Detroit / Exotic & Classic Car Restoration
Restoration shops in Detroit, matched by the brands they actually rebuild. Some specialize in sympathetic refreshes and others in frame-off concours work, so compare their specialties before you ask for a quote.
Our guide to choosing a shop →We list 5 restoration specialists in Detroit, MI, with an average customer rating of 4.7. Between them they cover Classic American and Porsche.

Detroit, MI
exotic & classic service in Detroit
We list 5 restoration specialists in Detroit, MI. Each one is listed for restoration work specifically, not just general repair.
By customer rating (shops with at least 10 reviews), Nostalgic Motoring Ltd. at 5.0 from 21 reviews, Bavarian Auto Restoration & Custom's at 4.8 from 38 reviews and Classics and Beyond Auto Gallery at 4.6 from 109 reviews lead the Detroit list.
Listings here cover Classic American and Porsche. Classic American has the most, with 5 shops.
Choose on marque experience first: ask for finished examples of your model and see cars in progress. Then confirm the shop documents every stage with photos and gives you a phased estimate rather than one open-ended number.
A frame-off restoration lifts the body from a separate chassis so both can be fully restored. A rotisserie restoration mounts a unibody shell on a rotating fixture so the underside can be stripped and repaired as thoroughly as the top. Both aim for show-level results.
No, but if you want Ferrari Classiche certification, use a shop experienced in preparing cars for it. The program checks the car against factory records, so the restoration has to be planned and documented with that inspection in mind.