Meet the Team
We are very fortunate to have a wealth of knowledge within our team across all departments. Staff turnover is very low with some having been with us for over 30 years. While we have this knowledge pool, we also like to bring younger people into the team to retain these specialised skills for the future. Having such experience on board allows for projects to be discussed among the team and from this sharing we can be assured to deliver the right result for whatever period of car we are working on.
Autobody
Harry Dawber
Harry started with us in 2017 as our panel apprentice he completed his panel apprenticeship in 2021. Harry grew up working on cars with his
Jason Dijkstra
Jason or Dijkstra as he is known around the shop, has been with us since 2012. He is a valued member of our panel team
Bob Sterling
Bob has served an impressive 28 years with us in our panel team. He is somewhat of the silent assassin around the shop tinkering away
Glen Moore
Glen is our resident ‘Chippy’ so it’s only fitting that this has become his nickname around the shop. He joined (pardon the pun) our Panel
Jason Johnston
Jason or JJ, as he’s known around the shop, has been on our panel team since 2012 as our 2IC. In 2022 he took over
Graeme Climo
Graeme has been on our team for 35+ years. He was our Panel Foreman to the end of 2021 and now is working a 3
Paint
James Agassiz
James is the newest addition to our paint team, starting in September of 2019. He is a thorough and talented addition to the paint shop.
Craig Lawrence
Craig is a trusted member of our paintshop team. He started with us back in 2012, clocking up 10 years with us and counting. In
Peter Hendriks
Peter has been with us for an impressive 10+ years starting in May 2008. He is the head of our Paint department and chief route
Mechanical
Henry Wells
Henry is our Mechanical Apprentice, starting with us in August 2020. He came in for work experience earlier on in 2020 and we couldn’t shake
Robin Sallabanks
Robin is our Service Mechanic extraordinaire, he joined the team back in 2019 and has since turned out to be a diagnostic wizard. Robin enjoys
Brian James
Brian came on the scene with us back in 2019 and is a talented addition to our mechanical team. On his days off he enjoys
Jason Cullen
Jason Cullen is fairly recent to our team starting in February 2021. Jason is on our team of talented Mechanics as well as running the
Dylan Orpwood
Dylan started with us back in 2016 as our Mechanical Apprentice. He completed his certificate with us and has now become a valuable member of
Neil Musk
Neil is our Mechanical Department 2IC and has been with us since 2016. Outside of work Neil can be found spending time at his bach
Craig Titheridge
Craig has been on our team of Mechanics since 2013. During his spare time he is involved with the New Zealand Red Cross and has
Joseph McClintock
Joseph has been with us since 2009, he is our resident Auto Electrician as well as our Mechanical Shop Foreman. In his spare time he
Engineering
Simon Steffens
Simon joined our team back in 2005 clocking in 17 years with us. He is valued part of our engineering team. During his spare time
Clive Warburton
Clive has been with Auto Restorations since 1987 clocking up an impressive 35 years! He is one of our very talented engineers in our machine
Rob Selby
Rob has been a valued member of our team for 20 years, starting back in 2002. He is our machine shop team leader and our
