Based in Saltburn-by-the-sea, North Yorkshire, RBW Classic Cars, formerly known as Rusty Bug Workshop, are specialists in the restoration of classic cars. From soda blasting and blast cleaning to paint work, here at RBW Classic Cars we provide an in house service, with only upholstery and chroming being outsourced.
Steve Green, Owner of RBW, is an award-winning classic car restorer with over 20 years' experience of restoration projects, including projects on high value vehicles. This is a family run business with Lawrie Green - Steve's father - a time served Routes man - providing mechanical knowledge gained from many years experience in the trade.
Steve Green, Owner of RBW, is an award-winning classic car restorer with over 20 years' experience of restoration projects, including projects on high value vehicles. This is a family run business with Lawrie Green - Steve's father - a time served Routes man - providing mechanical knowledge gained from many years experience in the trade.
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Steve Green is an award-winning classic car restoration enthusiast with over 20 years' experience of restoration projects. We know that cleaning a car body or mechanical parts back to bare metal is crucial in the resotration process - it is also difficult, dirty and, frankly boring! When we looked around for the solution to this, we discovered the power of blast cleaning.
Cleaning vehicles back to bare metal is a major challenge in the restoration process, and something that we always found difficult to do - unpleasant chemicals, which are slow and dirty to use, 'sand blasters' which can blast the rust off but can also leave the blasted metal distorted and damaged, 'dipping' is costly, and there is the risk of leaving acids inside seams which continue to 'eat away' the metal.
Restoring Classic Cars is what we do. We aim to give a high-quality restoration service, and whilst we do not claim to provide concourse winners, several vehicles restored by us have won very many prizes. Concourse we can do but the outcome will depend on the amount of time and therefore cost put into the restoration.
Rightly or wrongly your car and your care for your car will be judged on how it looks. Memories though are strange things and in the world of classic cars that is also true. The reality is that restored cars are rightly required to be straight, rust free and have perfect door gaps - all achievable at a cost but almost certainly not as the cars arrived with their first owners 'new' from the production line.
The stripping down and rebuilding of cars make up a significant part of the restoration process. Unless we are specifically asked not to, we replace parts such as nuts, bolts, and washers, based on the theory that whilst the mechanism of the car is apart, it's worth replacing these items.
These cars have often been worked on by keen well-meaning enthusiasts - which can be a challenge when trying to get them working reliably and please also remember that we are usually working with 1950 - 1970's technology which is just that!This means that your restored car will drive very differently to your new modern car.
These cars have often been worked on by keen well-meaning enthusiasts - which can be a challenge when trying to get them working reliably and please also remember that we are usually working with 1950 - 1970's technology which is just that!This means that your restored car will drive very differently to your new modern car.
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Chris G. GoodyearOfGames
Jun 27, 2020
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Phill Williams
Sep 16, 2019
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In total it took 18 months to get a satisfactory finish from Rusty Bug Workshop.
I was originally estimated 3 months to do the work with a cost of £3000-4000 for a VW T4.
This cost some how spiralled to over £6000, all invoices were paid promptly and yet Steve failed to turn out a satisfactory finish.
I did have the van back for a holiday in June and it was returned to RBW numerous times, eventually Steve refused to work on the van and I had to raise a small claim against him personally as he wasn't trading as a Limited Company at the time.
I took the van back to discuss the paint and he
I was originally estimated 3 months to do the work with a cost of £3000-4000 for a VW T4.
This cost some how spiralled to over £6000, all invoices were paid promptly and yet Steve failed to turn out a satisfactory finish.
I did have the van back for a holiday in June and it was returned to RBW numerous times, eventually Steve refused to work on the van and I had to raise a small claim against him personally as he wasn't trading as a Limited Company at the time.
I took the van back to discuss the paint and he
