Having your classic car painted in Valencia
Published April 16, 2021 Updated July 18, 2026 By Gonzalo Solaz
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Are you looking to have your classic car painted in Valencia? If you’ve ever tackled the restoration of a classic car, you’ll know full well that it’s not easy to find a body and paint shop willing to take on your project.
After all, most of our classic cars require many hours of panel beating and painting, and most garages prefer to rack up the hours with minor repairs on ‘ordinary’ cars through insurance deals. These repairs are much quicker than our projects, which require far more dedication and care.
Having your classic car painted at La Cotxera Classic Garage
Well, there are few of them, but they do exist. In Torrente (Valencia), we have the bodywork and paint shop La Cotxera Classic Garage, which has agreed to take on my Volkswagen T3 Syncro. That means having your classic car painted in Valencia is possible.
César, who opened his first workshop in 2009, started out working on classic cars as a hobby, and that has led him to become one of the few bodywork and paint shops specialising in classic cars in Valencia.
Experts in metal shaping
When it comes to bodywork, the team at La Cotxera Classic Garage offers a metal-shaping service. This involves fabricating metal panels to rebuild the bodywork. This requires specialised tools that standard garages do not have.
How to restore the bodywork of a classic car
The steps involved in a full restoration are as follows:
- Removing parts such as mirrors, door handles, bumpers and all rubber seals.
- Strip the paint and apply epoxy
- Repair dents and dings, apply patches and weld them in place.
- Spray on polyester filler *
- Apply primer *
- Apply the chosen colour *
- Apply the clear coat *
- And afterwards, you can even apply another coat of varnish to improve the finish.
* Each stage is sanded using sanding blocks of different shapes and sizes to avoid leaving any rough patches.
How much does it cost to paint your classic car in Valencia?
It’s very difficult to determine exactly how much it costs to carry out bodywork and paint your classic car. Every project is different; some cars are in better bodywork condition than others – a classic Mini isn’t the same as a van like the Volkswagen T3… and it also depends on the finish you want for the paintwork.
The hourly rate for both bodywork and paintwork at La Cotxera Classic Garage is 35 euros.
The best way to get an estimate of how much it will cost to restore the bodywork and paintwork on your classic car is to speak directly to César. Below you’ll find the address and contact number.
Location and contact details
You can find César and his team at:
La Cotxera Classic Garage
Bodywork and Paint Shop Carrer dels Manyans, 27
46900 Torrent, Valencia
Telephone: 610 66 46 06
Email: lacotxera@hotmail.es
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