Michel

One step after another – that’s how Michel describes his professional career. Sounds like an uncomplicated and humble guy? Yes, and no.

Fact is: Michel knows where he wants to be: „I’m proud to made my apprenticeship at Classic Lounge and can be part of the team further on. Here I’ve got everything that’s important to me – working with beautiful old cars and familiar and easy going colleagues.“ Quite uncomplicated and humble!
But of course Michel is also young, daring and full of dreams. On the question if there’s a classic car he would like to restore which we didn’t have in our garage yet: „Sure! Tons! But sooner or later they’re all coming to us!“ Quite cheeky and reason enough to consider an apprenticeship at Classic Lounge exciting.

Michel is already hard at work: removing rust, tinning, sanding or preparing sheet metal – always under the watchful eye of Erik of course. Most impressive until now was his first time helping with the body restoration of a Karmann Ghia Pigalle – an extremely rare classic car.

Older gentlemen indulging older vehicles proves to be the most logical. But why are younger men also enthusiastic about it? For Michel it’s the unique character, the distinctive form and the history of each individual car. But even more important for him: to be able to understand the technical progress of classic cars and to recognize the fascinating solutions that were already possible at that time. But there are also other things that he enjoys: cycling, canoeing, diving, reading or simply travelling with friends. But that all came later. Michel grew up interested in vehicles. The range extends from the well-known 1968 Dodge Charger to a now less popular Toyota Corolla E70 station wagon from 1979 to the now very rare Datsun Skyline 2000 GT from 1969.