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Classic Vehicle Restoration . Volkswagen & Porsche Specialist
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Smiths of Cornwall specialise in pre-1967 Volkswagen campervan restoration & offer full or part restoration work, including interiors, body work, and paint. With over 17 years experience 'classic vehicle restoration' qualified Matt Smith runs a Volkswagen workshop in Wadebridge, Cornwall - building & restoring specialist classic busses for customers.

06/06/2026

Throw back to about 2007… life was easy 😂 my trusty 2003 174 twin slider T5 pretty much first T5 brought into the country, had so many amazing adventures in that van.. towing my 1954 Rhd single cab, that I saw for sale in the back of volksworld! It was in NZ so I flew out the next week and bought that and two other cars and shipped them home! And rebuilt it over a winter.

28/05/2026

Still for sale.. I’m absolutely loving having this as my daily! But my customer needs to move forward with another project! £50k gets it, possible px but ideally straight sale! Runs and drives great, not a show pony but just a lovely usable 911
#911

04/05/2026

For Sale
1969 Porsche 911T, for sale on behalf of the owner is this really nice early 911. This is a very presentable car, by no means a show car but one you could use every day very happily.
The car has undergone a mechanical freshen up and everything works nicely, motor is very strong and pulls well, has benefited from a new permatune ignition and distributor, full service and tune. Brand new disks and calipers, new quality tyres on the original 15 inch Fuchs.
Few scabby bits on doors, but overall looks very solid.
Ready for a summer of fun, asking £55k or offers, located in Padstow Cornwall. Would happily jump in this car and drive anywhere.

29/04/2026

Had the pleasure of just refreshing 54 Rhd deluxe over the winter… and we’re hoping it looks like we’ve done nothing!! But under the surface a huge amount has been done! Ready for a new season.

12/04/2026

Well…. Here it is! 60 built 61 my Rhd 15 window. Received an email at the beginning of the year from an amazing guy in Sweden about this bus, a good chat with Rick up at and he set me straight that we needed this in our lives! So chatting with our good mate Bryan a plan was hatched… and Omar pulled the short straw and sent on a 2500 mile trip to northern Sweden to collect this bus that was laid up in 1966… when it was 5 years old😬
So we’re getting a big list together and we’re after getting two busses out of the shop we’re doing something for ourselves and planning a 4 week build with the aim of getting the metal work done! And back on its wheels. We’re going to be doing this on YouTube so you can keep track on how much works going to go into this thing.
These Rhd 15s are about as rare as they come

08/04/2026

Finishing up the 53 smoothgate for seadawg.. and just to make sure you get stuff right it’s always good to cross reference with I know some people think overspray looks halfarsed but I personally love these details!

16/01/2026

And here it is… Sept 50 factory delivered panel we’ve just finished for we received the bus after mark spicer had completed the resto and we prepped and painted the old girl! Turned into something very special! Nice to catch Dai actually getting his hands dirty today 😂 6th oldest bus known and I’m sure Dai will fill in all the specific details below..

09/01/2026

Brian’s 56 beehive has been sitting patiently waiting its turn and this week we’ve cracked on a treat with it! Poor old thing has had a super hard life! It’s taken a bit of time to carefully dissect panel by panel just so we can be sure once it all starts going back together we’ve got each stage correct. Absolutely loving getting back on with metal work again 🤩 #356

31/12/2025

Well what a year 2025 was… first year in new shop and it’s flown by! As always we got loads out the door but always playing catch up as everything takes longer than we think 😂 thank you too all our customers in 2025 for the work you’ve provided for us and trust you’ve given Bob and I to restore your cars. We’ve loved working with and more this year and some big projects we’re all involved in next year.
We’ve finished the year finishing up the last jobs on one of the earliest vans we’ll ever work on! And can’t wait to see it finished 2026 along with a few more builds 😉
And we always seem to start the year with a Porsche… so finally get to grips on the 56 beehive 356 build.. and it’s going to be a big one 🤩 wishing you all a happy and prosperous 2026 from Matt and Bob
porsche

25/11/2025

For Sale
1954 RHD double door panel
This is believed to be one of the oldest known uk delivered vans left! And only one of a handful Rhd double door barndoor panels on the planet.
I remember watching the build thread of this van on the ssvc forum, it is an older resto but still in extremely good shape. Nice little 30hp motor pushes this along lovely. Would be a fantastic bus to take to Hessisch next year, hasn’t been out and about in the show scene for a long time. Can help with shipping anywhere in the world £80k car located on Isle of Wight

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