Classic Car Restoration

Car restoration is at the heart of our business. Decades of specialist experience have shaped our respect for original makers, traditional skills, and the stories carried by historic vehicles and their owners.

A Coachworks classic is built to be loved and handed down the generations.

This same philosophy now informs our wider leisure vehicle business.

We approach every project with patience, precision and a deep understanding of what makes a vehicle unique and in need of preservation.

Services we offer in house and by working with long-standing, specialist partners from the prestige automotive sector include:

Classic Car full restorations

Designed to precise customer specification, from conservation/return to original factory specifications to bespoke restomods

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Classic car servicing, mechanical works and recommissioning

From standard regular servicing to more extensive mechanical repairs and refurbishment, and returning cars safely to the road after a time in storage

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Repairs to panel work and welding

We have extensive experience at everything from small spot corrosion repairs to full panel conservation or replacement as required

Paint, from repairs to full resprays

We have inhouse expertise to deliver all aspects of paintwork, including localised repairs, accident damage and full body resprays, as well as detailing to protect and enhance existing or new paintwork

Interior trimming

Working with our longstanding, trusted local supplier, Tom Hampton Coach Trimming, we can arrange full custom interior retrims and repairs, and hood design, manufacture and fitting.

I had spent a long time trying to find someone I could entrust my cherished Morris Minor with to fully restore her. My expectations of what I wanted were high to say the least and I had begun to think I was looking for someone/something that didn't exist. And then I met Luke and Beth, exceptional workmanship and lovely people. They really understood what I wanted. Restoration is now underway and is everything I had dreamed of. Thank you.

We’ve been using Luke Martin Coachworks for several years now, in particular to make some complicated sections of the casings for boilers and fireboxes of steam locomotives. Luke’s metal working skills and the quality of workmanship are rare and second to none, with the finished product always being exactly what we need.

Such impressive knowledge, skills, service and an incredible eye for detail. We felt our restoration project was in very safe hands from start to finish, and what a result. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Luke and the Coachworks team.

Read our case studies

Each project we take on is different. Browse our case studies to see the range of work we do and the thought that goes into each one.

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Every project starts with a conversation. Get in touch to talk through your ideas.

There’s no obligation and we’re always happy to chat.