Restoration atelier · Est. 1988

Every old car has one more life in it.

Recent restorations

Jaguar E-Type Series 1

1963

A bare-metal rebuild of a matching-numbers roadster. Eighteen months, forty coats of lacquer, and a new lease on the road.

Porsche 911 Carrera

1973

An outlaw-spec RS tribute. Widened arches, a rebuilt flat-six, and an interior stitched from a single hide.

Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint

1965

A rust-out rescue brought back to concours. New floors, original twin Webers, paint mixed to the factory code.

Mercedes 280 SL Pagoda

1969

A sympathetic restoration that kept the honest wear. Mechanicals renewed, patina on the chrome left alone.

How a restoration runs

Strip and assess

The car comes apart to the last bolt. We photograph every panel, catalogue the rot, and write an honest report before a penny is spent.

Metal and body

We fabricate what cannot be saved, weld in fresh steel, and block the body straight before it ever sees colour.

Mechanical rebuild

Engine, gearbox, and brakes come off the bench blueprinted, torqued to spec, and run in on the dyno.

Paint and trim

Colour is mixed to the original code, laid in layers, and cut back by hand. The interior is trimmed in period materials.

Shakedown and handover

A thousand miles of testing shakes out the gremlins before we hand you the keys and the full photographic record.

Thirty-five years in the same barn.

Patina started as one man, one lift, and a Triumph that would not die. Three decades on we are still in the same converted dairy barn, still refusing to rush a car out the door. We are seven people now, most of us here for twenty years, and we take on eight cars a year. Not because we cannot do more, but because doing it right is the only way we know how to do it at all.

Years in the barn

240+

Cars restored

Cars a year

Bring us your car

workshop@patina.example

Phone

+44 1789 555 0104

Workshop

The Old Dairy, Warwickshire