--- title: McClary Auto Builders — A Workshop for the Considered Automobile description: A workshop for the considered automobile. Commissioned restorations and modifications of American muscle, classic trucks, and European classics. image: https://www.mcclaryautobuilders.com/hubfs/mab-crest-1.png --- [![McClary Auto Builders](https://www.mcclaryautobuilders.com/hubfs/mab-logo-horizontal-olive-gold.png)](https://www.mcclaryautobuilders.com/?hsLang=en) [Work](https://www.mcclaryautobuilders.com#work) [Philosophy](https://www.mcclaryautobuilders.com#philosophy) [Workshop](https://www.mcclaryautobuilders.com#workshop) [Shop](https://www.mcclaryautobuilders.com/shop?hsLang=en) [Commission](https://www.mcclaryautobuilders.com/commission?hsLang=en) — A workshop for the considered automobile # Built once. *Built right.* [Begin a conversation](https://www.mcclaryautobuilders.com/commission?hsLang=en) — On the work ## A car is a *vehicle of memory* and ambition. Restored or built anew, it should carry both forward. Our workshop takes commissions for a small number of automobiles each year — American muscle, working trucks, European classics — and treats each one with the same standard of attention. Hand work. Documented decisions. The time required to do it well, and not a week less. The work that comes out of this shop is not made for the gallery — it is made to be driven by the person who imagined it, and to last a generation in their family. — Recent commissions ## A short record of *cars in progress.* Commission · Delivered 1971 “Red” Ford Bronco Mechanical restoration · Patina preservation Commission · Delivered 1977 “White” Ford Bronco Complete restoration · Resto-mod FOR SALE Complete · Available for sale 1975 “Blue” Ford Bronco Complete restoration · Resto-mod Delivered 1976 Chevrolet Corvette   SOLD 1979 Chevrolet Camaro   Commissioned · Q1 ’27 1976 Porsche 911 S Planned resto-mod · Body + interior Commission · In the workshop · Wk 2 / 16 1975 Porsche 911 Targa Mechanicals complete · Body + interior pending COMMISSION SLOT In the workshop · Wk 8 / 40 1970 Ford F-250 Frame rebuilt · Body restoration · 7.3 diesel swap underway FOR SALE · COMMISSION Available for commission or sale 1972 GMC   Each project documented start to finish. Owners receive the build record on delivery. [View the full record](https://www.mcclaryautobuilders.com/commission?hsLang=en) — The workshop ## A place where decisions are *made by hand.* Every commission begins with a conversation — about the car you have in mind, the way you intend to use it, and the proportions of effort that suit the result. From that first conversation, every decision is documented and visible. You see the car at every stage. You sign off on the choices that shape it. When it’s finished, what you have is not just a finished car. It is a record of how it came to be — and a relationship with the workshop that built it. Active 04 commissions in the shop Average build 14 mo sketch to delivery Waitlist Q3 ’27 next slot open Documented 100% every decision recorded — Commission a build ## Built once. *Built right.* A commission begins with a conversation. Tell us about the automobile you have in mind, and the result you have in mind for it. [Begin a conversation](https://www.mcclaryautobuilders.com/commission?hsLang=en) [![McClary Auto Builders](https://www.mcclaryautobuilders.com/hubfs/mab-logo-horizontal-olive-gold.png)](https://www.mcclaryautobuilders.com/?hsLang=en) *A workshop for the considered automobile.* Workshop Pepper Rd Barrington, Illinois By appointment only Begin a conversation 224 · 636 · 6789 aj@mcclaryautobuilders.com [Commission a build →](https://www.mcclaryautobuilders.com/commission?hsLang=en) © 2026 McClary Auto Builders · A McClary Industries workshop Built once · Built right