TMCP #637: Tom Maxwell of Velocity Restorations // Classic Cars and Trucks Made on Modern Day “Small-Mass Production Line”
The MuscleCar Place
Robert Kibbe
4.5 • 702 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Velocity Restorations serves a unique space in the restoration world — for enthusiasts who want a classic vehicle that captures the memories of their past without spending years in a garage or navigating endless custom decisions. Rather than operating as a boutique, one-off shop, Velocity takes an a la carte, production-driven approach. Customers choose from a curated range of options that fit within a carefully planned build system, allowing Velocity to deliver consistently high-quality restorations at scale. Their process is engineered for repeatability, efficiency, and continuous improvement, resulting in vehicles that are designed to be driven, not just displayed.
Unlike companies producing brand-new replicas, Velocity Restorations starts with authentic, original vehicles, restoring them through a refined production line that preserves history while delivering modern reliability. With a growing inventory of sourced vehicles and demand that continues to rise, Velocity offers everything from classic and Fox-body Mustangs to Broncos, Ford trucks, Chevy Blazers, C10s, K10s, and Scouts. The result is a restoration experience that delivers peace of mind, a rare industry warranty, and a vehicle ready for road trips, memories, and real-world use. You can see Velocity’s impressive builds at YouTube.com/@VelocityRestorations and explore build options at VelocityRestorations.com.
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| 0:00.0 | The Muscle Car Place Online Podcast, episode number 637. This week, we're going to dig into the production car company that is Velocity Restorations. |
| 0:11.2 | There's a world out there in our industry of a production-like classic car, meaning a near-new, if not completely new classic car with a usable drive train, new, redesigned usable interior, |
| 0:22.6 | all the stuff that used to be only in custom cars but now in a production car. |
| 0:27.6 | Velocity is the biggest of them all, producing not just one model but numerous. |
| 0:31.6 | Classic Broncos, Ford trucks, Chevy Blazers, scouts, 67 to 68 Mustangs, now Fox Body Mustangs. |
| 0:38.3 | You can order one up on their website with a fixed price and a delivery date known in advance. |
| 0:43.3 | They have 100 plus employees, a factory big enough to make aircraft in, and this is how they're doing it. |
| 0:48.3 | It's very, very processed driven and understanding that, hey, this doesn't have to be overly complicated. It is |
| 0:55.9 | documentable. It is trainable and it is repeatable. Part of Velocity's brilliance, I think, is |
| 1:01.5 | controlling the options. This is the Muscle Carplace online podcast, brought you by National Parks Depot. |
| 1:13.3 | This is the weekly show dedicated to people worldwide who love American muscle cars. |
| 1:19.7 | If you're buying, selling, restoring, even racing them, this is the place for you. |
| 1:25.9 | Now here's your host, Rob Kibby. |
| 1:29.5 | Well, here we are, the final show of January 2026. That went fast. Our guest is Tom Maxwell from |
| 1:35.8 | Velocity Resturations and Classic Recreations. Classic for you longtime listeners, that's the company |
| 1:41.6 | that Jason Engel started years ago making, |
| 1:44.7 | let's just say it, making Eleanor Mustangs from the Gone 60 Seconds movie. I remember interviewing |
| 1:50.1 | Jason from my basin in 2009 or 10. My gosh, that's 16 plus years ago. And now Classic is under |
| 1:59.6 | the purview of Velocity velocity restoration. So the topic here is |
| 2:03.1 | velocity to the whole company. This is the how of the business. We're not going to get as deep |
| 2:07.5 | into the specifics of each and every model, but they are making a production like vehicle with a |
| 2:14.1 | custom usable interior. You know, like a console that's at the level of your elbow, |
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