Regular visitors to the store over the last year or so will have got used to seeing a rusty hunk of steel sitting in the corner of the workshop. It was brought in by a gentleman who has owned it from new and was gifted it one Christmas morning as young lad by his parents. My remit on this one was to make it look like it did when it was sitting under the Christmas tree in 53… No time restraint on it, take as long as needed. This was always going to be a big job and it sat for quite some time before we decided it was its turn.

Reviving a Classic Chopper from Hawthorn: A Journey of Rediscovery . So, we recently got our hands on this old Chopper from Hawthorn – a real vintage beauty with stories to tell. The journey to bring it back to life was less of a restoration and more like giving an old friend a bit of TLC.