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Crosthwaite & Gardiner

Crosthwaite & Gardiner is a British historic racing car restoration company founded in 1969 in East Sussex by mechanic Dick Crosthwaite and restoration engineer John Gardiner. They started out building, restoring, maintaining and optimising Bugatti race cars, but over time they have built a reputation and competence for all kinds of vintage race cars, for full restorations and for custom parts.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Bugatti Type 57 SC roadster1
Photo: Staten Island Kar Klub (S.I.K.K.),inc, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Crosthwaite & Gardiner is a British historic racing car restoration company founded in 1969 in East Sussex by mechanic Dick Crosthwaite and restoration engineer John Gardiner. They started out building, restoring, maintaining and optimising Bugatti race cars, but over time they have built a reputation and competence for all kinds of vintage race cars, for full restorations and for custom parts.2

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