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We partnered with The Fast Lane Club to provide full technical preparation and support for a 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 at the Mille Miglia 2026 in Italy. Upon collection from the previous preparer and driving it back to our workshop, the car immediately showed significant reliability concerns. We are currently conducting necessary repairs and installing the required upgrades at our workshops in just a short 3-week time frame. Click to read more about our preparation for this 1000-mile race.
Our final race in our 1961 Jaguar E-Type took place at the 83rd Goodwood Members Meeting. The prestigious event was our team’s final competitive outing in the E-Type, which is now up for sale. Read more about this memorable weekend for our team, who were competing in the Protheroe Cup, an all-Jaguar E-Type race.
Now available for sale, this exceptionally rare 1961 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Flat Floor is finished in Gunmetal Grey over red interior. One of just 631 Flat Floor cars produced, this beautifully restored early E-Type has been converted to right-hand drive and is presented in outstanding condition.
The first P&K Thornton open day of 2026 proved to be our biggest and most successful event to date, with a record turnout and our highest-ever amount raised for Cancer Research UK, with our demonstrations being a big highlight of the day. Click to find out more.
After a major upgrade in August 2025, including a new engine, our 1961 Jaguar Race E-Type produced immediate strong results and a class championship success for P&K Thornton Racing. Building on this momentum, the team is set for its most ambitious season yet in 2026, competing in nine events with a focus on endurance racing.
If you would like to have a coffee, chat with our amazing staff and admire all our show-stopping Jaguars, join us for our P&K Thornton 2026 Events. This includes our fantastic open days in aid of Cancer Research UK, and our highly popular technical workshops for E-Type and XK club members.
After achieving amazing results at Spa Six Hours with our new engine, we’ve gone on to compete in the MRL Silverstone Pall Mall Cup and HMRN Pre-63 GT, our final races of the season.
We’re offering 10% off labour on all pre-winter servicing, but spaces are limited as the colder months approach, so it’s a good time to get booked in.
In addition to the Jaguar X100 (XK8 & XKR) and X150 models, which we began offering specialist services for earlier this year, we have also started servicing newer Jaguar models such as the Jaguar F-Type.
We have partnered again with The Fast Lane Club to offer a full support package and guaranteed entry for the Mille Miglia 2026. This spectacular 5-day race covers approximately 1180 miles across Italy.
At the end of September, the P&K Thornton Restorations team travelled to Belgium to compete in the Spa Six Hours Race at the Circuit De Spa - Francorchamps. Following the installation of our new engine in our 1961 Jaguar E-Type, we were eager to get back on the track at the Spa Six Hour Race 2025, the hardest classic car race in the world.
After competing at the 82nd Goodwood Members Meeting, the Donington Historic Festival MRL Pall Mall Cup and the GT & SCC Silverstone International Trophy earlier in the year. We are returning to the racetrack soon to compete again in the Spa Six Hours with a new engine under our hood.
We had a wonderful weekend at P&K Thornton Restorations, hosting our 2025 Cancer Research Open Day at our Nottingham workshops! The glorious sunshine helped draw a fantastic crowd to our workshops, attracting an exceptional turnout for our 5th annual Open Day, making this year’s Open Day our busiest yet.
If you would like to have a coffee, chat with our amazing staff and admire all our show-stopping Jaguars and classic cars, attend our yearly Cancer Research Open Day on the 9th of August, starting from 8.30 AM.
This event will also be held at the P&K Thornton Workshops, Spring Lane, Lambley, Nottingham, NG4 4PF.
Our team at P&K Thornton Restorations, has recently completed technical support for an Austin Healey 100s at the 2025 Mille Miglia in Italy. We partnered with The Fast Lane Club to offer a full support package and guaranteed entry to the 1180-mile race. The event took place from 14th to 21st of June 2025, during which we provided a full support package, allowing our clients to focus entirely on enjoying the experience of a lifetime.
Since P&K Thornton Restorations was established in 1967, we have developed a reputation for being specialists in classic Jaguar Restorations. We get contacted by clients all around the world for our services. Although we specialise in Jaguars, our well-experienced restoration technicians can restore a wide variety of classic vehicles. We have recently had a large influx of different classic cars entering our workshops and joining our ever-expanding portfolio. Here are a few of the classic cars we have worked on over the past few months-
As the spring sunshine returns, enthusiasts are dusting off their Jaguars and coming in for a service to make sure everything’s running perfectly for the driving season. Spring is a popular time of year for classic car owners to book in for a service now the sun is finally making a regular appearance. Booking your classic car in for a regular service helps to keep your vehicle running smoothly and protects its long-term value.
It was a pleasure hosting the E-Type and XK Club members at our P&K Thornton workshops over the weekend (17th May) for our technical workshops. Starting at 10 AM and finishing around 4 PM, the day comprised of 4 interesting and informative technical workshops. These 4 seminars went over Metalwork, Electrics and Engines along with Servicing and General Maintenance.
Just a couple of weeks after the Goodwood Members Meeting, we were back on the racetrack at the Donington Historic Festival. Taking place between the 2nd and 4th of May, this race demonstrates the determination and enthusiasm we strive for at P&K Thornton Restorations. We competed in two races over the weekend, the Motor Racing Legends Pre-63 GT 1-hour race and the Motor Racing Legends Pall Mall Cup.
After a long winter break, we were eager to get back on the racetrack again, kicking off our 2025 race season at the 82nd Goodwood Members Meeting, taking place on the 12th and 13th of April 2025.
Since our business has been in operation for almost 60 years, we have generated an archive with hundreds of restorations. This archive contains some of our concours winning restorations, demonstrating the care and craftsmanship that went into bringing these Jaguars back to life. If you know your Jaguar was restored at our workshops in the early 1970s to date you can get in contact, and we’ll see what we can find out about your Jaguar in our archive folders.
We have released the dates for our 2025 events. If you are looking for something to do over your upcoming weekends, take a look at all the exciting events you can attend at P&K Thornton.
Following on from our success in the 2024 race season, all of us at P&K Thornton Restorations are preparing for the upcoming 2025 races with a relentless drive to push the limits even further—aiming to set new record times and redefine what’s possible on the track with our Jaguar E-Type.
We have partnered with The Fast Lane Club to offer a full support package and guaranteed entry for the Mille Miglia 2025 in Italy. The event will be taking place between the 14th and 21st of June 2025, the race will be run over 5 days covering approximately 1180 miles. The evening stops will be Bologna, Rome, Milano Marittima and Parma.
We’ve recently started completing work for the Jaguar X100 (XK8 & XKR) and X150 along with some newer Jaguar models.
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.