Hands, patience
and 4x4s
We’re a small independent atelier: a few projects a year, each followed one by one from start to finish. No assembly line - just craftspeople who love these vehicles.
Marco Realini
Founder & master technician
Marco put his hands on his first engine at fourteen and never stopped. Thirty years across workshops, rallies and quarries: first a mechanic, then a tuner, finally a builder. He learned 4x4s by actually using them - mud, dunes, alpine passes - and it’s that experience that goes into every vehicle leaving the atelier.
- 30+ years across mechanics, restoration and off-road preparation
- Land Rover Defender and vintage 4x4 specialist
- Every project passes through his hands before delivery
You understand a vehicle by driving it. That’s why I won’t sign off anything I wouldn’t drive myself.— Marco
It all happens in our workshop in Bellinzona, where the mechanical, body, trim and test areas live side by side. We recover healthy donors across Europe, strip them to the chassis and rebuild them with original parts and modern solutions where they genuinely improve life on board. We don’t sign anything off until we’ve driven the example and it convinces us as if it were our own.
A few projects at a time, each followed one by one - from diagnosis to handover.
How we work
A genuine one-off
We don’t replicate: every build is designed around one person.
Reliability first
Beautiful to look at, built to be used and to last.
Respect for the original
We modernise where useful, preserve where it matters.
Honest advice
We tell you what makes sense, even when it suits you and not us.
Guarantees & expertise
The team
