and one repaint along the way, our customer has decided to give himself a retirement present and get the Chevy painted and upgraded one more time. The... Read more >>
	1972 F-100 Pickup	1972	Ford	F-100 Pickup	Here is a 1972 Ford F-100 that was resto-modified by an owner here at Mid-Southern restoration. The project has a long history that dates back to 1990 when the truck was bought in Wyoming. Shortly thereafter, the truck was dismantled, and the restoration began. Over the years, the truck was rebuilt... Read more >>
	1972 DeTamoso Pantera	1972	Ford	DeTamoso Pantera	Rare sports cars always draw attention and that is what happens when ever people check out this 1972 DeTamoso Pantera powered by a Ford 351 Cleveland mounted behind the cockpit as a mid engine configuration. This car came from a customer in Cincinnati. The owner wants to freshen up the car drive train... Read more >>
	1972 Opel	1972	Foreign and Other	Opel	This 1972 Opel GT belongs to one of our customers in Atlanta, GA. Owning the car for 20 years, the customer was searching for a reputable restoration shop to refinish the car. Specializing in Opels, we contacted the owner about restoring this model in our shop. The vehicle was picked up shortly thereafter... Read more >>
	1976 Cadillac Eldorado	1976	Current Project	Cadillac Eldorado	Cadillac’s are turning into our specialty. You can check out the previously completed ones in the GM section of this site. We have an out of state customer that has two of these cars in here has of this writing. This one came from west Texas and is a rare one. Only 200 were built. This is a Bi-Centennial... Read more >>
	1976 Buick 4-Door Hardtop	1976	GM	Buick 4-Door Hardtop	People restore automobiles for different reasons. This big Buick four-door hard top was purchased new by our customer's uncle and aunt in 1976. It was located in a barn with the transmission burned out, and the plastic bumper fillers were rotted off the rear. The color was boring beige, the fender and... Read more >>
	1979 C-10 Pickup Truck	1979	Chevy	C-10 Pickup Truck	1979 C-10 Chevrolet Trucks were plentiful at one time but you will not see many today. This one was purchased new by our customer’s father. The customer is a Black Hawk Helicopter Pilot and mechanic in South Korea. He sought us out and his is currently our “long distance” award customer. We correspond... Read more >>
	1983 XJ-6	1983	Jaguar	XJ-6	The power plant for this Jaguar will be heading to the scrap yard along with rest of drive train. A popular conversion in the automotive world is being completed at our shop. V-8 Jaguar conversions have been around for a few years thanks in part to under powered over priced mechanics of a stock Jag.... Read more >>
	1994 ERA Cobra	1994	Ford	ERA Cobra	Who wouldn’t want this on their web site? This 1966 titled 1994 ERA Cobra is awesome to say the least. It is in for some clean up and refreshing. It is powered by original 428 Ford FE from a wrecked Cobra matching the VIN #. Many other parts are original to the wrecked Cobra, but live on in this car.... Read more >>