Our Services

A New Class Of Restoration

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Restorations

We know that not everyone can afford or even desire a $150k concour restoration, so we offer a diverse menu of restoration options for you.

Please select the type of restoration that best fits your needs for detailed information.

  • Concour
  • CPR Certified
  • A La Carte
  • Sympathetic
Concour
CPR Certified
A La Carte
Sympathetic

CPR Classic is proud to offer a class of restoration that addresses every nut and bolt on the car: the CPR Certified Restoration. After 40+ years of restoration work on early ('65 to '73) 911 cars and all years of 356s, we have learned there are too many "Fully Restored" cars out there. Frankly, in most cases, they have been made pretty but few seem to address the real problem: these now decades-old cars were never meant to last this long and the factory did not build them to survive decades of sea air, salted roads, mud build-up or desert sun. 

Porsche never thought these cars would be around after 25 years, let alone into the next century, which speaks volumes of the quality of engineering and manufacture that originally went into these cars. Porsche has now recognized their legacy and is now remanufacturing a great number of parts which for many years have not been available, and CPR is proud to use Porsche Classic parts in its restorations whenever possible, with the end goal being remanufacturing these cars the way Porsche intended.

Gentle reminder: we are not a part of or affiliated with Porsche Cars North America or Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.

Upon induction, every car in the CPR Certified restoration program is tested, inspected and, if possible (and safe), is driven. This gives us a baseline and lets us know if there are pre-existing conditions prior to disassembly. Each car is photo-documented to begin the story of its rebuild. After the induction process, the car is methodically disassembled, again with pictorial documentation. Component parts are further disassembled and binned according to the restoration process for those parts. Damaged or worn-out parts are noted for client knowledge, ease of restoration, and reassembly. Each car is given its own secure storage space.

After disassembly, the car's bodywork is stripped of its paint and inspected meticulously to ensure no corrosion or damage was missed during the induction inspection.

The car is then placed on a rotisserie to begin the process of removing undercoat or interior sound deadening as necessary to repair corrosion or damage. The body and all removed panels are stripped to bare metal and restored or replaced to the original factory quality prior to any application of protective coatings or paint.

To prevent future rust issues, an etching primer is applied to all surfaces. The tub and all panels are then coated with an epoxy primer and blocked. Fenders and doors are then reinstalled on the body. All gaps are re-adjusted to factory standards and primer is then applied, blocked, and reapplied; after this, the body is arrow straight.

All interiors are restored completely to factory new standards by one of the top Porsche specialty interior shops in California, or a company of the client's choosing.

Every part of the car is addressed. To do a restoration that is this complete one car at a time has been very costly and could take many years to complete. By approaching restoration as a remanufacturing process, CPR Classic does the same work on a number of cars at the same time which allows us to purchase the needed parts and materials in volume. It also affords us the ability to employ specialists dedicated to their area of expertise so that each workman is repeatedly performing the same process. Practice makes perfect!

CPR Certified restorations start at $160,000, exclusive of metal repair, and go up from there according to the client's desires. All billing for these restorations is done on a time and materials basis. We encourage you to contact us and we will be glad to provide you with an estimate.

CPR no longer offers sympathetic restoration work to focus on full restorations.

Want to Learn More?

Feel free to stop by our shop during normal business hours to look over our current inventory. If you are seeking a consultation for a restoration project, please call us at 760.723.8689 for an appointment with one of our restoration experts. We look forward to hearing from you!