In Car Mechanic Simulator 2021, players can restore cars that are available, ranging from classic Americana muscle cars to compact cars to modern sports cars, using more than 4,000 car parts.
These cars can either be from those that are already installed in the game, from the downloadable content (DLC) car packs, or from the Steam Workshop where they can download car mods.
One of the said car mods is the one for the 1935 Ford Truck Retromod, a modified Ford Model 48 that was converted into a pick-up truck.
How to Restore the 1935 Ford Truck Retromod
Once they have downloaded the file for the car mod from the Steam Workshop, and pasted it in the game's folder, players can find, and buy, a 1935 Ford Truck Restomod, in the Junkyard, the Barn, the Car Salon, and the Car Auction.
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Once they have purchased the pick-up truck, according to Gamer Walker's YouTube video, they will wash its body and interior in the Car Wash and move it to one of the Car Lifts that are in the Garage.
Afterwards, they will drain whatever oil that is remaining inside the engine using the Oil Drain machine, then they will drain the rest of the fluids in their reservoirs such as the brake fluid, the power steering fluid, the coolant, and the windshield washer fluid using the Drain Tool.
Once they have drained everything, they will disassemble the whole pick-up truck, and get the parts needed to be repaired or replaced, until what is left on the Car Lift is the body frame, which they need to repair using the Wielding Machine.
Afterwards, they will repair the parts that they can still use in the restoration project by placing them on the Repair Table that are in the Workshop. From there, they will play a minigame where they will hit the green tabs in order to fully fix the said parts.
On the other hand, the parts that cannot be repaired anymore will be sold instead for additional Credits, which they can use to buy new replacement parts, or Performance Parts if they want to increase the truck's Tuning percentage. If they have bought it from the Junkyard, they will also buy for the missing parts.
Once they have the repaired and replaced parts, they will start reassembling the whole 1935 Ford Truck Retromod, starting with its engine, which is a V8 DOHC AXK.
In order to build the said engine on the Engine Stand, they will need the engine block, the crankshaft, the pistons with their rings, the crankshaft bearing caps, the rod caps, the oil pan, the oil filter, the flywheel, the clutch plate, the clutch pressure plate, and the clutch release bearing.
They will also need the engine heads, the camshafts, the spark plugs, the engine head covers, the ignition coils, the ignition coil covers, the exhaust manifolds, the intake manifold, the fuel rails, the fuel filter, and the throttle.
They will also need the cam gears, the timing belts, the timing cover, the alternator, the power steering pump, the idler rollers, the water pump and pulley, the crankshaft pulley, the serpentine belts, and the belt tensioner.
Once they finished building the whole engine, they will remove it from the Engine Stand, and they will put it inside the engine bay using the Engine Pulley.
Then, they will install the truck's internal parts, including the gearbox, the starter, the fuel tank and pump, the battery, the reservoirs, the ABS pump and module, the brake servo, the air filter with the base, cover and clips, the radiator with the fan, the fuse box and cover with the new relays and fuses, and the ECU type A.
Then, they will install the rest of the parts, including those for the exhaust pipes, the suspension, and the braking system, as well as the tires and rims, the body kit including the doors, the windshield and other glass panels for the windows, the lights, and the parts for the interior such as the seats and the steering wheel.
Once they have finished reassembling the whole pick-up truck, they will fill up the engine and the reservoirs with a new batch of oil and other fluids, then they will paint the body with the color of their choice in the Paint Booth.
Then, they will move the truck to the Test Path room to realign the wheels and the lights, as well as to test the newly-installed braking system.
Next, they will move it to the Dyno Test room to tune up the gears in the gearbox and to do a dyno test to the newly-built engine in order to see its performance. Once they are satisfied with the performance, they can test drive their own 1935 Ford Truck Restomod.
