Shop Savvy

Through years of covering the classic car world, we’ve seen a lot of restoration shops, and it’s remarkable how many of these professional facilities—be they machine shops or all-out restoration/body shops—fail to keep an organized and safe environment. Often these places are a disorganized mess, which can also make them unsafe as a result. Beyond safety is the issue of efficiency—in a business where work is measured in terms of hours spent, technicians shouldn’t have to struggle to find what they’re looking for.

The first order of business in any shop, be it home or a business, is organization and neatness: A place for everything and everything in its place. This, in turn, improves safety. Parts left on the floor can be a cause of falls and other personal injuries, not to mention damage to the part itself. Any equipment