WORKSHOP

We have retained the artisan skills that have handcrafted every classic car. Our bodyshop workers are experts in shaping and moulding of sheet metal, their millimeter precision and panel production skills  are worldclass. The bodywork is made using a closed technologic system. Motor Classic offers high quality collision and restoration work. We are uniquely qualified to repair your collector car in the event of an accident. We have the experience and knowledge to locate the correct parts and perform the appropriate repairs.

Collector’s Note:

• We use only checmical paint removal on the body.
• Old Classic car bodies are stripped to the bare metal before the paint removal starts. This ensures that the body is corrosion free, not just for now, but for many years to come. Chassis measurement is done in our own measuring facility. If the new metal has to be welded into the body shell, it is impossible to spot the seams.
• We work with the bare metal bodywork only naturally we are not using any kind of metal fillier or soldering.
• Our engineers and technicians work to very close tolerances to ensure the perfect fit of all panels. The body work technician, who has done the bodywork, gets the parts? back to the pre-polishing match, so we can be sure that all the joints will be perfect.
• One-off fabrication of body parts based on the original design drawings
• In our fabrication shop, sheet metal and aluminum are rolled by hand with incredible millimetre-precise accuracy to get the smooth lines and fit that historic automobiles demand.
• Accident repair works, Chassis measurement in our own measuring facility
• Chassis optimization
• Panel repairs
• Repair and produce of glass fiber-reinforced plastic and plastic body parts
• Five-year anti – corrosion warranty

A paint job can make or break any vehicle no matter how much time and money was invested during the restoration. You can have the best of the best under the hood, suspension, and inside the cab but the paint job is the first thing someone looks at when walking up to the vehicle. Outstanding preparation and paintwork underpins our ongoing success.

We welcome visits from car collector customers to enable you to see the extent that we go to and the high standard we achieve. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Collector’s Note:

• We use cathodic dip coating. The process is a 9  stage cathodic dip coating. 
• „As part of the restoration process, the paintshop experts are combining state-of-the-art technology with their many years of experience to provide complete corrosion protection for the vehicle body.
• The mechanics first completely assembled the bodyshell. This made it possible to obtain precise measurements of all gap dimensions at an early stage and, more importantly, to drill all of the holes for trim strips and accessories. All parts then removed again. This work, although painstaking, means that there is no need to drill more holes in the finished paintwork. The advantage of a prime coat applied using a cathodic dip coating bath lies in its thoroughness.
• Another new treatment being given to classic models is cathodic dip coating (CDPB). Cathodic dip coating is a standard procedure for optimum priming in modern automotive production.
• For enhanced corrosion protection, all welded seams were sealed following application of the cathodic dip coating. The experts then sprayed a stone guard on the underbody, in the wheel housings, luggage compartment and engine compartment.”
• We use mainly factory original colors.We use Glasurit products.
• Every paint color has several different colors mixed together to create the final product we spray. Our painter is an expert when it comes to color matching existing paint on a vehicle; an art that takes many years of experience. We do multiple spray out test panels for each individual car or truck and adjust for a perfect color match.

’The shiny, mirror finish with depths of deep blue-white hue is truly a remarkable thing to see in a car that has been fully restored. ’ We do chemical electrostripping, electroplating, anodizing, copper and nickel plating, phosphating, grinding‬ and detailed metal polishing.

Collector’s Note:

• During the restoration, we galvanize and phosphate all parts that were galvanized by the manufacturer
• Polishing, copper plating, nickel plating, chrome plating of all chrome plated parts
• We use period correct authentic hexavalent chromium – Cr6
• For nickel plating, we use the best quality pure nickel material only
• Making perfect chrome plated parts puts us into a unique situation – With the right thickness and perfect surface treatments, we have the time to make even more precise job when it comes to  alignments and we looking for the perfect even gaps

Expert knowledge and skill that enable a leather of the 1950’s, and 60’s to be matched with identical materials that look and behave in the way the originals did.

Collector’s Note:

• We use only the highest quality, authentic leather materials
• All leathers made with traditional tanning technology
• We provide 99% match with the original surface texture, color and structure

Collector’s Note:

• We pressure testing of both head and block, boring and honing
• We do carburettor or injector  restoration , etc.
• We have experience with automobiles pre WWII era such as Auburn, Legonda, Cord, Duesenberg, Packard, Cadillac , Lincoln, Bentley
• We handle all of our automatic gearbox restorations internally

+ No more bad grounds, interrupted circuits, corroded connectors. Get rid of the loose wires, electrical troubles and have a safe and authentic electrical system built buy our specialists.

The availability of parts is key to the perfect maintenance and restoration of a classic car.

‘Our parts center in Hungary holds 35,000 replacement parts, very many of them exclusive to classic models.

Parts that are no longer available can be reproduced in the original quality. Most reproductions and production reruns relate to parts critical to safety or driving.

The vehicle has to be inspected , examined in our Classic workshop.
If requested by the customer Motor-Classic can arrange for the vehicle to be transported door-to-door to Hungary using our own, or trusted worldwide logistics partners. Air freight or delivery from any destination in the world is available upon request.
In the workshop, our experts estimate the needed working hours or if possible the cost of restoration as precisely as possible.
Please note, since we are working with some of the best examples of key rare classic cars and most iconic brands, Motor-Classic does not provide estimates via email or telephone.

A restoration project must first be discussed and the automobile evaluated before costs can be determined. Some projects cannot be estimated.
Prior to starting a restoration, we work out a detailed plan in cooperation with the client.
All necessary restoration jobs are then distributed to the appropriate departments within Motor-Classic, allowing for various steps of restoration to commence simultaneously.