Howe Kustom Auto Body
Howe Kustom Auto Body Howe KustomAuto Body · Oakwood, ON 705 928 0020
Finished Chevelle outside the Howe Kustom shop at dusk

Oakwood, Ontario · Serving since 2000

Classic Car Restorations

Frame-off restorations, custom paint and stainless exhaust built right here in the shop — classic muscle cars and trucks, all under one roof in Kawartha Lakes.

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In business since 2000 In-house bodywork, paint & fabrication By appointment only Typically booking several months out

What we do

Whole cars, and the hard parts of them

Classic muscle cars and trucks are our home ground — anything pre-2000s especially. Bodywork, paint, fabrication and exhaust all happen in the same building, so nothing leaves the shop half-finished.

Rear of a blue Corvette convertible showing its stainless exhaust tips

Our speciality

Custom stainless exhaust, built in house

Every system is bent, fitted and welded here in the shop, made to the car in front of us rather than pulled off a shelf. Stainless means it holds its finish and outlasts the car's next twenty winters.

  • Full systems designed around your car, engine and sound
  • Side pipes, dual exits and one-off routing
  • Fitted as part of a restoration or as a job on its own
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Muscle car & truck restoration

Classic muscle cars and pickups brought back properly, from first teardown to final detail.

Frame-off restoration & custom paint

Down to bare metal and back. Panel work, blocking and paint in our own booth — finished to the standard the car deserves rather than the calendar.

Floor pans & rust repair

Full floor pan replacements and rust cut out and repaired in new metal, not covered over.

Fiberglass, SMC & body assembly

Fiberglass and SMC repair, plus body assembly for vintage vehicles and GM models — Chevelles, Corvettes, Camaros and GMC trucks.

Collision & insurance repairs

Collision repair handled through your insurer, done to the same standard as a restoration.

Our work

Out of the bay

A sample of recent builds and works in progress.

Orange convertible muscle car beside the Howe Kustom trailer
GTO convertibleFinished build
Dark blue fastback Mustang with white stripes
Mustang fastbackPaint and body, completed
Mustang fastback in the shop mid-build
In progressFastback build, shop floor
Chevelle shell in primer inside the shop
Bare shell stageBefore the colour goes on
Copper-brown Camaro beside the Howe Kustom trailer in winter
Camaro, out the doorFinished build
Red Corvette in the spray booth
In the boothCorvette, fresh paint
Red and white Corvette convertible
Corvette convertibleFinished build
Blue Corvette rear end with HOWEKSTM plate
Shop carHOWEKSTM
Green C10 pickup
GMC pickupRestoration, finished
Yellow custom van with flame paint for Lindsay Brewing Company
Custom paintLindsay Brewing Company van
Truck stripped to the chassis in the shop
Chassis-off, in progress
Kenworth highway tractor in the shop
Heavy truck workKenworth

The shop

Twenty-six years on Highway 7

Howe Kustom has been building and restoring cars in Oakwood since 2000. It's a working shop, not a showroom — bodywork, paint, metal forming and stainless fabrication happen in the same building, which is how the finish stays consistent from one panel to the next.

Visits are by appointment, so there's always someone free to walk you through the car.

  • Everything under one roofBodywork, paint, metal fab and stainless exhaust done in house — no shuffling your car between shops.
  • One car at a time gets the bayTypically booking several months out. Projects move at the pace the work takes.
The Howe Kustom shop on Highway 7 with a restored Ford pickup out front
The shop on Highway 7, Oakwood

Start a project

Tell us about the car

The more you can tell us up front, the better the first conversation goes. We'll get back to you by phone or email, usually within a couple of business days.

Asked so we can point you honestly at what's realistic for the car.