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The Clubhouse
One room for everything that happens behind the showroom doors — the founder who built the maison, the craft we practise on every car, and the journal we keep along the way.
The Founder
Andreas Weber
Andreas began his life among vehicles in the workshops of post-war Stuttgart, apprenticed at sixteen to a coachbuilder who had served the works at Untertürkheim.
By his early twenties he was sourcing pre-war Jaguars across the continent, sleeping in the back of a Mercedes 280TE that itself became a kind of mascot. The first atelier opened in 1994 — three lifts, a paint booth, and a single telephone line. The clients came by introduction, as they still do.
In 2011 he moved the maison to Polling, drawn by the engineering culture and the proximity to the German archives. The Kirchpl. 1 showroom became the public face of a practice that had, for two decades, operated almost entirely by word of mouth.
Today Andreas divides his time between the showroom, the Polling atelier, and the concours circuit. He still answers his own phone. He still drives every car before it leaves.
Credentials
A documented life.
- 1986First restoration commission — a Jaguar XK140 OTS — completed at twenty-three.
- 1994Founded the original atelier in Surrey; first European sourcing trips begin.
- 2003Awarded FIVA technical commission membership for pre-war preservation work.
- 2011Relocated the maison to Polling; opened the Kirchpl. 1 showroom.
- 2018Appointed concours judge — Schloss Bensberg Classics and Villa d'Este preliminaries.
- 2024Member, VDA Classic Council · Lifetime member, FIVA.
In his own words
“Provenance is the only currency that compounds. A documented life is worth more than a polished bonnet.”
“Restoration is a duty of stewardship, not an act of authorship. The car was finished the day it left the works — our role is to return it there.”
“The right buyer is more important than the right price. A car placed badly is a car we will see again, and not happily.”
The Craft
What we do, in service of the car.
N°03 — Leistungen
Vier Kapitel einer Disziplin.
Ob Sie kaufen, verkaufen, restaurieren oder einen Wagen pflegen, den Sie bereits lieben — wir bieten einen durchgängigen Dienst mit derselben stillen Sorgfalt, vom ersten Gespräch bis zum letzten.
Erwerb
Beschaffung in unserem europäischen Netzwerk privater Sammler, Familien und Nachlässe — diskret, außerhalb des Marktes.
Verkauf & Kommission
Vermarktung an eine geprüfte Klientel. Fotografie, Film und redaktionelle Präsentation aus eigenem Haus.
Restaurierung
Concours oder behutsame Bewahrung, ausgeführt von unserem Atelier und vertrauten Spezialisten.
Betreuung
Klimatisierte Lagerung, Wartung, Transport und Eventbegleitung in ganz Europa.
The Journal
Notes from the road.
N°04 — Das Journal
Wagen sind dazu da, gefahren zu werden, nicht archiviert zu werden.
Notizen aus der Werkstatt, unsere jährliche Alpenfahrt durch die Dolomiten und stille Gespräche mit den Besitzern und Ingenieuren, die die Wagen prägten, die wir lieben.