Chatsworth Coachwork

Steel Shaped by Hand

Every classic Porsche panel enters our Chatsworth workshop destined for millimeter truing. We reshape air-cooled sheet metal over dollies rather than masking flaws beneath polyester body filler.

Our Core Standard

Patience Outlasts Assembly Line Speed

Volume collision centers measure output in billed insurance hours. Silviano’s operates on coachbuilder discipline: single-car focus, steel trued to factory jigs, and panel gaps checked with feeler gauges before primer ever touches metal.

Metal Standards

The Honest Surface

True coachwork restoration requires planishing bent metal back to its original contour. When an air-cooled 911 tub sustains damage, we pull dimensions back to factory reference points and reform factory curves using traditional English wheels and wooden mallets.

Modern repair shops rely on heavy polyester glazes to hide ripples quickly. Our team strips damaged quarters to bare steel, hammer-welds fresh structural patches, and hand-blocks each coat of lacquer until reflections run straight across every seam.

Inspect Our Work in Person

Visit our Chatsworth studio to examine ongoing 911 tub restorations, bare metal fabrication, and freshly blocked bodywork.