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Read the feature on the MCE-restored '89 930 Press Car in 911&Porsche World Mag #349
Tel: 07796-372-239 or 01295-710-374
Welcome
Welcome to MCE Porsche, the independent specialist dedicated to the preservation and restoration of Porsche's classic early sports cars. Based near Banbury in Oxfordshire, UK, we are ideally located to provide specialist engine build and complete vehicle restoration services for all classic 911, 912, 356, 930, 964 and 993 variants. The company is owned and run by Mike Champion, a time-served and degree qualified automotive engineer with over 35 years experience in road and race car development, an eye for period correct detail, a life-long passion for Porsches, and an enthusiasm for the driving experience that they provide. Mike's engineering expertise has been gathered from an extensive history of unrivaled technical expertise in engine design and build coupled with whole-vehicle development and construction, allowing MCE to offer a complete in-house service for early Porsche restoration and engine builds, from concours factory original restorations through to race-proven rarities and bespoke custom specials.
Facilities
- Fully-equipped maintenance, restoration and engine build workshop
- Extensive in-house engine rebuild facility, covering engine strip, component measurement, machining, rebuild, run-in and tuning.
- Celette body alignment bench and rotisserie, with jigs and fixtures for all variants
- Dedicated interior trim restoration shop
- Low bake oven spray booth facility with capability for single-stage 2K or two-stage base-plus-clearcoat paint finishes, to the original manufacturer's specification
Services
- Engine build, modification and tuning
- Restoration: Complete body shell rebuilds, panel work, rust repairs, welding and fabricating, preparation and paint, colour-matching and detailing
- Interior trimming: headlining refits, vinyl, leather and carpet trimming, door card and panel rebuilds
- Chassis and suspension rebuilds, damper updates and re-bushing
- Electrical work, system rebuilds, re-wiring, 6V to 12V conversions
- Servicing and scheduled maintenance, MOT's arranged
- Pre-purchase inspections and engineer’s reports.
Facilities and Services
Fully Equipped Air-Cooled Porsche Workshops
Dedicated air-cooled Porsche engine, body, chassis and interior expertise. Comprehensive range of dedicated Porsche 911, 912, 930, 964 and 993 tooling and extensive experience of rare models including RS and RSR variants.
Porsche 911 Engine Build Specialist
We only build air-cooled 911 engines, lots of them: From early 1965 2.0L variants, through to '70's 2.4 and 2.7RS, 3.0 Carrera, RSR, '80's 3.2, Turbo 930 and '90's 3.6. From standard factory builds through to custom, modified and race specification. We can also conduct health-checks via compression testing, leak-down testing and borescoping and do our own in-house camshaft profiliing, gas-flowing, valvetrain reconditioning and crankcase modifications. We can undertake valve guide repairs, top-end rebuilds, piston updates, cylinder rebores, replacements and bottom-end rebuilds.
Engine Tuning
Mechanical Fuel Injection (MFI) specialist, K-Jetronic (CIS) and Motronic servicing, tuning and rebuilds. Single-plug and twin-plug Bosch and Magneti Marelli distributor servicing and rebuilds. Weber IDA/S/T and Solex 40PI-1 triple-choke carburettor tuning, restoration and rebuild specialist.
Porsche Inspections and Sales
Pre-purchase inspection service for all Porsche sports car models covering all mechanical, structural, electrical and cosmetic areas, including detailed engineering assessment and 1:1 feedback for customers worldwide.
We also occasionally have select cars for sale, only those we would be happy to own ourselves, and only those we know very well. Follow the drop-down menu at the top of the page to see what's currently on offer.
Celette Body Jigs
For accurate body alignment and maintaining precise geometry whilst restoring heavily corroded or damaged body shells, there is no substitute for a calibrated Celette jig. With fixtures available for all models, we wouldn't consider trying to restore a body without one.
Rotisserie Restoration
We use 360 degree rotisseries for fully stripping and inspecting a bodyshell, and gaining unrestricted access to the underside for media blasting and paint.
Bodywork and Paint
Fully equipped spray booth for single-stage 2K or base-plus-clearcoat paint systems, to the original manufacturer's specification. Preparation, colour matching and detailing. Media blasting, chemical stripping and anodising, including Fuchs wheel restoration.
Interior Trimming
Dedicated on-site trim shop to support the vehicle restoration process. All vehicles going through in-house body restoration are also trimmed and finished in-house, maintaining control over the quality of the workmanship throughout the process, trimming and fitting headlining, sound insulation, carpet, door cards, seats and all interior panel rebuilds.
Chassis, Steering and Suspension
Rebuilds of chassis, steering and suspension systems. Updates and re-bushing, steering rack reconditioning, full 4-wheel geometry, laser alignment and corner-weighting.