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 27 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 natural that this has become his nickname around the shop. He joined (pardon the pun) our Panel
Martin Brennan
Martin is the newest member to our Panel team. He started back in April and has been a great addition to the workshop! Outside of
Jason Johnston
Jason or JJ, as he’s known around the shop, has been on our panel team for 9 years as our 2IC. In his spare time
Graeme Climo
Graeme has been on our team for 35+ years. He is our Panel Foreman as well as our resident drawer/ body designer. Graeme has designed
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 9 years with us and counting. In
Peter Hendriks
Peter has been with us for 13 years starting back in 2008. He is the head of our Paint department and chief route organiser of
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 has been with us for 3 years and is a talented addition to our mechanical team. On his days off he enjoys racing in
Jason Cullen
Jason Cullen is fairly recent to our team starting in February of this year. Jason is on our team of talented Mechanics as well as
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 for 8 years. During his spare time he is involved with the New Zealand Red Cross and
Joseph McClintock
Joseph has been with us for 12 years, he is our resident Auto Electrician as well as our Mechanical Shop Foreman. In his spare time
Mark Saint Merat
Mark has been with our mechanical team for 23 years, starting back in 1998. His attention to detail and carburettor work has been a great
Engineering
Simon Steffens
Simon joined our team back in 2005 clocking in 16 years with us. He is valued part of our engineering team. During his spare time
Clive Warburton
Clive has been with Auto Restorations for 34 years! Joining the team back in 1987. He is one of our very talented engineers in our
Rob Selby
Rob has been a valued member of our team for 19 years, starting back in 2002. He is our machine shop team leader and our
