Retro Restoration ~ A complete service for your classic VW.

Restoration

Award winning full or part restorations.

From a concourse restoration to a full custom build. We offer high quality work at realistic prices.

Techniques

Modern and traditional metalworking tools and techniques.

A combination of mig, tig and spot welding machines, and traditional metalworking hand tools to create high standard factory style repairs.

Body and paint

Fully equipped body shop with low bake spray booth.

From show standard paintwork to localised repairs.

About Us

Top quality award winning classic car restoration based in Dunston, Staffordshire. Fabrication, welding & paintwork all done in house.

First established in 2009. We do mainly full restoration work and also partial restoration, mechanical and custom work. However, we don’t do MOT patch type repairs or cheap ‘blow over’ type paintwork as this is not the sort of work we are happy to let out of our workshop with our name on.

We have a passion for aircooled Volkswagens but enjoy restoring any classic car and pride ourselves on doing a good job at a competitive price working closely with our customers through the restoration process.

Our 3000sqft workshop is fully secured and equipped with modern and traditional metalworking tools. If you want to visit our workshop to view our work, you are more than welcome but please call before arriving to make sure we are available. We usually have four or five restorations being undertaken at any one time.

Based in Dunston, Staffordshire.

What we do

View our portfolio page to see detailed step by step pictures of each of our restorations from start to finish. Or for a quick overview of what we do view view the restoration and paintwork pages.

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Testimonials

Robbie Coton

Great service and awesome job done to my Mk2 Golf, honestly it was ready to be scraped there was so much that needed to be put right from a previous paint job. Can't believe how quickly and how good its turned out in the new colour its put my heart back into it. Thanks guys.

Matt Elms

The chaps have done a superb restoration on my 68 beetle. Dealing with problems has been straightforward and the quality of work is superb. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them... In fact, I already have, and my friend has taken his car there for a full resto! All I can say is - Thanks

Tara Neale

Great service always have time for me and my bug, great jobs done and great people thank you and I will see you soon

Mark Mckinnon

Excellent work done by Retro Restoration on my Mk1 Golf which went in to have repairs done to each front wing. My Golfs a custom colour and I was concerned about getting a colour match but I couldn't be happier with the result, you wouldn't even know it had been done, top job. Would recommend them a...

Mark Whitfield

Quality work. They replaced the front panel on my Splitty. Have recommended to everyone I meet.

Will Fryer

Retro get my highest recommendation. You can take your old camper there falling to bits and they will give it back to you as good as new. Thanks for all the great work guys, we’re nearly there with it now.