One mid-summers afternoon walking along a quiet country lane with my parents and brothers we heard a roar of a car in the distance coming from behind us, as we turned we saw a gleaming red shimmer appear over the brow of the hill. As it approached us I felt excited and elated and from that day forth I have never lost that feeling when being in the presence of one of the most powerful and prestigious sports cars in the world (later I was to find out it was a Ferrari Boxer) that flat twelve sound still hits the spot. Since then I have been lucky enough to own two of my favorite Ferrari's a 308 GTB and a 355 GTS. Back to the story I was fortunate as my father always owned sports cars as well as his own accident repair company which I was able to work in during my school holidays.

Once I left school I pursued this interest and furthered my training as paint technician which has given me the opportunity to work with some of the most skilled people in the trade. This enabled me to learn all other aspects of accident repair and restoration with 25 years hands on experience of repair of classic and exotic sports cars. So with this knowledge I started working for myself and in 1989 Panel Craft Elite was born. I set this company up with the aim to offer that little bit more attention to detail, unbeatable quality in the art of restoration accident repair and paint re-finishing and most of all customer satisfaction.

Looking back on years gone by my work load then two cars a month and now we have worldwide customer base and waiting list for our award winning restorations our main work load is eighty percent Ferrari and he other twenty percent is made up of Maserati, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Morgan and Porsche. Panel craft elite has changed over the last sixteen years from being a one man operation to now employing five other technicians each with there own individual skills.
With over hundred years combined experience latest technical aids and machinery my colleges and my self can offer some of the best accident, restoration, paint work in the known world.
We are approved by most leading insurance companies, we can help with your insurance claim from collection of your car supplying you with a replacement car if needed and getting the repairs under way fast as possible insuring you get your car back that little bit quicker.

If you have any enquiries regarding insurance claims / accident repairs please give us a call.

We can offer collection and delivery service thorough out UK and over seas by arrangement.

For a full range of our skills and services please look through our website and enjoy additional information, photographic history and current projects. I hope you enjoy the site as much we enjoyed doing the work

Shaun Hayward.