SAM'SAuto Body & Restoration
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Windsor-Essex & the Lakeshore Circuit · Est. 1998

Built for
the Show Field.
Not Just
the Road.

Sam's Auto Body & Restoration is where Windsor-Essex's proudest owners bring the cars they can't stop talking about — for frame-off restorations, concours-level bodywork and collision repair that never lets a clear-coat give you away.

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Shop Tag No. 004WINDSOR, ON
Established
1998
Bays
8 Working Bays
Specialty
Classic & Collector
Paint Booth
Downdraft, Full Spec
Territory
Windsor–Lakeshore
Turnaround
Quoted Up Front
Restored classic Mustang fastback
Frame-Off Restorations·Collision Repair·Rust & Panel Fabrication·Colour-Matched Paint·Show & Concours Prep·Serving Windsor, LaSalle, Tecumseh & the Lakeshore·

Why Owners Trust Us

Every Car Gets
Its Own Build Sheet.

No two restorations are the same, so we don't run yours off a generic checklist. Every vehicle that comes through our doors gets its own work order, its own timeline, and its own dedicated technician — tracked from teardown to the day you drive it back onto Riverside.

  • 01In-house metal fabrication — no outsourced panels, no guesswork on fitment.
  • 02Computerized colour-matching so a 60-year-old paint code comes back exact.
  • 03Photo-documented progress, sent to you at every major milestone.
Meet the Shop

What We Do

Four Bays.
One Standard.

From a full frame-off rebuild to fixing what a parking lot did to your daily driver — it all leaves here to the same standard.

Service 01

Restoration

Full frame-off and rolling restorations for muscle cars, classics and collector trucks — fabrication through final buff.

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Service 02

Collision Repair

Insurance-approved bodywork and frame straightening that puts modern and classic vehicles back to factory spec.

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Service 03

Paint & Colour Match

Booth-cured finishes and factory-code colour matching for panels, full respray jobs, and custom builds.

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Service 04

Car Show Prep

Pre-show detailing, paint correction and a bumper-to-bumper inspection so your car is ready before it's unloaded.

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Proof, Not Promises

Drag the Line.

This 1969 Camaro RS came in with a rusted-through quarter panel and thirty years of sun-baked paint. Fourteen weeks later, it took Best in Class at the Lakeshore season opener.

14Weeks in Shop
6Panels Fabricated
1stIn Class, Lakeshore
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Before After

For Owners Who Show, Not Just Drive

We Know What
the Judges Look For.

We're at the same weekend shows you are — coffee at the Lakeshore cruise-ins, judging days in Amherstburg, the long line of trailers heading down to Kingsville in August. That's not incidental. It shapes how we build every car: panel gaps that pass a straight-edge, paint that holds up under show-field sun, and details that survive close inspection, not just a quick walk-by.

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On the Circuit

  • Lakeshore Cruise NightsMAY–SEP
  • Windsor-Essex Show & ShineJUN
  • Amherstburg Riverfront CruiseJUL
  • Kingsville Harbour ClassicAUG

From the Show Field

What Owners Say.

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"They didn't just fix the rust on my '67 Fairlane — they matched the paint code so well the judges asked if it was original."

— Mike R., Tecumseh

"Sent me photos every couple of weeks so I never felt like my car disappeared into a shop somewhere. Total professionals."

— Denise K., LaSalle

"Someone backed into my truck in a parking lot. Insurance claim, full repair, paint blended so perfectly you'd never know."

— Paul G., Windsor

Let's Talk About Your Car

Ready When
You Are.

Tell us what you're driving, what's wrong with it, or what you want it to become. We'll get back to you within one business day with a straight answer.

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