Classic Car Restoration in Sussex

Surface rust is the easy part. It's what's inside the sills, behind the A-pillars, under the floor and battery tray that defines the real scope of a job. We strip back and assess properly before quoting, not halfway through.

Where metal is beyond saving we fabricate replacement sections to original profiles rather than filling over the problem. You'll see exactly what we've found before we touch anything further.

It depends on the car and what you're trying to achieve! For concours or investment-grade work, provenance matters and we'll always pursue original or new old-stock parts where they exist.

For a driver-quality restoration, high quality reproductions are often more practical and sometimes dimensionally more accurate than worn originals. We'll talk you through the options component by component, there's rarely one right answer across all cars.

Yes! Including the finish type, not just the colour. Modern paints often used single stage cellulose or synthetic systems with different sheen levels to modern basecoat/clearcoat. We replicate the correct finish for the era, which matters significantly on show cars or factory-correct restorations. A sheltered patch of original paint, a colour chip, or an old photograph all give us something solid to work from.

Concours means returning the car as closely as possible to factory specification, correct materials, finishes, and where applicable, date correct components. It's the most involved approach and produces a car better suited to showing than using. A driver restoration prioritises integrity, reliability, and appearance without demanding period correct exactness throughout.

The right choice for a car that'll actually be driven. A restomod keeps the original body and character but updates mechanicals or brakes for modern usability. The right answer depends on the car's antiquity, its value,and what you actually want to do with it. We'll give you an honest steer.

This is more common than you'd think. Filler over rust, mismatched panels, non-original paint hiding beneath the original - poor previous work needs to be fully understood before anything new begins, because building on a bad foundation just moves the problem forward.

We document what we find, show you the evidence, and give you a clear picture of what's involved in correcting it. We can also advise on what records, stamping, and originality checks are worth pursuing before you commit to a full restoration spend.