News and events.

Available now after a tremendously successful race season, built and run by P&K Thornton Racing.

At the end of October, the P&K Thornton’s team competed in the final race of the season, the RAC Pall Mall Cup at Silverstone. After our success at the Spa Six Hours the team were feeling eager and excited for this 3-hour endurance race in our 1961 Jaguar E-Type.

The team at P&K Thorntons drove to Belgium at the end of September to compete in the Spa Six Hours Race. After getting the car in January as a project, we restored it and entered it into the hardest classic car race in the world. Despite a mistake in the qualifiers, knocking down our starting position, we finished in the 41st position out of 81 and came first in our class (GTS7) as we ran close to standard certifications pre-63 GT regulations.

Our apprentice Jamie won The Simon Diffey Heritage Motorsport Apprentice award. Jamie is in his second year as an apprentice at P&K Thornton Restorations working as a ‘classic body work technician’ along with studying at the Heritage Skills Academy. The award was created in honour of the historic racing driver, Simon Diffey, who was killed in a road accident in 2022. Jamie will be receiving his award at the ceremony on the 19th  of September 2024 for all his hard work and commitment to learning the trade. The award came along with many prizes including support towards gaining a racing licence and tickets for an international race. This is a fantastic achievement for our young apprentice and we look forward to continuing to work with Jamie for the foreseeable future.

6th of July, our 2024 Open Day at P&K Thornton Restorations, visit our workshops, engine bay, rolling road facility and bodyshop. Breakfast and hot drinks are on the house while kindly asking for donations for Cancer Research UK. To book, please contact us via the usual channels.

The first race is always a daunting one! After the problems we suffered at Donington Historic, we went back to the drawing board of engines building to diagnose the oil leak and booked in for another race weekend with Equipe Classic, this time everything went as it should and we scored a couple of class podiums.

Return to the fast lane with Grant Williams Racing and BUY1 Coombs Jaguar MK1. We had a wonderful time at Silverstone racing with HRDC Jack Sears Trophy.

Return to the fast lane with Grant Williams Racing and BUY1 Coombs Jaguar MK1. We had a wonderful time at Silverstone racing with HRDC Jack Sears Trophy.

Cip Nistorica, our MD, takes you through a virtual workshop tour! Discover the projects we are working on in the upcoming months. Exciting Jaguar models and some Italian charm.

We accepted the challenge not only to improve the performance of the Jaguar E-Type V12, but also to enhance the exterior design feature taking into account the Jaguar heritage and period materials used. Design and execution by P&K Thornton Restorations.

We are returning post covid to the NEC Classic Car Show where we will be presenting our latest restoration and an intriguing and reimagined Jaguar E-Type V12 Coupe. Stand 2670, hope to see you there!

We’ve had a fantastic day with our guests for our very first Open Day. An eclectic mix of classic cars were parked around our workshops and it was an absolute joy to watch. We promise to make next year’s edition even better!

16th of July, our 2022 Open Day at P&K Thornton Restorations, visit our workshops, engine bay and bodyshop. Breakfast and hot drinks are on the house while kindly asking for donations for Cancer Research UK. To book, please contact us via the usual channels.

It became our tradition to down tools ahead of the big day and put together a little video to get us all in the Christmas spirit. This year’s effort is probably our best ever. Hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed making it! Merry Christmas!

We’ve had a fantastic day with our guests for our very first Open Day. An eclectic mix of classic cars were parked around our workshops and it was an absolute joy to watch. We promise to make next year’s edition even better!

7th of August 2021, our first Open Day at P&K Thornton Restorations, visit our workshops, engine bay and bodyshop. Breakfast and hot drinks are on the house while kindly asking for donations for Cancer Research UK. To book, please contact us via the usual channels.

A 5 speed gearbox was fitted to the formidable E-Type to better adapt it to the modern traffic..

This week we focused our efforts on metalwork. With several restoration projects in the PKT workshop requiring panel attention, we started with the Mk II 3.8 that was in need of an engine bay complete tidy up. With the engine, transmission and all ancillaries removed, now it’s the time to correct the tired looking engine bay. We’ve started by removing the old flaky coating to exposed original factory primer, always a good sight!

Pushing on towards the finish line.