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Car restoration software for the long haul

Restorations take years. They involve hundreds of parts, dozens of vendors, and decisions you'll need to remember at sale time, at concours, at insurance renewal, or when something fails three years later. Trackara is the documentation system you wish you'd started with on day one.

A restoration is a paper trail

Every concours judge, insurance appraiser, and serious buyer asks the same question: what's the provenance? A documented build is worth more, full stop. Trackara is built to capture that documentation in the shop, on the day it happens, without slowing you down.

Matching-numbers tracking

VIN, engine number, transmission number, casting marks, broadcast sheets. Capture them once and they're searchable forever.

Receipt-backed parts ledger

Every part, every vendor, every dollar — with the receipt photo attached. Snap, save, search later.

Stage-by-stage photo timeline

Teardown, bare metal, paint prep, paint, assembly. Photos auto-group by milestone so the whole restoration tells a coherent story.

Concours-grade documentation

Period-correct parts notes, originality flags, sourcing provenance. The kind of detail show judges and serious buyers actually care about.

Insurance & appraisal ready

Total build cost rolled up, supported by receipts. Hand it to your agreed-value insurance appraiser and skip the back-and-forth.

Export PDF at sale time

Generate a clean, printable restoration report for the next owner. Real builds with real documentation command real premiums.

A '67 Mustang restoration in Trackara

Here's what documenting a frame-off looks like end to end.

  1. Day 1. Add the vehicle. Year, make, model, VIN, engine number, transmission number. Note that the broadcast sheet is intact under the rear seat (photo attached).
  2. Weeks 1–4. Teardown phase. Photograph every panel, every interior piece, every bracket. Note hidden rust in the trunk pan and rocker panels. Tag for media blast and patch panels.
  3. Months 2–4. Bodywork. Patch panels installed (NPD part numbers logged), rust treated, prime coat photographed. Every receipt scanned.
  4. Months 5–6. Paint. Original Acapulco Blue (1967 Ford code F). Paint shop bill logged, color-match invoice attached. Photos at each coat.
  5. Months 7–10. Drivetrain. K-code engine sourced (numbers verified), rebuild done by trusted machine shop, receipts attached. Toploader 4-speed rebuilt, original.
  6. Months 11–14. Reassembly. Interior, dash, wiring harness (Painless replica with part list logged), trim, glass.
  7. Month 15. First start, tuning, OBD2 if equipped (this build is too old, but Trackara handles modern restoration projects the same way).
  8. Year 2. Sale. Generate the PDF restoration report — 18 months of documentation, every part traceable, total build cost itemized. Listing premium: documented.

Works for any restoration

Same tools, different vehicles. Trackara is car-shape-agnostic — it cares about parts, dates, photos, and money. The rest you bring.

American Muscle
Mustangs, Camaros, Corvettes, Chargers, GTOs, Challengers, Cudas. Matching numbers, casting codes, broadcast sheets — track every detail.
European Classics
911, E30, E-Type, SL, Spider, Alpina. Concours-grade documentation and the overseas parts paper trail to match.
JDM & Imports
Skyline, Supra, S30 Z, RX-7, Civic, Evo. Import paperwork, period-correct mods, motorsport history.
Classic Trucks & 4×4s
C/K, F-100, Bronco, Blazer, FJ40, Defender. Off-road kit, lift specs, drivetrain swaps, recovery gear.

Start documenting your restoration

Free to try. $3.99/month or $29.99/year if you stay. iPhone, iPad, Android.

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