Your classic is asleep. We put it back on the road.
Recommissioning after long storage, or picking up a project abandoned by someone else. Engine, electrics, brakes, trim.
Classic car restoration, servicing and sales
We get cars back on the road when nobody else will touch them.
Restoration, servicing and sales of classic cars and youngtimers, in Roubaix, serving the whole Lille metropolitan area. One workshop, one person to talk to, and a record of work kept line by line.
What we do
Three trades, one workshop
A classic is not serviced like a modern car.
Regular care for cars that are actually driven, done by adjustment rather than by plugging in a diagnostic tool. Servicing, roadworthiness test, winter storage.
Cars recommissioned here, not somewhere else.
Every car we sell has been through our own workshop. Full record of the work, clean roadworthiness test.
Our ground
What we know how to restore
The cars we favour: the ones we know well, where parts can still be found and where the work can be quoted honestly.
Classics
British roadsters and classics
Morgan, MG MGB and MGB GT, Triumph Spitfire, TR4, TR5 and TR6, Jaguar, Mini, Citroën 2CV, VW Beetle, Fiat Barchetta, Mercedes.
Youngtimers
Nineties roadsters and coupés
BMW Z3, Mazda MX-5, Mercedes SLK, Audi TT.
A model that is not on the list? See the full list, or write to us: we will tell you straight whether it is a job for us or for someone else.
In stock
Cars for sale
All recommissioned in our own workshop. Every car has its own page with the full record of work.
For sale
Mercedes-Benz // 1981
200 W123
The saloon you keep for twenty years. Petrol, four-speed manual, original blue cloth trim. A sound W123 that drives and is still easy to look after.
14 900 EUR
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For sale
Porsche // 2002
911 Carrera 996
Phase 2, the 3.6 litre with the six-speed manual. Black, sunroof, black leather interior. The most affordable 911 on the market, and the one that needs the most serious care.
37 000 EUR
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Under restoration
Leyland // 1977
Mini 1100 Special
Restoration under way in the workshop. A 1977 limited edition, arrived as a bare shell. The project is documented step by step and the car will be for sale once finished.
Coming up for sale
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Under restoration
Renault // 1961
Dauphine
Restoration under way in the workshop. A 1961 Dauphine in standard form, red. The project is documented step by step and the car will be for sale once finished.
Coming up for sale
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Through the workshop
Our work
Six weeks in the workshop
Porsche 944, 1986
Recommissioned after eight years in a barn, then a full overhaul of the cooling system.
- Timing belt and tensioners, balance shaft belt
- Full cooling system, radiator and hoses
- Engine loom and earths redone
- Brakes throughout
Three days
Citroën 2CV6, 1979
Annual service and roadworthiness preparation for an owner who drives all year round.
- Valve clearances and ignition timing
- Carburettor cleaned and set
- Driveshafts and gaiters
- Brakes adjusted and bled
Roubaix
Workshop
Boulevard de Fourmies, in a refurbished Roubaix industrial building. Two-post lift, tuning bench, welding station, and enough covered space to keep cars under shelter for the length of the project.
You can drop in and see your car whenever you like. We show you where we are, what has been done and what comes next.
Frequently asked questions
What we are asked most often
Do you restore classic cars of any make?
We mostly work on pre-1980 classics and eighties and nineties youngtimers: British roadsters, Mini, 2CV, Beetle, Mercedes, BMW Z3, Mazda MX-5, Mercedes SLK, Audi TT. For anything outside that list, tell us what it is and we will say honestly whether it is a job for us or for someone else.
Do you do bodywork and paint?
No. We do not do heavy panel work or full resprays. For those we work with body shops nearby, and we say so before quoting, not halfway through.
How much does a classic car restoration cost?
That depends entirely on the starting condition and on what you want. We quote after seeing the car, item by item, separating what is essential from what can wait.
Where is the workshop?
At 91 boulevard de Fourmies in Roubaix, northern France. We work by appointment and cover the whole Lille metropolitan area: Lille, Tourcoing, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Wattrelos, Croix, Marcq-en-Baroeul, and the Nord département more widely. We are twenty minutes from the Belgian border.
A classic sitting in a garage somewhere?
Tell us the model, the year and what is wrong with it. We reply within 48 hours.