Autoseum is a nonprofit automotive teaching museum that builds and restores movie and television cars while teaching hands-on auto craftsmanship. Its collection includes screen icons such as the 1966 Batmobile, and its classes give students and car enthusiasts practical experience in restoration, collision repair, and bodywork. Led by president Mike Manning, who began working in a custom fabrication shop at age 14, Autoseum also creates one-of-a-kind vehicles through its collaboration with CARSTAR shops and custom builders.
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Chesapeake Classic RestorationsJonathan Crist built Chesapeake Classic Restorations from a lifelong fascination with cars, shaped by project vehicles, drag-racing trips, and years working alongside family and mentors. The former Maryland art teacher now leads a team of more than 15 professionals in two large warehouses, where the shop restores classic vehicles and creates custom builds for enthusiasts seeking factory authenticity or modern drivability.EASTON, MD
GAP IndustriesGAP Industries is a custom and restoration automotive shop that builds and restores muscle cars, pro-touring vehicles, pro-street vehicles, street rods, and show cars. Its capabilities include fabrication, assembly, welding, chassis and suspension work, engine upgrades and swaps, wiring, exhaust, and paint and body work.LOCUST GAP, PA
Bonafide Customs, LLCFounded in Napoleon in 2018 by hot-rod enthusiasts Toby Ernsberger and Jerry Borstelman, Bonafide Customs restores and customizes classic cars while servicing vehicles and motorcycles. Its showroom pairs a walk through automotive history with hands-on mechanical, body and paint work, backed by a team claiming more than 200 years of combined industry experience. Bonafide is also an authorized TREMEC reseller and installer.NAPOLEON, OH
Carlisle Customs & ClassicsFrom its South Central Pennsylvania shop, Carlisle Customs & Classics rebuilds and reimagines classic vehicles through full restorations and highly individualized custom work. The shop is especially known for substantial metal fabrication, smooth bodywork, and show-quality paint, with completed vehicles earning dozens of local and national awards and appearing in custom-car magazines and television shows. Its work also extends to classic-vehicle collision repair and fleet color changes.SHIPPENSBURG, PA