Rare restoration footage of British Salmson, curated from across the internet. We're actively searching for footage — check back soon.
Restoration footage documents the painstaking process of bringing a car back from the dead — stripping paint, rebuilding engines, fabricating parts that haven't been manufactured in decades. These videos are part craftsmanship documentary, part detective story, as restorers track down correct components and make difficult decisions about originality versus improvement. The best restoration content captures not just the technical work but the emotional journey of saving a piece of automotive history.
British Salmson was a British based manufacturer of cars, from 1934 to 1939. An offshoot of the French Salmson company, it was taken over by local management. After producing war supplies during World War II, it ceased car production, moved to Glasgow, Scotland, and produced printing machinery.
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