🏁 Finch Restorations Proudly Supports a Historic Weekend of Motorsport 🏁 We’re proud to have sponsored the Sporting Car Club of South Australia’s historic racing weekend, a celebration of Australia’s rich motorsport heritage. The weekend featured events at the Collingrove Hill Climb and a re-enactment of the 1950 Nuriootpa Grand Prix. It culminated in the inaugural Woodside F1 celebration, honouring the first Formula 1 race in Australia, held in Woodside in October 1951 and won by Stan Jones i

🔄 Onto the Rotisserie At the Finch Restorations paint shop we use a rotisserie to rotate vehicle bodies, to achieve a consistent, high-quality result on every surface. In this time-lapse, watch as a vehicle body section is transferred from its dolly stands onto the rotisserie, ready for its next stage of restoration. #FinchRestorations #ClassicCarRestoration #AutoPainting #RestorationInProgress #RotisserieRestoration #ArtOfTheAutomobile | Finch Restorations

The “Chicken Coupe” — a rare 1972 Ford Falcon XA GT-351 RPO83 — is more than a restoration project. It’s the result of Herculean effort and uncompromising craftsmanship at Finch Restorations: corrosion removed, panels re-made and re-fitted, and every surface refined to meet the demanding standards of GT Nationals judging. Now at the final rub-down stage — just days from colour being applied — this body is prepared for the next step in a comprehensive restoration journey. Finch’s in-house team ha

We recently dyno-tuned a Repco Brabham BT26 Formula-1 car for demonstrations at this year’s Adelaide Superloop 500 in February. The BT26 was Frank Williams’ first Formula 1 car which he purchased from Jack Brabham. In 1969, British driver Piers Courage raced the car and achieved two podium finishes with second places at the Monaco and US Grands Prix. Our dyno and servicing workshop remains open during the evolving COVID-19 environment. Please call us on 08 8362 4906 to book a service or dyno-tun

Riveting Stuff! In this video, Scott, Steve and Shane are hot rivetting the base frame for a 1930 Thornycroft truck we a restoring as a museum display for a Queensland customer. This is a truly fascinating project to watch unfold. It is being led by Scott and Jaan. More photos will be posted in the near future. | Finch Restorations

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