Bare Knuckle Customs
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Classic car restoration, Essex

Restoration

Classic car, camper and Land Rover restoration near Braintree, Essex. Welding and rust repair, bodywork, strip-downs and paint, done under one roof.

Rusty, tired or half finished, brought back properly, panel by panel: the metal put right underneath and the colour laid down on top.

The parts of a restoration

  • Strip-down. Everything that isn't body comes off, bagged and labelled.
  • Welding and rust repair. Rot cut out and new metal let in, or a new panel.
  • Bodywork. Dents out, filler blocked flat, panel gaps set.
  • Paint. Primer, colour and lacquer, then flatted and polished.
  • A gold Mk2 Escort in the shop with its bonnet up, rust along the front valance and bare patches on the wing

    As it came in

  • A Mk2 Escort shell in primer, its front panel bare and the windscreen taped

    Primed

  • An Escort shell in orange with its headlamp bowl and windscreen masked

    Masked

  • The front of a finished red Mk1 Escort

    Painted

What we restore

Anything with wheels, classic cars to camper vans.

An E-type roadster, in grey primer before, green after, afterAn E-type roadster, in grey primer before, green after, before
The polished green front of a classic Mini

Keeping you in the picture

We photograph each stage, so you see what was under the paint and what we did.

What it costs

Nobody knows until the paint comes off, so we price in stages and the project keeps moving.

Questions people ask

How much does a classic car restoration cost?

Nobody knows until the paint comes off and the metal underneath can be seen. We price in stages so a project keeps moving.

What does a classic car restoration involve?

A strip-down, then welding and rust repair, then bodywork, then paint: primer, colour and lacquer, flatted and polished. Each stage is photographed as we go.