Built Once,
for One Driver
A coachbuilding atelier in Coventry and Modena, building bespoke cars, restomods and interiors to commission
(02) — Details
We Don’t Tune Cars
We Start From a Sketch
Every Stitch
Placed by Hand
Every interior takes about four hundred hours: hides chosen in person, every seam stitched by one trimmer.
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Commission a build
(03) — Selected builds
Builds 01—06 of 08
Coachbuilt cars, restomods and interiors, 2018–2025.
01
Halcyon
→
1990s Italian V12 grand tourer
2025
540 hp
Coachbuilt
02
Argent
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1950s German coupé
2025
180 hp
Restomod
03
Nightjar
→
2010s German sports coupé
2024
480 hp
Coachbuilt
04
Verdant
→
British grand tourer
2023
510 hp
Interiors
05
Monsoon
→
1990s German sports car
2023
400 hp
Restomod
06
Umbra
→
1960s roadster
2022
260 hp
Coachbuilt
(04) — The atelier
Fourteen years, two workshops and one rule: we sketch the car before we touch the car.
Twenty-two designers, panel beaters, trimmers, painters and engineers under two roofs.
A
14
years building
B
61
cars delivered
C
3.9k
hours of handwork in an average commission
D
12
design and craft awards
(05) — What we do
From the first sketch to the last stitch.
One team carries every commission, from the first sketch to the handover drive.
01
Coachbuilding
New bodies drawn, shaped and fitted to proven chassis, for one owner.
Sketch · clay · buck · panels · fit
02
Restomod
Classics rebuilt with modern brakes, wiring and comfort, the look kept.
Strip-down · loom · brakes · cooling · rebuild
03
Interiors
Cabins trimmed in leather, wool, suede and wood, by one trimmer per car.
Hides · stitching · headlining · wood · switches
04
Paint and finish
Twelve coats of lacquer, flatted by hand, in any colour you can show us.
Colour match · prep · lacquer · polish
05
Engineering
Chassis, suspension, brakes and power, developed and signed off in-house.
Chassis · suspension · engine · test roads
06
Aftercare
Servicing, storage and the first year of care for every car we deliver.
Servicing · storage · collection · touring
The material library
Eight materials, chosen with every client in person
(06) — How a commission runs
About eighteen months, from the first sketch to the first drive.
0
Sketch and brief
2–4 weeks
Long conversations, a written brief and a budget we both sign.
1
Design
8–10 weeks
Full-size clay and three honest options.
2
Donor car
4–12 weeks
We find, buy and inspect the base car, or start from a bare chassis.
3
Engineering
10–14 weeks
Every bracket drawn, every part specified.
4
Coachwork
16–24 weeks
Panels shaped by hand on the wheel and the buck.
5
Paint and trim
10–14 weeks
Twelve coats, then the cabin, stitch by stitch.
6
Handover
12 months
We drive it home with you and look after it for the first year.
“Strangers ask what it is. I enjoy not quite knowing how to answer.”
The owner of Build No. 03, one year in
(07) — In the workshop
On the buck
Shooting Brake No. 09
Coventry · on the buck · delivery spring 2027
A two-door shooting brake on a 1970s grand tourer, with a hand-formed aluminium tail.
In design
Roadster No. 10
Modena · in design · 2026
An open two-seater with a leather-bound tonneau and one centre-mounted gauge.
(08) — Recognition
Coachbuilt Design Prize, gold
Halcyon
2025
Restoration of the Year, shortlist
Argent
Interior Craft Award
Verdant
Best Paint Finish
Monsoon
2020
Engineering Medal
Kingfisher
2018
Small Makers Prize
Ember
(09) — Journal
Paint, panels, leather and the odd argument with a supplier.
Process
6 min
Why we still build in clay
Screens are good at checking a design. Clay is better at finding one. A note on the full-size models that fill our Coventry workshop.
Materials
4 min
Twelve coats, then wait
Solid lacquer ages better than anything we can buy off the shelf, if you give it time between coats.
Engineering
7 min
Wiring a 1960s car for the next sixty years
Why every restomod we deliver gets a new loom, and why you will never see it.