
Argent
No.
02
Base
1950s German coupé
Delivered to
Switzerland
Delivered
2025
Power
180 hp
Stage
Delivered
Client
Private client
The brief
Make it reliable in a Zurich winter without anyone noticing a change from the kerb.
Materials
Original steel body · new wiring loom · grey wool bouclé · polished aluminium trim


(02) — The build
Argent
Argent arrived in boxes after forty years in a barn.
Invisible changes
New brakes, a hidden heater and a modern loom sit behind original-looking parts we made to match.
The paint is a single-stage silver, sanded by hand between twelve coats.

“My father would recognise every line of it.”
The owner of No. 02