A small workshop in Sheridan, Wyoming
Built by Hand. Driven with Pride.
We're a small crew of metalworkers, mechanics, and trimmers, and we do one thing: build classic cars properly. Full restomods, one-off coachbuilt commissions, restorations done the slow way. We also write The Coachworks Journal — a free blog where we put down what we've learned at the bench: how to buy a classic without getting burned, what a restoration really costs, and how to keep an old car alive and honest. No fluff — just the stuff we tell our own customers.
How we work
Three Promises We Actually Keep
Nothing fancy. Just the rules we run the shop by, written down so you can hold us to them.
One Car, One Vision
We only take on a handful of commissions a year, and that's deliberate. Your car gets the same two or three pairs of hands from first sketch to final polish — nobody here is rushing it out the door to make room for the next one.
Looks Old, Drives New
The lines stay period-correct — that's the whole point of the thing. Underneath, though, you get brakes that stop, an engine that starts on a cold morning, and air conditioning that actually works in August. All of it tucked away where you can't see it.
You Get the Whole Story
Every commission leaves with a bound build book: photographs of every stage, the spec we agreed on, and notes from the people who did the work. If you ever sell the car, that book is worth real money. If you never sell it, it's still the best reading in the house.
From the bench
Notes from the Workshop Floor
Not announcements — just what's actually been going on in the shop lately, the way we'd tell you if you'd stopped by.
The fastback's new floor pans are welded in. Tucked in the glovebox we found the original owner's service stamps — 1974, 1979, 1983, all at the same garage over in Casper. They're going in the build book, where they belong.
— the metal bayFirst clear coat on the green roadster today. Three of us stayed late just to watch it land under the booth lights. Nobody pretended they had somewhere better to be.
— the paint boothStill waiting on a pair of door hinges coming from Ohio, so the trim bench is — for once — ahead of schedule. Nobody is saying that out loud, in case it hears us.
— the trim benchHow a commission works
From First Conversation to Final Handover
Four stages, each signed off by you before the next begins. Tap a stage to see what actually happens.
From the Journal
Latest from The Coachworks Journal
Guides we write ourselves, about work we've actually done. Start with the ones readers keep coming back to.
Plan a build
What Might Your Commission Cost?
Every build is quoted individually after consultation — but this planner gives an honest planning range based on the scope you choose, and turns it into a brief you can send us.
This just downloads a small text file with your choices. Nothing leaves your computer until you decide to email it to us.
The disciplines
Services of the Workshop
Six disciplines, practiced daily under one roof — from the first sketch to the final mile of shakedown testing.
The Coachworks Journal
Guides from the Workshop Floor
Everything here was written by the people who do the work, about jobs we've actually had on the lift. Search it, filter by topic, read as much as you like — it's all free, and there's no sign-up wall waiting at the end.
About the author
Written up by whoever in the workshop did the job, and edited by Olivia Bennett — our client liaison, keeper of the build books, and the person who'll answer if you write in. If a figure or a procedure in an article came from somewhere else, we say so in the text. That's the deal; our Editorial Standards spell it out.
Keep reading
About the workshop
Where Patience Is the Process
A workshop founded on a stubborn belief: that the finest cars were never rushed, and the finest ones still shouldn't be.
A Workshop, Not a Factory
Carmaking Coachworks LLC grew out of a two-bay restoration shop and a simple frustration: beautiful cars were being “restored” to a standard their original builders would never have accepted. Panel gaps you could post a letter through. Interiors trimmed to a price. Engines rebuilt to merely run.
We chose the opposite path. Fewer cars. Longer timelines. Hand-formed panels, French-stitched interiors, and mechanical work documented bolt by bolt. Clients began arriving with cars worth preserving properly — and then with dreams worth building from scratch.
Today the workshop handles full restomods, ground-up one-off commissions, and concours-level restorations. Our craftsmen travel too: we evaluate prospective purchases at the client's location before money changes hands, and every finished car is delivered personally, with a full handover walkthrough.
Our Mission
Every car that enters our workshop carries a history — or the seed of one. Our mission is to honor that with craftsmanship that outlasts trends: honest materials, invisible engineering, and finishes that reward a second look fifty years from now. The Journal exists for the same reason: owners make better decisions — and better cars — when the knowledge is shared openly.
The Crafts, Not Just the Titles
Our team is organized by discipline rather than hierarchy: master coachbuilding and design sign-off; paint and bodywork, from bare metal to final gloss; interior trim, cut and stitched by hand; and client liaison — Olivia Bennett — your single point of contact for consultations, progress reports, evaluations, and delivery. When you write to us, you reach the people who will actually build your car.
Life at the Shop
The kettle goes on at seven. The radio stays on the local oldies station, mostly because nobody can agree on anything else. There's a parts shelf we're all slightly ashamed of, a standing argument about the correct way to load the dishwasher in the break room, and a rule that whoever finds rust the seller swore wasn't there gets to pick Friday's lunch. It's not a big operation, and that's the point — small enough that we know every car in the building by name, because most of our clients gave it one.
Business Details
Carmaking Coachworks LLC is registered in Wyoming, USA. Workshop: 2018 Coffeen Ave, Sheridan, WY 82801. Email: hello@carmaking.store · Phone: +1 (609) 598-5995. Workshop visits are by appointment, Tuesday through Saturday.
— Olivia Bennett, client liaison (the one who answers your emails)
Correspondence
Begin the Conversation
Every commission starts with a conversation. Write, call, or visit — we reply to every serious enquiry within two business days.
Workshop Contact Details
Direct lines to the people who will actually build your car.
- Contact
- Olivia Bennett
- Telephone
- +1 (609) 598-5995
- Workshop
- 2018 Coffeen Ave,
Sheridan, WY 82801 - Hours
- By appointment,
Tue–Sat
Workshop visits are by appointment so a craftsman can show you around properly. If you cannot travel to us, say so — our client liaison regularly travels for consultations and vehicle evaluations, anywhere in the country.
Commission Enquiry
Legal
Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 18, 2026 · Carmaking Coachworks LLC (“we”, “us”), 2018 Coffeen Ave, Sheridan, WY 82801 · hello@carmaking.store
What we collect
This website is a static publication. We do not operate accounts, and we do not collect personal information through this site except what you voluntarily send us by email (for example, a commission enquiry). Like most websites, our hosting provider may record standard server logs (IP address, browser type, pages requested, timestamps) for security and troubleshooting.
Cookies and advertising
This site itself sets no tracking cookies. However, we participate in the Google AdSense advertising program. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
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Analytics and embeds
If we enable privacy-respecting analytics in future, this policy will be updated to name the provider and what it measures before the tool is switched on. We do not sell personal information. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.
Your rights & contact
To ask what information we hold about you (in practice, only emails you have sent us), or to request its deletion, write to Olivia Bennett at hello@carmaking.store or call +1 (609) 598-5995. We respond within 30 days.
Legal
Terms of Use
Last updated: October 18, 2026
Content
Articles in The Coachworks Journal are published for general information about classic cars, restoration, and ownership. They are not a substitute for a professional inspection of a specific vehicle. Mechanical work described here should be performed by qualified technicians; we accept no liability for work undertaken solely on the basis of an article.
Estimates
The build-cost planner on this site produces planning ranges only. A commission is priced solely by the written specification and quotation issued after consultation, which is the binding document.
Intellectual property
Text on this site is © Carmaking Coachworks LLC and may be quoted with attribution and a link. Photographs are credited in their captions and remain the property of their respective owners; workshop photography may not be reused commercially without written permission.
External links
Links to third-party sites (including Google policy pages) are provided for reference; we are not responsible for their content. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, USA.
How we publish
Editorial Standards
The Coachworks Journal is written by the same people who build the cars, and we hold it to the same standard as a build book. Here's how we work:
- Written from the bench. Every guide starts as a job in this shop. Whoever did the work writes it up, and Olivia checks it before it goes live — the numbers, the procedures, the titles, the captions, all of it.
- Real names only. The people on this site are the people in the building. We don't invent experts, borrow photographs of strangers, or put words in anyone's mouth.
- Our own words, or credited. We don't copy, scrape, or lightly rewrite other people's articles. When a figure or a photograph comes from somewhere else, we say so, right there in the text or the caption.
- When we get it wrong, we fix it. Mistakes happen. Quietly editing a page and pretending they didn't is worse. Corrections go into the article itself, noted at the bottom. Spotted one? Write to hello@carmaking.store with “Correction” in the subject line.
- Ads don't buy opinions. If we're ever paid to feature a product, it will say so in the article, in plain sight — see our Advertising Disclosure. So far, it hasn't happened.
Transparency
Advertising Disclosure
The Journal is free to read, and the ads on it — served through Google AdSense, on a United States account in the name of Carmaking Coachworks LLC — are part of how we keep it that way. One rule never bends: advertising does not decide what we write about, and it has never changed a recommendation in a guide. If a guide says the cheaper part is the right part, that's because it is.
How we run the site, in plain terms
- Real writing, by us: the Journal's articles are full-length guides written and checked by the workshop team, about work we've done. Thin, copied, or churned-out pages are the main reason sites get turned away by Google — and honestly, they'd embarrass us anyway.
- Easy to get around: everything here is within two clicks of the home page, the site works properly on a phone, and the live domain runs on HTTPS — the basics in Google's readiness guidance.
- Straightforward privacy: our Privacy Policy says plainly that Google and other vendors may use cookies to personalise ads, and links you to the opt-out routes Google requires us to name — Ads Settings and aboutads.info. Visitors in the EEA, the UK, and Switzerland only see ads after consenting through a Google-certified consent tool (IAB TCF v2.3, required since February 28, 2026).
- We own the place: this domain, its content, and its code belong to Carmaking Coachworks LLC, and the applicant is over 18 — the heart of Google's eligibility requirements.
- Honest traffic: we never buy clicks or pay anyone to visit. When we promote the site, the ad points to a real page that delivers what the ad promised — that's Google's rule, and it's also just manners.
ads.txt
Once the AdSense account is approved, the following line is published at carmaking.store/ads.txt (replace the publisher ID with the account's own ID) so the domain shows “Authorized” status:
google.com, pub-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0
Application checklist (US AdSense)
- Apply with the business details shown on this site: Carmaking Coachworks LLC, 2018 Coffeen Ave, Sheridan, WY 82801; contact Olivia Bennett, hello@carmaking.store, +1 (609) 598-5995 the name and address on the application must match the payee details exactly.
- Verify site ownership by placing the AdSense code snippet in the <head> of the live domain, then request review.
- US payments: complete tax information in AdSense Payments (business EIN) to avoid default backup withholding; payments are made by wire/EFT once the $100 threshold is reached.
- Complete identity and address (PIN) verification within Google's deadlines once earnings reach the $10 verification threshold — ad serving pauses if the windows lapse.
- Google publishes no minimum post count, traffic level, or domain age. What a reviewer is looking for is a finished, working site with substantial original writing — which is what the Journal is for.