Classic Ford Bronco restoration — Car Restoration Guys
Wilmington, North Carolina

We do
the work.
You enjoy
the ride.

American classics transformed into modern masterpieces. Frame-off. Ground-up. Built to a standard no one else sets.

Start Here
Tell Us About
Your Vehicle.

We work with a select number of clients at a time. Every build is a personal collaboration. Tell us what you're dreaming of.

Nobody remembers the rust. They remember the ride.

Behind every finished CRG build is a story no one sees — thousands of hours of disassembly, fabrication, repair, and reassembly. Panels stripped to bare metal, frames straightened, engines rebuilt, electrical systems re-engineered from scratch. The kind of work that takes months and demands obsession.

We take that burden entirely off your shoulders. You tell us what you love about the car, what you've always imagined it could be, and what it should feel like to drive. We handle everything else — including the parts you never thought to ask about.

The result is a vehicle that doesn't look like anything else on the road. Because it isn't. It's yours.

1,000s
Of Hours Per Build
Every CRG build is measured in effort, not estimates. We don't cut corners to hit a number.
100%
In-House. No Outsourcing.
Fabrication, paint, mechanical, electrical — one roof, one team, one standard of quality.
Selective
Client By Client
We take on a limited number of builds at a time. Your car gets the attention it deserves.

This is what
we start with.

Barn finds. Field cars. Decades of rust and neglect. We see what others don't — the vehicle underneath, waiting to come back.

Scout before restoration — barn find
Before
International Scout — Barn Find
CRG Scout after restoration
After
CRG Scout 800 — Full Restoration

Every capability.
Under one roof.

Every phase of your build — from the bare frame to the final coat of paint — is handled by our team, in our shop.

01
Frame-Off Restoration

Complete disassembly. Every surface, every component — inspected, addressed, and rebuilt. Nothing is hidden. Nothing is rushed.

02
LS & Coyote Swaps

American classics deserve American power. We drop modern LS and Coyote engines into classic bodies with purpose-built mounting, cooling, and tuning to match.

03
In-House Paint & Body

From rust repair and metal straightening to custom mixed paint and final finish — our lead painter has decades of experience and the work shows.

04
Fabrication & Custom Builds

When the part doesn't exist, we make it. Custom panels, tube work, chassis modification — we build from scratch when off-the-shelf won't do.

Selective by design.
Thorough by nature.

We take on a limited number of builds at a time. That's intentional. Your car deserves our full attention — and it gets it.

Mercury Cougar — CRG restoration
5009 Carolina Beach Rd — Wilmington, NC
01
The Conversation

We start by listening. What's the car's history? What have you always imagined it could become? What should it feel like to drive? We don't start building a vision until we understand yours.

02
Full Teardown & Assessment

Before a single dollar is committed, your vehicle goes on the lift. We document everything — every rust pocket, every worn component, every gap in the body. You get a clear picture before we start.

03
The Build

Thousands of hours. Bare metal, custom fabrication, engine installation, paint, assembly. We photograph every phase. You're never left wondering where your car is or what's happening to it.

04
Delivery

We hand the keys back when it's right — not when a deadline says so. A full walkthrough, complete documentation, and a car that exceeds what you imagined when you first called us.

What Our Clients Say

"They delivered a car I hadn't imagined. I came in thinking I knew what I wanted. What I drove away with was something completely different — and so much better."

— CRG Client, Wilmington NC

The shop that builds
what you hadn't imagined.

Sunset Bronco — CRG build
Wilmington, NC
Modern Chassis. Classic Soul.

We take American classics and build them on modern platforms — updated suspension geometry, modern braking, contemporary drivetrain — without sacrificing a single thing that makes them iconic.

Nothing Leaves Until It's Right

We don't build to a deadline. We build to a standard. Every car that leaves our shop is one we'd put our name on — because it has our name on it.

A Personal Collaboration

Every build is different because every client is different. We don't have a template. We have a process, and it starts with listening to you.

You Enjoy the Ride

The thousands of hours of work — the rust removal, the teardown, the rebuilding from scratch — none of that is your problem. That's ours. Your job is to drive it.

Your classic.
Our obsession.
One build.