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.

Written in the workshop

Most problems in an old car start behind the dashboard.

New loom, old look

We build a new loom for every restomod and hide it behind switches that look original.

(02) — More from the journal

Three more notes

Process

Why we still build in clay

Materials

Twelve coats, then wait

Engineering

Wiring a 1960s car for the next sixty years

Have a car in mind? Let’s draw it together.

Commission a build

Coventry workshop

Unit 4, Canal Basin Works, Coventry CV1 4LY

+44 24 7655 0140

Modena workshop

Via Emilia Est 1120, 41122 Modena

+39 059 860 2210

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© 2026 Burnish Atelier Ltd · Company no. 11842207

Build sheet 00 · Made in Coventry and Modena

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