Type Private Website The Creative Workshop | Founded 2001 | |
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Industry Classic Car Restoration, Coachbuilding, Custom Cars Headquarters Dania Beach, Florida, United States Products Mechanical Art, Classic car restoration, Coachbuilding, Custom car design | ||
The Creative Workshop is a specialty automotive restoration, coachbuilding and customization firm founded by Jason and Kim Wenig in 2001. The company is on the forefront of bespoke custom car design and restoration and has pioneered two approaches to the car building craft: Neo-Coachbuilding and Converted Restoration. These unique approaches to car construction have been featured in numerous articles and have been honored with many awards over the years.
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In addition to their craft, the Company is also known for its unique physical plant - a historic building (built in 1932), which was originally constructed as a granary.
Staff
In addition to the front office, Creative employs many skilled craftsmen who specialize in all facets of car building - including several nearly extinct disciplines, such as panel beating, aluminum flame welding and lead work.
Cars
The Creative Workshop is most known for the Stanguellini Bialbero which took a class award at the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and the Creative Workshop Sport Speciale - a coachbuilt supercar that has achieved worldwide acclaim.
The shop has also completed countless restorations and customizations on a range of vintage cars and trucks.
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Car Community
In addition to numerous magazine and website articles written about Creative, the Company is regularly visited by TV and production groups. In 2006 and again in 2007, 1 hour TV specials were filmed about the shop by El Garage - the South American equivalent to Speedvision. In 2008, Mr. Wenig was featured on XM satellite radio, and was invited to present at the prestigious Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society. The Company and Mr. Wenig have been cited in several books and have been interviewed for several TV programs over the years. In addition, the University of Miami has held a seminar at the workshop on entrepreneurship and several grade school classes have been hosted at the shop for tours and interactive learning experiences.