Frome 2CV restorations are to a standard others may call a full "Rebuild".

Introduction
A Restored 2CV is fairly similar in most respects to a Rebuilt 2CV, however there are two main differences:

• Approximately £2900.00 is spent on parts for a restoration as opposed to around £5000.00 on a full rebuild.
   
• A restored 2CV body does not get shot blasted.
  
  Should you want to have your Restored 2CV shot blasted this can be done for you, but will add £995.00 +VAT to the cost of your restoration. If you would like to know more about shot blasting please click here.

Stage 1
Initially your 2CV will be stripped right down and just like on a Rebuilt 2CV.

Stage 2
All welding is then carried out and new floors, sills, inner and outer toe boards, boot floor and windscreen surround panel are all fitted as necessary. All visible rust will have been removed (and metal replaced where necessary), and key areas will be taken back to the metalwork to ensure there is no rust under the paintwork.

Stage 3

The bodyshell is then taken to our Bodyshop and treated and finished as follows:

• The bodyshell is turned over. A good quality zinc primer is applied to the underside of the 2CV. We then go on to apply a seam sealer to every seam on the 2CV and then underseal the underside of the 2CV to give it the best possible protection.
   
• We then go on to apply filler to take out any small blemishes. We do not use filler to fill any holes or big dents as this would lead to problems after a short while.
   
• Once we are happy, we go on to apply a coat of high quality etch primer, followed by 3 coats of high build primer. The high build primer is then sanded down to give a smooth base for the 3 colour coats. The paint that we use is of a high quality and will not fade over a few years as a lot of the cheaper paints do.

Stage 4
Whilst the above stages are taking place:  the running gear, engine and chassis are taken to our Mechanical Shop where the chassis is replaced with a galvanised one, all of the running gear overhauled, i.e. wheel bearings, king pins, shock absorbers, brakes i.e. shoes, pads, discs, wheel cyclinders are replaced as necessary. The engine and gearbox is checked over to make sure it is in full working order and any parts that need replacing are replaced as necessary. We now have a restored rolling chassis awaiting its newly painted body shell.

Stage 5
We will then fit the body to the chassis and re-assemble the 2CV to your specification, at this point we can wax oil  your 2CV should you require it. As the rust will mainly start from the inside of a panel, the cavity wax is injected into the panels of your 2CV and helps to prevent rust from starting within your panels. Reassembling your 2CV will take about 70 hours, and in total the rebuild will take approximately 320 hours and over £2900.00 in parts.

Stage 6
Once we have fully reassembled your 2CV for you, we will have it MOTd and then test drive it before you collect it. All restored 2CVs come with a 6 month parts and labour warranty.

Specification
Before any wear can commence, we spend time with you discussing your personal requirements and we will give you a tour around our workshops showing you every stage in the process of restoring your 2CV. There are not many places now that you can have a say in the specification of your car before it is built for you, visit it at any point in its process, have photographs taken of it throughout the stages, choose the colour of your seats, roof, the colour of the 2CV, plus many options available to you, and have a beautiful classic car at the end of it all that you can drive on a daily basis.

Price:
Our price for all of the above starts from £7600.00 +VAT (options and specification will affect the price, we will provide written quotations based on your individual requirements on request).

2CV vans
We can also restore 2CV Vans, but this will cost approximately an addition £1200.00 +VAT on parts and labour. If a van needs to be purchased; at the moment you will expect to pay between £800.00 to £1500.00 for one that needs restoring.