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A restoration atelier that also sells the cars it knows
The workshop came first and the inventory followed. Cars are bought, restored and then driven until they are right, and the ones that are finished sit in the showroom until someone takes them home.
- cars in the current collection
- 08
- disciplines under one roof
- 06
- years of combined bench time
- 40
The building
One address, six rooms, no subcontractors
A strip-down bay with two lifts, a clean engine room with its own bench and measuring tools, a trim shop with industrial sewing machines, a low-bake paint booth, a ramp for inspections, and a climate-controlled store for cars waiting their turn or spending the winter here.
Machining, chroming and upholstery outside our own trim work go to named specialists with whom we have worked for years. Their invoices are passed on at cost and their names are in the file, so anyone who buys a car from us can see who did what.
The year the workshop opened is not published here: the client has not supplied it, and this preview does not invent dates. It will appear in the structured data as soon as it is real.
Where we are
5980 Funston St East
Hollywood, FL 33023
Tue–Sat · 09:00–17:00, by appointment
Half an hour north of Miami, with a loading yard that takes a transporter and a lifting beam over the workshop door.
Four rules
The file is the product
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Documented or not at all
Every car carries a file: photographs, measurements, invoices, part numbers. No file, no listing.
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Original where it can be
We repair before we replace and we replace before we reimagine. A period part that works beats a new part that shines.
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Fixed scope, fixed price
Work is priced before it starts. Anything we find afterwards is quoted, in writing, before we touch it.
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Driven, not stored
Every car leaves the atelier with forty road miles on it. A classic that has not been driven has not been tested.
What that means in practice
- Every car has a workshop reference before it is advertised.
- Measurements are written down while the car is apart, not afterwards.
- Photographs are taken at each stage, including the ugly ones.
- You keep the file whether you buy the car or not.
Next step
Come and see how the place works
An hour in the workshop tells you more than any page of copy: the lifts, the bench, the file cabinets and the cars waiting their turn.
By post
AUTO BIDDERS LLC
5980 Funston St East
Hollywood, FL 33023
info@autobidders.icuTue–Sat · 09:00–17:00, by appointment