Eight classic cars a year. Each one back to bare metal.
Harland Restorations restores classic cars chassis-up in Leeds, keeping matching numbers and original panels wherever they survive, and making the rest by hand.
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0113 496 0410
Established
1987
Workshop
Calverley Lane, Rodley, Leeds LS13
Places open
March and September
Four crafts. One roof. Nothing farmed out.
No part of the car leaves the building to be finished somewhere else. The metalwork, the engine, the paint and the trim are all done here, so the car that leaves is the one that came in: its own numbers, its own panels wherever they survive, and hand-made ones where they don't.
Full restorations
Chassis-up, to bare metal. Matching numbers and original panels kept wherever they survive; the ones that can't be saved are made by hand here.
Around 1,400 hours
Engine rebuilds
Engine out, machined, balanced and run in on the bench before it goes back in the car.
Run in on the bench
Paint and coachwork
Panels beaten by hand, colour matched to the car's year and painted in our own single-car booth.
Single-car booth
Trim and interiors
Hides cut and stitched in-house, carpets bound by hand, gauges rebuilt.
Stitched in-house
1,400
1,400
A full restoration takes around 1,400 hours, from bare metal to the finished car.
Stage 1 of 6
Stripped to bare metal
Every car comes apart chassis-up, and the body goes back to bare steel.
Stage 2 of 6
Panels made by hand
Original panels stay wherever they survive. The ones that can't be saved are beaten by hand, here.
Stage 3 of 6
Engine out, on the bench
Machined, balanced and run in on the bench before it goes back in.
Stage 4 of 6
Matched to its year
The colour is matched to the car's year and laid down in our own single-car booth.
Stage 5 of 6
Hides, carpets, gauges
Hides cut and stitched in-house, carpets bound by hand, gauges rebuilt.
Stage 6 of 6
Out, with its file
It leaves with photographs of every stage, the invoices and the machining sheets.
Every car leaves with its file.
Photographs of every stage, the invoices and the machining sheets. The whole restoration, on paper, goes with the car when it leaves the workshop.
Photographs of every stage
Invoices
Machining sheets
Trailers welcome. Bring it in any state.
We'll help you unload the car, whatever state it's in. The workshop is at Calverley Lane, Rodley, Leeds LS13, open Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and on Saturdays by appointment.
Plan a visit
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The waiting list opens in March and September.
We take eight cars a year. The list opens twice: in March for spring places, and in September for autumn places.
Join the waiting list
0113 496 0410