Time to Rest-mod

Resto-Mod; a process where you restore the look and feel of a classic car, but modify or update the mechanical bits – ideally giving you the best of both worlds.

Now resto-mods are quickly gaining in popularity. The attraction is understandable. For one, you get a more reliable car you can sort of run every day. And then because the mechanical bits have been updated, you also get more effortless performance; always a bonus. Off late, the resto-mod scene has been heating up considerably, particularly on the continent. Something of a cottage industry now, with firms like Eagle, Singer (in the US) and Alfaholics making some incredible machines out of garage-size facilities, these updated classics are today widely considered to be some of the most fun-to-drive cars around.

More mod than resto, most of these cars are rebuilt from scratch. Chassis and body shells are beefed up and seam welded, the brakes are uprated and made fade free and since the engines deliver so much more reliable power, you can really push these cars.