About | Classic Restorations (Scotland) Ltd

Owner Charles Palmer's ambition

"So far as we know, no-one else in Scotland provides a wider range of services than ourselves or does such a variety of work.

"We can offer a complete range of service, from routine maintenance to a complete restoration. We also offer a free inspection and report on all models.

"It is an ambition of mine to see most, if not all Scottish classics cars restored in Scotland. We have the ability to do this here.

" I am not suggesting of course that all Scottish restoration work should be carried out by ourselves. But owners should perhaps look at talent and expertise on the own doorstep before sending cars hundreds of miles away for work that could at least, be carried out as well at home and probably at a lower cost."

Classic Restorations operate within a former linen works in the historic village of Alyth in rural Perthshire.

Alyth is a small town centrally located between Perth and Dundee north of the Sidlaw hills.

- 6,000 ft2 of specialist workshops

- 7,000 ft2 of secure storage

- Bodywork workshop

- Trimming workshop

- Fully equipped, purpose built paint
- workshop catering for historic and
- modern paint finishing materials.

- Engineering workshop

Sixteen time-served craftsmen work at Classic Restorations, each with many years' of experience in their own specialism.

Apprentices are trainined in-house to keep the traditional skills alive.

A further 4 admin and managerial staff make the company one of Alyth's largest employers.

Mechanical work is carried out in scrupulously clean specialist workshops. We have close relationships with local precision engineers who are equipped to carry out white metalling, line boring and cylinder boring to the highest possible standards of accuracy. We can also commission gear cutting, heat treatment and other specialist processes.

The skills of our bodyshop are geared to produce obsolete body panels in steel or aluminium, create new wings, riveted bonnets and louvered panels to pattern or from drawings. Ash-frame restoration or complete reconstruction is another complementary skill. These skills have been built up over many years, and are probably not available elsewhere in Scotland to the extent which we can provide.