Old School Classics

"Very nice shop, definitely old school . Lotta cool projects. They did a great job on my car . Definitely recommend them for any work you need done ."

"Thank you Bruce ! My family and I was headed to take our son to school and was having car issues . After googling mechanic in the areas we came across this establishment! Great person , great service … He stop everything to assist and we are extremely grateful for his service … Fixing our car with a short notice , to assure us we can continue our trip ! This app only gives 5 stars however , he deserves 10! Thank you …"

"I drove my 1972 Cadillac Eldorado resto-mod from Los Angeles to Chicago for a Cadillac convention. After 2 weeks of delicious deep dish pizza, museums, and tours, I was ready to return. I went to start my car and discovered the battery was dead. AAA replaced the battery, and discovered the engine would crank but would not turn over. I needed to find a repair shop or make arrangements to ship it home. I began a Google search and quickly began calling “classic auto repair shops”, asking for help. The replies ranged from “We can’t take you for 2 weeks” to “We don’t work on cars that old”. I finally dialed Old School Classics in Monee IL. Bruce listened patiently to my predicament and said he would help. I had the car towed from downtown Chicago to his shop in Monee. Bruce greeted me and began working on it right away, with help from Mike and Ray. By the end of the day Bruce had isolated the problem to the EFI control module, one of the many modifications I had made to improve performance. Bruce continued working on my car first thing next morning. He reached technical support at Holley, who helped him verify that that the ECM module was fine. They directed Bruce to a hidden relay that tested bad. After replacing the relay, the engine fired up perfectly. I was very grateful to pay this bill, be on my way and avoid a $4,000 charge to ship the car back home. My car ran perfectly for the 2,000 mi trip back to Los Angeles. Bruce, Mike, and Ray are honest “Old School” people. You can trust their expertise. They deliver excellent service quickly and efficiently."

"Bruce and the team at OSC are great! I have taken several vehicles to them for paint work and the finished product has always turned out top-notch. Bruce communicates with you throughout the whole process and allows you to stop in to see how things are going. They always finish the job on time and will stay late in the evening to not miss the deadline. I would definitely recommend taking any restoration, bodywork, paint work, or etc. to Old School Classics! Five Stars!!!"

"Bought a ‘70 Charger 500 from these guys in December 2015 while deployed, had a good friend handle everything for me and the overall buying portion went pretty well. Mr Young sent me pics of the car, stated it was getting new sheet metal, and it seemed like I was getting a great deal. Fast forward to now, I was finally able to get enough free time to travel back to Illinois and trailer the car from my parents to where I currently live to finish the car myself. Decided to take the motor out and front clip off to see what kind of shape the sub frame and inner fenders were in. Frame was rotted out on passenger side and partially collapsed, outside of frame rot was covered with 22ga sheet metal to make the appearance of a solid frame. Front of rocker panels were rotted out, these guys never even removed the front fenders but that wasn’t the kicker, body filler looked pretty wavy under the driver side door so I hit it with a sander. After sanding off almost 1/4” of body filler I found that the rocker panels were rotted out. Mind you that this body filler was slapped on top of rust and the original and second layers of paint. They did replace the rear quarters but they slapped them on over a rusted out rear frame section which I’ll have to remove their work to do it right like they should have done in the first place. So to back track a little bit, Mr Young sent me pics from the previous restoration making it look like everything was fresh and done right, shortcuts were taken in multiple areas rather than doing it right with sheet metal repair, and while I was still gone my buddy asked for some parts that were missing(was told they would get the parts to him, never received them). I know this all happened almost 2 years ago but I’d be cautious with what kind of product you may be getting from Old School Classics."