PARTS: REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT
At ADO Restoration, we understand you might wish to refurbish or repair the parts on your classic car including refurbishing wheels on your classic.
We understand the importance of originality, heritage and preserving the historical aspects of your car. If this is how you wish to proceed with your restoration, we will always work to ensure as many original parts are retained as is feasible and safe to do so.
With decades of experience in refurbishing classic car parts, the team are well equipped to ensure your vehicle is restored or repaired with finesse. The refurbishment of parts also includes classic car seat and interior trim, with the team able to ensure your car is finished to a remarkable standard through our classic car retrimming services.
In addition to classic car component refurbishment, our team of classic car specialists at ADO Restoration can offer engine rebuilding including A Series engine rebuilds. Working with renowned machine shop specialists, the team are able to rebuild classic engines and gearboxes with quality, new parts to ensure your classic car is able to enjoy a new lease of life – possibly with a performance upgrade if needed.
SERVICES WE OFFER
At ADO Restoration, we are firm believers in retaining heritage and originality where it is feasible and safe to do so. Whether it is a reconditioned classic car engine or reconditioned parts such as radius arms or classic Mini pedal boxes, our team are on hand to ensure your parts (where possible) are revived for future use.
We offer customers a service whereby you can hand deliver or post your classic car parts for refurbishment and our team will undertake the work and post back to you. We welcome quotes from UK and overseas customers, but advise due to exceptional demand at peak times, our team must be advised if you are seeking parts for a deadline such as your car booked for a special occasion.
Some classic car parts are also offered as exchange items, but we understand many of our customers wish to retain the original part from their particular car, especially engines and gearboxes. Our specialists can discuss options with you.
ADO Restoration’s team of classic car specialists can also advise if a part is too damaged or worn to be reused what next steps might be. This could be sourcing quality used parts or new parts, depending on the area of concern.
Rebuilding the engine in your classic car can be a tricky process if you have not done it before and trusting professionals like our team at ADO Restoration can make the refurbishment of your classic car engine a much more simple and straightforward process.
Our team will listen to your concerns on building your classic car engine and discuss and advise on your desired specification whether it is a keenness to stick with the original engine or wanting to modify the engine in your classic car. Our team will provide you with transparent, costed options to help you make an informed choice about whether you wish to recondition your existing engine or buy a new engine for your classic.
In addition to this to rebuilding engines in classic cars, we have the capabilities to remove and refit the engine into your car; meaning you can simply drop the car off and collect from us after the job is complete.
Please note we can also provide repairs for classic cars with head gasket failure.
If your classic car gearbox is broken, rebuilding it can be an advanced task if you have never completed a gearbox rebuild before. At ADO Restoration, we have been restoring, refurbishing, and refitting gearboxes including classic cars including classic Minis for many years.
Our team are well versed in rebuilding gearboxes and can give your gearbox a new lease of life whether there are missing teeth, worn synchromesh or it is popping out of gear.
Our team of classic car specialists are able to take your gearbox apart and diagnose problems and source quality new parts to make sure you have got plenty of miles ahead of you in your classic. We can remove and refit your gearbox to your classic, so there is no need to remove it if you do not have the correct tools and equipment at home.
If your seats in your classic car are looking worn, tired, sagging, or cracked from sun damage, it can detract from the overall look of the car and the comfort of driving. For some cars, a worn and torn classic car seat or door card can put prospective buyers off, stop you winning that award at the car show you had your eye on or even lead to a lower valuation given to the car by a professional valuation expert.
At ADO Restoration, we can provide solutions for classic car retrimming in leather, vinyl, vynide, velour, cloth, and other woven fabrics. Our team can also suggest approaches to partially retrim your car such as retrimming your drivers seat, fitting a head lining or refurbishing the door cards on your classic.
For those who wish to go one step further than the manufacturer spec, our team at ADO Restoration can make your vision a reality. Whether it is fitting modern seats into a classic car and having them retrimmed into a more befitting fabric or modifying your classic interior to fit head rests or even changing your interior from vinyl to leather; our team will always do our best to make your dream a reality.
All retrimming of classic car interiors supplied by ADO Restoration are finished to a high standard and are designed to give your car another lifetime of pleasure and adventures.
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY
"The ADO Restoration team are great, they have almost totally restored my Rover Mini Rio to a car that is in a better condition than it rolled off the production line! With the help of the ADO team, I am able to keep her on the road as my daily driver. They not only gives sound advice on what parts to acquire, but also do their research and go the extra mile. Lovely people who do a great job!"
"I have known Paul for many years, Ed for slightly less and have worked with both of them on joint projects. Each of them was highly skilled in the restoration of classic cars, Minis in particular! Since semi-retirement, I have been able to pass several of my customers onto them. I have done this in full confidence that work would be carried out to a high very standard."
"I’ve known Ed over 10 years and he’s worked on many of my classics! Ed has done all sorts for me including clutches, brakes, fuel systems and other jobs I have needed to keep my classics on the road. Whilst I am happy to do a lot of work on my cars myself, if I need a hand with something a bit more complex, there is nobody else I’d call other than ADO Restoration."