Master mechanic in a brown jumpsuit leaning on a Mercedes SL Pagode in Palm Springs
Hamburg · Los Angeles, CA

THAT
GERMAN
CAR GUY

Mobile restoration & repair for classic European and American automobiles — performed on-site, at your garage.

"I fly in. I stay. Until your car runs the way it should."

Portrait of the master mechanic
Est. Hamburg 1982
The Story

Old cars.
Old-school hands.

Started out at Roth Custom Cars in the United States — years on the floor learning what makes an American V8 tick and a lowrider hop. Muscle, hot rods, chopped tops. The loud school.

Then back to Hamburg to open my own Wagenbauanstalt — the kind of shop where a 280 SL is not a project car, it's a Tuesday. Decades of concours-level restoration, and no patience for shortcuts. That combination is rare — and it's why I fly to your car instead of the other way around.

I don't do dealership prices. I don't do dealership excuses either.

How It Works

Six steps.
Clear rates.

  1. 01

    Submit your request

    Fill out the on-site form. The more detail, the better.

  2. 02

    Diagnostic call

    A 20-minute conversation. Bring the car's story.

  3. 03

    Hourly rates

    No fixed prices. Parts sourcing from $150/hr. Home garage repairs from $500.

  4. 04

    I fly in & set up

    Tools, parts and I arrive. On your driveway if needed.

  5. 05

    Repair or restoration on-site

    Work happens where the car lives.

  6. 06

    Handover & test drive

    We drive it together. If it isn't right, I stay.

Requests are grouped by region — I'll reach out once a travel window is confirmed for your area.

Specialties

What I work on.

European Classics

Primary focus
Porsche 356 Speedster with patina at the Baltic coast
Case study
Porsche 356 — Speedster Patina
Custom widebody Porsche 911 in British racing green
Porsche 911 Widebody
Mercedes 190 SL service in Los Angeles
Mercedes 190 SL

American Customs

Muscle, Hot Rods, Lowriders — Roth Custom Cars pedigree
1955 Kustom Roadster in maroon with whitewall tires
1955 Kustom Roadster
1964 Impala Lowrider in candy apple red on chrome wires
1964 Impala Lowrider
1932 Chevrolet Hot Rod with exposed chrome engine
1932 Chevrolet Hot Rod
1953 Cadillac Kustom in deep metallic green
1953 Cadillac Kustom
Request Service

Tell me about
your car.

Nine short steps. About four minutes. Everything you send goes straight to me — nobody else.

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Vehicle basics