About Brightwell Motor Company
Bring your classic car to us at our dedicated workshop in Hockley, Essex, and we’ll be delighted to help you keep it on the road or bring it back to roadworthy condition.
An introduction to Brightwell Motor Company by our founder, Phil Parry.
Restoration to the highest standards
We specialise in the care and restoration of classic cars to the highest standards. We act as your representative, providing seamless project management. We help you bring your cars up to standard and to care for them. And we advise on sales, purchases and maintenance plans.
Experts in our field
Brightwell Motor Company is all about giving you the customer the benefit of the wealth of knowledge, experience and car industry contacts of our expert staff. We join the dots and make sure that you and your car are looked after by the right experts, whether they are our people or external specialists.
Respect for both your car and you
Our aim is to make classic car ownership an enjoyable experience by treating you the way we would like to be treated ourselves.
Trustworthy partnership
Classic car restorations are big projects. Just like other big projects, the risks are that they never get finished, aren’t done well enough and cost more than expected. The keys to a successful and timely outcome are planning, coordination and communication …and knowing who to trust with your car and your emotions.
Meet the Team
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Phil Parry
Phil is Brightwell’s founder. A lifelong classic car owner, he set up Brightwell with two main aims: 1) delivering great customer service and communications; and, 2) getting restorations finished with a focus on top quality reassembly. “My own experience and that of many of my classic car friends was that there are lots of excellent specialists out there in one discipline or another,” says Phil, “but very few who project manage the whole job and ensure that it gets finished. That’s why there are so many abandoned projects lurking in garages.”
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Dave Mcanulty
With over thirty years’ experience, Dave is Brightwell reassembly guru and a classic Porsche expert with a strong reputation for the quality of his parts restoration and car assembly. Dave builds cars that work properly and whose doors shut with a pleasing thud! He hates rattles! Dave is an avid car collector himself with a particular fondness for American cars and everyday British classics. Dave’s
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Scott Turner
Scott is a dyed-in-the-wool classic car enthusiast. He is nothing short of a legend in the Mini Cooper world, having won probably more concours events for cars he has built than anybody else. Scott is a true expert in British classic cars and thanks to his presence at Brightwell, we were selected by the Cooper Car Company to build their 20 limited edition CCC75 cars to celebrate their 75th birthday and the 60th anniversary of the Mini Cooper S. See www.coopercarcompany75.com for details.
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Simon Tollworthy
Simon is a hugely talented coachtrimmer and runs the Brightwell trim shop where he and his assistant, Saffron, produce the most beautiful interiors. Simon is renowned for his skills working with complex hoods, which are notoriously difficult to get right.
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Alex Skinner
Alex is a superb engineer mechanic with a talent for problem-solving. He leads our event preparation and support and is at-home with modern cars as well as classics. He has particular knowledge of classic Jaguars, Land Rovers and Aston Martins.
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Scott Morehead
Scott is the archetypal all-rounder who can turn his hand to almost any problem we throw at him. He has been working on classic cars since he was in nappies and cares deeply about his and Brightwell’s reputation. He was with us from day 1 and proves that the skills the classic car industry needs will live on in the next generation.