The Guild is an authorized Canadian dealer of SoCal Speedshop clothing, accessories and parts. We carry a wide variety of So-Cal clothing and accessories including shirts, sweatshirts, decals, hats, hat pins, keychains, Zippo lighters and more in our Gift Shop in Bradford, Ontario. You can also purchase these items at our online gift shop
Browse through our collection of past and current classic car restoration projects performed by the Guild. Click on the pictures to enlarge them and see more detail. Our restoration services include: True coach building, ash framing, panel beating, mechanical, engine rebuilding, parts fabrication, paint, upholstering and trim fabrication.
From top show restorations of Bugattis and Packards to the reincarnation of old family heirloom cars and boulevard cruisers we are the most dependable and accountable way to achieve the restoration of the car of your dreams.
Vehicle Restoration Stages
See how vehicles are restored from start to finish. Also view a slideshow of complete restoration of 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria
The Guild is one of the largest and most experienced classic and antique car restoration companies in North America. With over 1000 vehicle restorations under its belt ranging from early Brass Era Cars, Grand Classics to the Fifties showboats and muscle cars of the Sixties, the Guild's expertise is unquestioned. Call us about arranging a tour of our facilities.
Triumph tour of our facilities July 25, 2008
Vintage Chev tour of our facilities Aug 18, 2008
showroom & gift shop
In addition to our great collection of classic cars in our showroom, we have a large selection of gifts for sale. Come in and find something for the car lover in your family or just look around and take a trip down memory lane. You can also watch our experts at work on some of the various vehicles.
Browse our ‘cars for sale’ page to see all of the vehicles we have for sale. If you are interested in selling your car on consignment call us. We’d be happy to discuss the details with you.
We have restored specialty cars like the Batmobile and other "one of a kind" special interest cars including the D-528 Mercury Prototype , the only privately owned 50's Ford Prototype known. We also have a special love for the antique cars of the Brass Era from Rochet Schneider touring cars to the indomitable Model T.
The Batmobile is one of the world's most recognized cars. It started life as a 1955 prototype car designed by Ford and called the Lincoln Futura. When the car came to us from the west coast it was in very poor shape. The frame was broken and unstable, the motor on its last legs, and the body and interior were abused and stripped of all their Batgoodies. We were commissioned by the owner to restore the car, and turn it into the finest Batmobile in the world. Eight months later, the Batmobile was completed and it is indeed, the finest ever created. The car was equipped with all its original Batgear, including the chain cutter in the front of the nose, Anti-Crime Computer in the trunk, Batphone (original), view screens, locators, smoke screens, rocket launchers and a burner in the tail which launches a fifteen foot flame. The rebuilt 429 pushes it down the road very quickly and it handles and drives at high speeds like a sports car. For more information on the Batmobile
The D-528 was a different kind of Ford Motor Co. concept car. It was never intended as a show car, but rather, was meant to be a "research project on wheels". It was designed and built to test advance concepts in air conditioning, seating, ingress and egress, lighting, front frame crash absorption and Ford’s first car without "A" pillars. Even though the D-528 now has only two headlights, it was also designed as Ford’s first car with four headlights. At the time the D-528 was designed, it was anticipated that air conditioning would, in future years, become an accessory more car owners would demand. Because air conditioning evaporators were so large they had to be located in the trunk, there was a concern that they restricted luggage room. The proposed answer to the problem, incorporated into the design of the car, was to relocate the spare tire to the back of one fender and the gas tank to the back of the other fender, with flip-top lids providing access to both. (Several years later, technical advances made it feasible to reduce the size of the evaporator and relocate it in the engine compartment.). For more information on the D-528