Restoration
Original metal stays when it can stay.
Replacing a whole panel is faster than repairing it. On a collector car, that shows up later, at resale, when a buyer looks under the boot floor. Here we only cut what can no longer hold, and we say so before starting.
The survey
A restoration starts with a strip-down and photographs, not with a quote. While the car is dressed, nobody knows what is underneath. The costing comes after, once we have seen the corrosion, the old repairs and what the previous workshop left behind.
The model we know
The Dino comes through this workshop again and again. We know where it rusts, how its wings were redone in the eighties, and where the measurements drift. That familiarity saves weeks on a long job.
The period colour
Repainting an older car in its factory colour means finding the formula, then adjusting it. Today's pigments do not behave like the ones used then. We spray, compare against a sheltered part of the car, and start again if the difference shows.
Restoration
What a restoration covers
- Full strip-down and photographed inventory
- Shell taken back to bare metal, corrosion treated
- Metal repair, panels formed to shape
- Chassis brought back to specification on the jig
- Primer, period colour and clearcoat
- Reassembly, loom and trim through our partners
- Mechanical recommissioning and road testing