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Classic Car Restoration & Maintenance

Bill Rawles Classic Cars

Where it all began

Born from a love of classic cars

Bill Rawles started his first classic car restoration business over 30 years ago from his workshop in the south of England, specialising in Austin-Healeys and establishing the Rawles family name and reputation around the world.

Bill sold his first business in 2007 to set up Bill Rawles Classic Cars Ltd, a family venture with sons Charlie and Jack, specialising in all makes of classic car. With Bill firmly at the helm with his wealth of experience and knowledge, Bill Rawles Classic Cars has grown to cover all aspects of classic car restoration, maintenance and sales with quality control and attention to detail of the upmost importance. Bill has been involved in historic motorsport for over 20 years and has campaigned his Austin-Healey 3000 to many podium places. Race and rally preparation, event support and transportation are a growing part of our business.

About

Classic Car Services

We offer a full restoration service on all types of classic car, specialising in Austin-Healey.

Experts in classic car servicing

Servicing your car is an integral part of maintenance and reliability, and as a standard we will check all the critical safety factors such as chassis, brakes, tyres, fluid levels and electronics are working as they should, before another year of happy motoring. Whilst an MOT is not mandatory for some classic cars, our safety check should not be a substitute. We recommend testing the car annually and some insurance companies may require a valid MOT, which we can also provide if desired/required.

Choose an option to suit your needs, from a levels service to a full service or a pre-MOT inspection and an MOT.

Motorsport

Race proven performance, reliably first

With over 30 years of Austin-Healey competition experience, our race Healeys are built to perform, but, more importantly, to finish. From sprint racing to the Spa 6 Hours, we have tried, tested and developed components so you don't have to.

Motorsport
Body restoration on this Austin-Healey 3000 MKIII has started by removing the old paint, ready for assessment. 

The car will then be taken apart and panels will be  chemical stripped or blasted depending on the material. By stripping the car first by hand not only gives us an opportunity to assess the current fitment of body panels and to highlight specific areas that need attention but it also reduces the amount of blasting or chemical stripping needed to remove all paint and filler. 

We are really looking forward to this one as we will be building one of our aluminium hard tops too.
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Body restoration on this Austin-Healey 3000 MKIII has started by removing the old paint, ready for assessment.

The car will then be taken apart and panels will be chemical stripped or blasted depending on the material. By stripping the car first by hand not only gives us an opportunity to assess the current fitment of body panels and to highlight specific areas that need attention but it also reduces the amount of blasting or chemical stripping needed to remove all paint and filler.

We are really looking forward to this one as we will be building one of our aluminium hard tops too.
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#classiccarrestoration #billrawlesclassiccars #healey3000 #fabrication #metalfabrication
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Manufacturing a new headlight pod for XK150. 
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Manufacturing a new headlight pod for XK150.
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#classiccar #billrawlesclassiccars #classiccarrestoration #workshop #classiccarrestoration #fabrication #jaguar #jaguarxk150
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Timeless design, Aston Martin DB4.

Aston has created a range of iconic vehicles over their lifetime, from early pioneering sports cars through to modern supercars as well as of course the James Bond franchise… but in my opinion, none of these designs beats the DB4… (unless you consider the DB4 Zagato or maybe project 214)

A true leap forward from the DB3 and with the open headlights, in my opinion it looks superb… but what is your favourite Aston from over the years? maybe the 2 1/2 Litre, the V8 vantage or more modern DB series? 

This Aston has arrived with us for some carb work and engine bay repaint where fuel spilled from the carburettor overflows has damaged the paint.
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#sportscar #classiccarrestoration #astonmartin #billrawlesclassiccars #astondb4 #astonmartindb4

Timeless design, Aston Martin DB4.

Aston has created a range of iconic vehicles over their lifetime, from early pioneering sports cars through to modern supercars as well as of course the James Bond franchise… but in my opinion, none of these designs beats the DB4… (unless you consider the DB4 Zagato or maybe project 214)

A true leap forward from the DB3 and with the open headlights, in my opinion it looks superb… but what is your favourite Aston from over the years? maybe the 2 1/2 Litre, the V8 vantage or more modern DB series?

This Aston has arrived with us for some carb work and engine bay repaint where fuel spilled from the carburettor overflows has damaged the paint.
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#sportscar #classiccarrestoration #astonmartin #billrawlesclassiccars #astondb4 #astonmartindb4
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More road test miles on this Austin-Healey 3000 MKII tri carb today.

BRCC running gear was built in house and shipped down to Mitchell Motors who restored the car for their client, and we provided consultancy and advice on this project. 

We are always happy to work with other private or industry professionals working on Austin-Healeys in the UK or around the world. 

With the car now finished, it was delivered to us to complete some road testing, shaking down, final adjustments and snagging. Almost ready to be delivered to their customer. Super job and pleased to be involved.
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#austinhealey #healey3000 #austinhealey3000 #austinhealey100 #healey100 #historicmotorsport #classiccarrestoration #restoration #classic #classiccar #sportscar #britishsportscar #bighealey #carsofinstagram #workshop #billrawlesclassiccars #goodwood #goodwoodrevival #motorsport #racing #rawles

More road test miles on this Austin-Healey 3000 MKII tri carb today.

BRCC running gear was built in house and shipped down to Mitchell Motors who restored the car for their client, and we provided consultancy and advice on this project.

We are always happy to work with other private or industry professionals working on Austin-Healeys in the UK or around the world.

With the car now finished, it was delivered to us to complete some road testing, shaking down, final adjustments and snagging. Almost ready to be delivered to their customer. Super job and pleased to be involved.
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#austinhealey #healey3000 #austinhealey3000 #austinhealey100 #healey100 #historicmotorsport #classiccarrestoration #restoration #classic #classiccar #sportscar #britishsportscar #bighealey #carsofinstagram #workshop #billrawlesclassiccars #goodwood #goodwoodrevival #motorsport #racing #rawles
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Austin-Healey 3000 serviced, overdrive rebuilt and a broken rear damper chassis mounting repaired. 

A thorough road test on an autumn afternoon… this car obviously knows the way to The Flower Pots pub, unfortunately we couldn’t stop…!
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#workshop #billrawlesclassiccars #britishsportscar #bighealey #classiccar #healey3000 #austinhealey

Austin-Healey 3000 serviced, overdrive rebuilt and a broken rear damper chassis mounting repaired.

A thorough road test on an autumn afternoon… this car obviously knows the way to The Flower Pots pub, unfortunately we couldn’t stop…!
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#workshop #billrawlesclassiccars #britishsportscar #bighealey #classiccar #healey3000 #austinhealey
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This beautiful Lancia Aurelia B20 series 6 has been in the workshop over the past week, as we trace and diagnose a long term engine speed vibration and imbalance (likely to be the long, engine speed propshaft) at the same time, we are reconditioning the clutch and sorting a few other small jobs. 

These are an interesting piece of engineering. Complex but full of character, with lots of quirks and interesting features and for the era, it was rare to have a transaxle. 

We are seeing number of Lancia’s due to the retirement of a local specialist (who is kindly endorsing us as well as providing knowledge and experience when required) we are really enjoying seeing more Aurelia’s as we start to build some knowledge of these Italian classics. 
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#lancia #lanciaaurelia #aureliab20 #italianclassic #workshop #classiccarrestoration #billrawlesclassiccars

This beautiful Lancia Aurelia B20 series 6 has been in the workshop over the past week, as we trace and diagnose a long term engine speed vibration and imbalance (likely to be the long, engine speed propshaft) at the same time, we are reconditioning the clutch and sorting a few other small jobs.

These are an interesting piece of engineering. Complex but full of character, with lots of quirks and interesting features and for the era, it was rare to have a transaxle.

We are seeing number of Lancia’s due to the retirement of a local specialist (who is kindly endorsing us as well as providing knowledge and experience when required) we are really enjoying seeing more Aurelia’s as we start to build some knowledge of these Italian classics.
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#lancia #lanciaaurelia #aureliab20 #italianclassic #workshop #classiccarrestoration #billrawlesclassiccars
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Things have been al'white in the workshop today...

We are incredibly thankful to our loyal customer base, we are very busy as we head into winter and really appreciate the enthusiasm and excitement towards the marque. 

Sales are on the floor, it's just not happening unless its at a bargain price but still, there is so much interest in the marque. We are finding that people want to buy but don't know when the right time will be... 

In the meantime, the workshop is buoyant with many upgrades, maintenance and improvements being carried out as well as restoration and fabrication work. 

We really appreciate it. 
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#austinhealey #healey3000 #austinhealey3000 #austinhealey100 #healey100 #historicmotorsport #classiccarrestoration #restoration #classic #classiccar #sportscar #britishsportscar #bighealey #carsofinstagram #workshop #billrawlesclassiccars #goodwood #goodwoodrevival #motorsport #racing #rawles

Things have been al`white in the workshop today...

We are incredibly thankful to our loyal customer base, we are very busy as we head into winter and really appreciate the enthusiasm and excitement towards the marque.

Sales are on the floor, it`s just not happening unless its at a bargain price but still, there is so much interest in the marque. We are finding that people want to buy but don`t know when the right time will be...

In the meantime, the workshop is buoyant with many upgrades, maintenance and improvements being carried out as well as restoration and fabrication work.

We really appreciate it.
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#austinhealey #healey3000 #austinhealey3000 #austinhealey100 #healey100 #historicmotorsport #classiccarrestoration #restoration #classic #classiccar #sportscar #britishsportscar #bighealey #carsofinstagram #workshop #billrawlesclassiccars #goodwood #goodwoodrevival #motorsport #racing #rawles
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Austin Healey 3000 enjoying autumn. 
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 #classiccar #billrawlesclassiccars #workshop #classiccarrestoration #bighealey #healey100 #healey3000 #britishsportscar #austinhealey100 #austinhealey

Austin Healey 3000 enjoying autumn.
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#classiccar #billrawlesclassiccars #workshop #classiccarrestoration #bighealey #healey100 #healey3000 #britishsportscar #austinhealey100 #austinhealey
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