Restoring a classic car or motorcycle eventually hits the same wall: a part you simply cannot buy any more. The tooling was scrapped decades ago, the marque is gone, and the autojumble only turns up parts as tired as yours. EKINSUN exists for exactly this moment — give us the old part (or photos and a few measurements) and we reproduce it, in the correct material and finish, one piece or a small batch.
Two routes — metal and plastic, both covered
Unlike a machining-only shop, we cover both routes — CNC machining and vacuum casting — so we reproduce whatever your part is made of:
Metal parts → CNC machined
Brackets, bushings, spindles, linkages, threaded fittings, small gears, knobs and shafts — turned and milled in steel, stainless, aluminium or brass, then plated, anodised or polished to match.
Plastic trim → vacuum cast
Bezels, dashboard trim, vents, switch surrounds, emblem holders and housings — copied 1:1 in a silicone mould and cast in ABS/PC/nylon-like resin, colour-matched, in small batches.
Parts restorers ask us to remake
- Interior & trim — dashboard bezels, vent louvres, switch surrounds, knobs, emblem holders, window winders
- Engine bay & mechanical — brackets, bushings, linkages, pulleys, small gears, spacers, threaded unions and adapters
- Body & chrome — badge backings, clips, mounts and small cast fittings (machined or cast as appropriate)
- Motorcycle & tractor — triple-clamp parts, levers, caps, brackets and fittings for marques no longer in production
Why restorers use us instead of an instant-quote platform
The big online machining platforms turn restorers away, because they all require a finished STEP/CAD file — and a restorer has the opposite of a CAD file: a worn, decades-old part. We start from the part. We measure it on a CMM, rebuild the drawing it never had, confirm the critical dimensions with you, and reproduce it.
- No drawing or CAD needed — the sample, or photos plus measurements, is enough
- MOQ 1 for machined metal parts; small batches of tens for vacuum-cast plastic
- Correct material & finish so the part looks and fits like the original
- Worldwide shipping via DHL/FedEx to the USA, UK, Germany, Australia and beyond
Who Gets Quotes From Us?
All share the same problem: a part that is no longer made, and every supplier turning them away because there's no CAD file.
Concours Restorer
"I'm restoring a 1963 car to factory spec — a small bracket behind the dashboard is missing and no one makes it."
Send us photos from multiple angles with a few key measurements. We rebuild the geometry, machine the bracket in the correct steel or aluminium, and finish to match — anodized, painted or bare metal as original. MOQ 1.
Marque Club / Members Group
"Ten members need the same rubber-bonded bush — we want to order together but the sizes aren't standard."
Small-batch orders for marque clubs are normal work for us. Metal parts from MOQ 1; plastic and cast parts in batches of 10–50. The more members who join the order, the lower the per-part cost.
Classic Car Dealer / Workshop
"I regularly need unusual parts across different marques — I want one reliable supplier who can reproduce anything."
Send each job as it arrives — we quote individually, no minimum commitment. Over time we build a library of your most common reproductions for faster re-orders.
Museum / Private Collector
"The display car needs a missing dashboard knob reproduced exactly — it must match the other originals in the car."
Metal parts CNC machined; plastic vacuum cast from a silicone mould taken from an original. Colour-matched and finished to original appearance. Decorative and functional parts both covered.
Can You Still Buy It? Check Before You Commission a Remake
Most restoration parts should not be custom-made. For the popular marques a whole reproduction industry already exists, and a stocked repro part — tooled for a production run — always beats a one-off remake on price. The honest sequence is: check the catalogs first. We are the route for the parts that fail that check.
| The part you need | Catalog route? | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Service parts for a popular classic — brakes, gaskets, common bushes for an MGB, Beetle or 2CV | Stocked by marque reproduction specialists | Buy the catalog repro. It was tooled for a production run and no one-off can touch its price |
| Door and window rubbers in a common profile | Stocked by seal-profile suppliers | Buy by profile section. Extruded rubber is a catalog trade, not a machining job |
| Bracket, linkage, window winder or filler cap for a low-production or dead marque | No — the tooling was scrapped decades ago | Machined from your sample or photos in C45 steel, 304 stainless, brass or 6061 aluminium (7075 where the original was a stressed alloy part) — from 1 piece |
| Worn bushing or kingpin set where the housing has worn with it | No — and the catalog nominal no longer fits the worn bore | Machined to the bore you actually have, as a measured pair — worn surfaces rebuilt to the original nominal, never copied worn |
| Dashboard bezel, vent or switch surround in a long-dead plastic | No — the moulds no longer exist | Vacuum cast 1:1 from a silicone mould of your original, colour-matched, in batches of 10–50 |
| Emblem, badge or grille script, worn or missing | Rarely, and seldom for your year | CNC machined in billet 6061 or brass, polished, plated or painted to match — MOQ 1 |
Classic Car Parts FAQ
Yes. Send us the old part — even worn, rusted or cracked — or clear photos with a few measurements. We rebuild the geometry and reproduce it: metal parts CNC machined, plastic trim and housings vacuum cast. No original drawing or CAD file needed.
Brackets, knobs, bezels, dashboard trim, vents, bushings, small gears, threaded fittings, adapters, linkages, emblem holders and housings — in steel, stainless, aluminium, brass or plastic. If it can be turned, milled, cast or moulded, we can usually reproduce it.
No — restoration is exactly the low-volume work we specialise in. MOQ is 1 for machined metal parts; plastic parts are vacuum cast in small batches of tens, which keeps tooling cost low.
Yes. Metal parts can be anodised, plated, polished or blacked; plastic parts can be colour-matched, textured to match the grain and painted. We reproduce the part in the correct material so it looks and fits like the original.
Yes. We CNC machine billet aluminium or brass emblems, badges, grille scripts and trim from your original (worn or broken) or from photos with key dimensions, then polish, chrome-plate, anodise, paint or powder-coat to match the car. One-offs are welcome — MOQ 1 — and we can also run a small batch for a marque club.