Recreate | ACH Classic Land Rovers

ACH CLASSIC LAND ROVER RECREATIONS & REBUILDS

Here at ACH Classic, we specialise in Land Rover restorations, Land Rover refurbishment and Land Rover renovation of classic Land Rover Series 1, Series 2 and 2a and Series 3 Land Rovers, Land Rover Defender and Range Rover classic models.

Built to order

We are able to build to order, any vehicle required, to customer specifications. Most of our rebuilds are built to original specifications with some modern upgrades to improve day to day use. If the old chassis is irreplaceable then the start is a new galvanised chassis. New springs, bolts, brake lines, brakes and shocks are reassembled onto refurbished axles

The engine and gearbox are completely overhauled and new ancillaries are often fitted including – radiator, coil, loom, distributor, carburettor, retaining only the parts which are in clean and good working order. These parts are fitted to the re-finished engine, which, when painted and detailed, looks superb.

The axles are shot blasted, degreased and stripped before reassembly with new bearings, and fitted with new seals and swivels. Wheels are shot blasted and balanced and fitted with correct tyres to suit.

All vehicles get a new exhaust, new seats, and new hood and sticks if it’s required. No parts are fitted to the vehicle unless either refurbished or replaced. This helps to give a “like new” appearance to engine bays and underside as well as to the interior and exterior. The interior and dash get fully detailed, and we ensure that all dials and gauges have been completely overhauled.

A professional paint finish inside and out complete the restoration. Once completed, each restoration is thoroughly road tested to ensure reliable running from the start.

Customers embarking on a custom rebuild (rather than purchasing one of our already rebuilt vehicles) have the option to select which model, configuration and colour they prefer. Optional upgrades can also be added at this point ie overdrive, heater, towbar etc etc.

Imagine walking into a showroom and ordering your luxury Land Rover – your vision, your Land Rover, reimagined exactly how you’d dreamt it – ACH Classic offer you the opportunity to do just that, so take the opportunity to start from scratch; this is where bespoke really means bespoke.

Options are limitless, none of the restrictions you find ordering a new car from a dealer, no packages that have something you don’t want or miss something you do.

You want it, we build it

Choose your wheelbase – 88/90, 109/110, 127/130.

Choose the style, hard or soft top.

Choose the colour, the wheels, the leather trim, the carpets.

Choose everything to create your perfect Land Rover.

A Land Rover was never meant to be a work of art however the silhouette has become one of the most recognisable vehicles in the world.

ACH Classic’s vision is to enhance that silhouette and create the most distinctive Land Rovers on the planet.

We are here to advise and deliver, so if you’re not sure exactly what you want, allow us to fuel your imagination.

The Land Rover recreations & rebuilds from ACH Classic are a blend of the modern Defender with Classic styling. We recreate or rebuild a vehicle that is completely bespoke to you and your requirements or you can opt for one of our Land Rovers that we have for sale. Any version of the Defender can be recreated and the choices of colour and interior are endless.

Come and see us, we’ll sit down and run through the possibilities to create your perfect Land Rover.

The final step of ACHSV custom vehicle builds is choosing the perfect colour for your new, bespoke Land Rover.

The Colour & Detailing To Finish Your Custom Vehicle Build

We pride ourselves on the highest quality paintwork found normally only in the collector’s car world. Weeks of body preparation go into each build where every single part is carefully straightened, prepared, painted and then finally polished to a remarkable and long-lasting finish never normally found on a Land Rover. Choose from classic colours that we have selected or create your own one-off colour to be that little bit out of the ordinary.

ACHSV custom vehicle builds next step is choosing the drivetrain for your Land Rover.

The Drive Options For Your Custom Vehicle Build

There are many options that we can offer when it comes to the drivetrain for your Land Rover. Many customers like to keep the standard engine in their build and in that case, we take the old engine, strip it, rebuild it to our own exacting standards and run up on a test bed before moving on to the next stage.

If you’re looking for a little something different then ACH can offer power upgrades

The first steps of ACHSV custom vehicle builds start from the ground up - stripping, blasting, priming, treating and painting.

First Steps Of A Custom Vehicle Build Process

We pride ourselves on our search for perfection and the only way to achieve it is to start from the ground up. Land Rovers have some inherent corrosion issues and these have to be eradicated before anything can be built on. Once stripped the chassis is sand blasted and if in a repairable condition the metal is checked to assess the thickness and any areas of corrosion are replaced. If the chassis is beyond repair it is replaced with a new replacement. Once the chassis is as good as new it is etch primed, internally treated with long lasting wax, given a second primer before a final two coats of our specially formulated semi-gloss black.

The second step of ACHSV custom vehicle builds is designing your build to create your very own Land Rover, just the way you want it.

Designing Your Custom Vehicle Build

Every custom vehicle build or recreation is very personal and that’s the great thing about it, you can create your very own Land Rover, just the way you want it. There is a plethora of accessories and additions from hand stitched interiors to one off paint colours. We walk you through all of the options until we have a basic layout for the project. Ideas can change along the way and we won’t expect you know exactly what you want from the beginning so we don’t require the project to be signed off until the car is in the workshop ready to start.

ACHSV custom vehicle builds firstly require a donor vehicle to start the design and build process from like this basic green Land Rover Defender 110.

Choose Your Donor Vehicle For Your Custom Vehicle Build

There are various options at the beginning of a custom vehicle build process. You can provide us with your base vehicle or we can search to find the right Land Rover for you. We will give any advice you need and help procure the best starting platform to work from.