Wheels We've Known

A portfolio of Automotive Restorations Inc. & Vintage Racing Services Inc. projects BIG and small.
An abbreviated but representative view of what we’ve been up to these last 33 years!

Abarth | AC Cars | Alfa Romeo | Allard | Arnolt | Around the Shop | Aston Martin | Austin Healey | Bentley | BMW | Bugatti | Chevron | Chrysler | Cisitalia | Corvette | Cunningham | Cycles | Datsun then Nissan | Elva | Ferrari | Ford | General Motors | Ginetta | Intermeccanica | Jaguar | Jeep | Lamborghini | Lincoln | Lotus | Maserati | Mercedes | Morris Garage | Mini & Mini Cooper | Mixed Makes & Marquest | Morgan | Packard | Pegaso | Porsche | Rolls-Royce | Shelby & Cobra | Siata | Sunbeam | Tojerio | Triumph | Trophies | Volkswagen | Volvo

Abarth
1959 Abarth 750 Double Bubble restored	Abarth Monza in for repair	Abarth Monza 750 in for service
AC Cars Click here if you want to see more AC Cars
AC from prewar era in for service	1958 AC Ace-Bristol restored	1960 Ace Bristol restored	1956 AC Ace apart and primed	Ace Bristol D2 Spec DoneAC Ace now painted and restored	1961 AC Ace Bristol D2 restored
Alfa Romeo Click here if you want to see more Alfa Romeos
Superb 6C 2300 in for touch up & service	1963 2600 convertible restored	This 2600 Restored in red @ ARI	TZ-1 apart and in prime	1967 Alfa Romeo Duetto Spyder awarded again at Lime Rock Concour	1962 SS restored-shown @ Greenwich Concour
Allard
1954 Allard K2-Chrysler completed	K2 interior and dash
Arnolt
1954 Arnolt-MG at the onset of the project	Restored Arnolt, right side view	Arnolt luxury restored	Tidy engine bay restored
Around the Shop Click here if you want to see more Around the Shop photos
The crew, a great group to work with	Fall 2007, in and settled	57 Corvette adorns our façade fantastically	Ferrari, Cisitalia, Siata, Pegasso parade	The shop is full, organized and busy	Showroom offerings; racers in red
Aston Martin Click here if you want to see more Aston Martins
DB2 Prototype Chassis LML 49 in process	Completed DB prototype, Pebble Beach Concours	AMR1s prepared to go on track with VRS	The Bond Aston DB5 at the shop for touch up and service	DB2/4 on the Road, La Carrera Pan Americana	DB3s On track with VRS @ Road Atlanta
Austin Healey Click here if you want to see more Austin Healeys
Oops; Healey 100-4, post dear strike, no injuries save the car	100-4 Le Mans, restored and rally ready	Another ARI restored 1004, this one in can’t-miss-me yellow	In pewter and white	1958 Austin Healey Bug Eye Sprite restored at ARI	1961 Austin Healey tri-carb restored and ready
Bentley Click here if you want to see more Bentleys
1929 6 Liter Vanden Plas	A very famous Le Mans car in for work	Venerable 4-1/2 Liter restored in green	Rare Swiss bodied Worblaufen 4.25 liter	Bentley R and Maserati restored to match @ ARI	Restored and road ready
BMW Click here if you want to see more BMWs
1953 BMW 503 Sedan completed	1964 1800 Ti Rally car restoration working	Testing, Sebring Florida, rally to follow	Rare 1967 1600 Cabriolet restored	1972 2002 Tii completed in silver	1972 2002 Tii Turbo restored
Bugatti
Bugatti Type 35B serviced	Type 43 getting closer	Original Type 57C Atalante Coupe	57 Prepared and exhibited at Greenwich
Chevron Click here if you want to see more Chevrons
Elva-Climax Mark V completed	VRs restored B15 F2; initial testing	B-16 on track with VRS	Project starts here, B-19 post purchase	VRS sketches always help	VRS Restored blue to yellow B19 on track
Chrysler
Veteran Chrysler roadster rebuilt for use	1948 Dodge Sedan completed	1953 Town and Country coupe restored	1954 Chrysler restored
Cisitalia Click here if you want to see more Cisitalias
Cisitalia Nuvolari Spyder in metalwork phase	Cisitalia Nuvolari Spyder in metalwork phase	A pair of Cisitalias, Coupe and Spyder, await attention @ ARI	Cisitalia Coupe apart and awaiting rebuild	Cisitalia Nuvolari Spyder just out of our paint shop	Cisitalia Nuvolari 1100 powerful CCs
Corvette Click here if you want to see more Corvettes
56 corvette around the shop	1958 Corvette restored awaits pickup	Diguido 1958 Corvette	Finito, La Carrera Pan Americana-no problemo	1963 Coupe road ready from the rear	It started here, well known 65 racer
Cunningham Click here if you want to see more Cunninghams
Cunningham C2, in trailer as it arrived	Work underway correcting that tail	Original 292 Chrysler hemi needs attention	Painted and coming together nicely	First test, a few tweaks needed	Powerful presence from the front
Cycles or Upon Two Wheels Click here if you want to see more Cycles
Just after the turn of the last century: WERNER	Finished tank, paint to follow	Werner bike awaits tank	1958 Triumph 350 twin: civilized	Restored and ready Guggenheim exhibit beauty	Claiborne exhibits green bikes built at ARI
Datsun then Nissan Click here if you want to see more Datsuns
SPL 310 2 liter restored	510 Datsun 2 liter, Watkins Glen with VRS	Sebring and running well	1972 Datsun 240Z restored	Looking good from the rear	1973 Datsun 240Z engine bay
Elva, She Goes!Click here if you want to see more Elvas
1959 MK IIB on track with VRS	Elva-Climax MK 5 restored and soon on track	Courier MG, Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix	Courier K II # 125L restored and on track with VRS	Courier Spyder 200 Series restored and on track with VRS	Elva Courier MK II on track with VRS
Ferrari: You can’t spell FerrARI without A.R.I. Click here to see more Ferraris
Springtime at ARI: Ferraris frolic	Ferraris on track with VRS, Laguna Seca	275 GTSs await attention	195 in for service	340 Mille Miglia, painted	P3/4 post tune testing
Ford Motor Company (Mercury & Edsel included) Click if you want to see more Fords
Model A Cabriolet completed	32 side, sharp with straw wheels	1934 Cabriolet restored as original	1936 in down the road view mode	Attractive from the rear	1939 Ford Convertible sedan restored by ARI
General Motors Click here if you want to see more GM cars
1938 Cadillac dual cowl Phaeton, restored	1938 Buick Sedan restored in original green	1938 Cadillac convertible sedan restored	1939 LaSalle restored for its 2nd owner	1939 Chevrolet 2 door restored	1940 Chevrolet convertible restored
Ginetta
VRS Restored and prepared G-4 round tube at speed	Another VRS prepared G4; Palm Beach International	1340 CC Cosworth-Ford = G4 power	1967 G4/Lotus soon on track with VRS	Rare G-15/Ford 289 restored and on track with VRS	G-16 BMW wins another one with VRS
Intermeccanica
5 Liter Coupe, restoration completed	Rare (1) Holman-Moody SOHC 7 liter Griffith Coupe	As original from the rear, body restored owner to assembly
Jaguar Click here if you want to see more Jaguars
1937 SS 100 finished and ready to go	Months later: alloy 120 Awarded at Villa d’Este	Completed and road or race ready	1952 XK120M Restored in silver circa 1990	120, finished in Regency red; disc wheels and spats	Faster still and tearing up the tarmac
Jeep
Caption	Jeep dash, exactly as it should be	Another Military Jeep in for service	Jeepster, restored and ready for summer	Restored CJ body, shell awaits assembly	CJ7 restored and enhanced
Lamborghini Click here if you want to see more Lamborghinis
400GT on exhibit; Greenwich Concours	1972 Miura finished in red	Countach LP400 finished for pickup	1972 Miura SV at project start	A few short months later; SV Restored	Interior restored in off white
Lincoln
Distinctive Greyhound 1928 Leyland Lincoln roadster	Golf club door in the rumble and other refinements	The Lincoln s V8, properly restored	Large project, Kennedy parade car recreation	Finished 1962 Lincoln parade car front view	From the rear with continental spare & steps
Lotus Click here if you want to see more Lotuses
1953 Lotus 6 restored by and soon on track with VRS	Mark 8 and 10 body repair in process	Lotus 11 restoration completed	Lotus on track with VRS	Lotus 7 S1-Climax restoration completed	Lotus 23 restored and on track with VRS
Maserati Click here if you want to see more Maseratis
8C TF Grand Prix car in for metal massage	1938 Maserati 8CTF completed	1954 A6 GCS; bare metal paint prep follows	Maserati A6 GCS completed and race ready	Italian exotica	1967 Maserati Mistral completed
Mercedes Click here if you want to see more Mercedes
1952 220S Cabriolet restored at ARI	Rare 1957 300S roadster restored	300D convertible restored in original blue	Side view; reflections a delight	300SL Roadster restored in Graphite gray, rear view	Completed and road ready
Morris Garage Click here if you want to see more MGs
Road test, drives just fine	1939 PB Tickford, paint and interior by ARI	Attractive in red, top in the right spot  DOWN!	1949 MG TC Restored in black	This ARI restored TC in red, black slats6	Many months later: The finished car
Mini & Mini Cooper
998 Cooper restored in gray/white as original	1275 Cooper S on track with VRS	Mark II Mini Cooper 1275S; ARI restored and enhanced
Mixed Makes & Marques, Variety is the Spice of Life! Click here if you want to see more mixed makes
Alvis with work completed on test	Amilcar repaired and on sale	Hispano-Suiza Carrocera rear view	Curtis roadster painted, upholstered on at Amelia	Cooper and Cooper catch up in the shop	Delage Cabriolet by Climo in for completion
Morgan Click here if you want to see more Morgans
Body restored as needed, refitted and road ready	52+4  Flat Rad Morgan restored at ARI	Morgan +4 in red from the rear	1959 +4 Drophead Coupe restored in our shops	Morgan 4/4, Restored at ARI and road ready	Plus 4 restoration completed in buoyant blue
Packard Click here if you want to see more Packards
1928 Packard Sedan finished	1932 Packard painted to forget depression era blues	1924 Packard sedan; elegance restored	1933 Convertible sedan restored and ready	1930 Dual Cowl Phaeton just out of the shop	Rear view with the folding leather top up
Pegaso Click here if you want to see more Pegasos
Pegaso GT, Body by Touring on arrival	Pegaso in rear view	Apart on its dolly restoration underway	Bare metal, metal massaging underway	Upholstery underway while finishes dry	Paint process underway: Pegaso in prime
Porsche Click here if you want to see more Porsches
Pre A out for a picnic	Porsche RSK in for transmission and details	Another RS 60 with a list to see to	Speedster rear view, in process	Porsche 8, a winter project	Porsche 8 restored and sparkling
Rolls-Royce Click here if you want to see more Rolls-Royces
Silver Ghost in for tune and touch up	Another Ghost, project completed	Phantom I refinished at ARI in Blue/black	Months later, completed PI Frame up restoration by ARI	The only PI we have ever restored for the original owner!	PI Playboy Roadster restoration by ARI
Shelby & Cobra Click here if you want to see more Shelbies and Cobras
Weeks later, painted in original Shelby blue	Cobra Mark II restored by our craftspeople in red	Another 289 car in our shops for seasonal service	Competition Cobra Mark I in for service	On exhibit and awarded, Greenwich Concours	Completed and just as Hertz rented these cars
Siata Click here if you want to see more Siatas
208S roadster project as body arrived	Weeks later, far west on Pebble Beach tour	On the lawn at Pebble Beach Concours	208BS Coupe, Ex McAfee SCCA, ARI repaired and ready	Weeks later, Amelia Island Concours lawn	Up to pick up a deserved award at Amelia
Sunbeam
Sunbeam Talbot Roadster: paint comes off	Weeks later, restored and refinished	1958 Sunbeam Talbot, top down, road ready	Sunbeam Tiger made ready for NE 1000 Rally	Sunbeam Tiger repaired, pickup underway
Tojeiro Click here if you want to see more Tojeiros
Tojiero-Bristol on arrival at ARI	Hard life for this veteran race machine	Apart and panel replacement in process	Restore body and frame come together	Just a few inner bits to finish up	Drive train restored, installed and out for 1st test
Triumph Click here for the complete Triumph set
Months later, completed and posing for pictures	he works Spitfires; a factory Lemans entry restored by VRS	Restored saving much original patina and on track with VRS	VRS restored and supported 1300 Spitfire: 1st place Watkins Glen	VRS rental Spitfire at Summit Point	Months & many races later leading the series
Trophies, event awards created by the craftspeople at ARI Click here if you want to see more Trophies
Fairfield County Concours d’Elegance ARI awards assemblage	The award for engineering Excellence: Thanks Dr. Wankel	A body design award by ARI	Racer’s reunion awards assemblage	The award for running hot	A transmission to remember
Volkswagen Click here for the complete Volkswagen set
1950 Bug in for upholstery and service	Rear view, this car could be yours	21 Window bus restored, performance enhanced at ARI	Another bus project, this as original	Restored Karman Ghia convertible	A special Karman Ghia project from ARI: Spyder
Volvo Click here if you want to see more Volvos
PV 444 Watkins Glen testing with VRS	On the Road, near Oaxaca, Mexico	Running well; Drivers smiling	3rd PV 444 project en route to a great finish	544 VRS prepped, Brian, China Rally, Forbidden City	1963 P1800 rally car build in process