After eight years working at his father’s Deloraine panel beating business, Mr Purton and his fiancee Jacqui Walker have taken over and are solely focused on reinstating classic vehicles back to their former glory.

‘‘I have got a passion about it and I know a lot about them,’’ he said.

‘‘A lot of the 50 to 60-year-old cars have got a lot of rust and parts aren’t available so a lot of it is metal fabrication, most of it is done using mild steel.’’

Mr Purton said he has had the pleasure of resurrecting a variety of cars from Holden GTs, a 1934 Packard, Monaros and Toranas.

He said sourcing parts for Holden and Ford manufactured cars is easy, however, for those made in Europe and US it can be difficult.

‘‘I have been around cars all my life with Dad being here and I started off being just a general panel beater and it didn’t interest me as much as rebuilding classic cars.

‘‘At the end of the day when it’s finished and it’s a show car, you take pride in it and that’s what I enjoy.’’

Mr Purton uses a mixture of modern and past-time techniques to get the job done.

He doesn’t see it as a job, but a passion.