TEN days ago, Bill Kendall's 1980s bomb was chugging around town with a rattle-can matte black, DIY paint job.

Now the 1989 GT4 Celica will turn heads with its glossy exterior.

The Conondale man was given the surprise of his life last night when his "pimped out" car was revealed to cheers from a supportive crowd of friends, family, colleagues and supporters.

Youth Restorations, together with Burson's Auto Parts, Classic Ridz, Tint Mart Warana, Sunshine Coast Hydrographics and Queensland Police Service, under the guidance of local identity "Ranger Pat", came up with the plan to swipe Mr Kendall's car and give it a massive overhaul.

In just 10 days, the team of car experts stripped the car back to its bones and rebuilt it over long days and nights to get the $15,000 job done for Mr Kendall.

"When the car came in, it was bad, real bad, scratches all over it was matte black," Gerry Coppleman from Classic Ridz said.

"We completely stripped the car back to bare metal, the entire car, everything every nut and bolt except the motor, it was gutted.

"We rebuilt it from there and repainted the entire car.

"It's worth it, if someone loves it, it's worth doing it."

A crowd of about 100 people waited as Mr Kendall opened the door.

His "new" car awaited.

Mr Kendall, who manages Burson's Auto Parts in Beerwah, couldn't believe it.

"It's like winning the lotto, I can't believe it," he said.

"When I walked out to see the car, the way they were talking it would be in worse condition than before it was taken so to walk in there and see everyone and this shiny black car that didn't look like my car was amazing.

"I'm still getting over it, I can't believe it.

"I bought the car to do it up but never had time or money to do it."

Friends told of how deserving Mr Kendall was.

Ranger Pat told the crowd how Mr Kendall used his spending money while in Las Vegas to help, feed and spend time with homeless people.

"He is a really nice person, working in our community and he's been very thoughtful helping homeless people," Ranger Pat.

The make over will feature on Ranger Pat's reality TV show pitch, Restos Down Under. Anyone else who is deserving of a vehicle makeover should email Ranger Pat on rangerpat@bigpond.com.