Carrosserie HH Services in Strasbourg on September 17, 2020. -

G. Varela / 20 Minutes

  • For the European Heritage Days,

    20 Minutes

    presents the Carrosserie HH Services in Strasbourg.

  • A workshop that "smells of authenticity" and where we practice the art of automobile restoration.

  • A real place of cultural heritage, labeled Living Heritage Company since 2007 whose owner is the first restorer of old vehicles appointed master of art by the Ministry of Culture.

In the vintage cars that Hubert Haberbusch restores in Strasbourg, transmission is art.

For these European Heritage Days, take the direction of the Port du Rhin in Strasbourg, rue du Rhin-Napoléon.

This is where the HH Services body shop is located.

A workshop that "smells of authenticity" and where we practice the art of automobile restoration.

Collectors, nostalgic owners, institutions, museums, know this address well, where beautiful bodywork enthusiasts officiate.

Carrosserie HH Services in Strasbourg on September 17, 2020. - G. Varela / 20 Minutes

But for these European Heritage Days (this Saturday and Sunday), you don't need to be a connoisseur of the automotive world.

Because if Hubert Haberbusch opens its doors to the public, it is above all to transmit to visitors the taste for this know-how, which has become rare, but also to promote craftsmanship and restore the image of the car.

And he knows a thing or two about beautiful bodies.

Hubert Haberbusch is the first restorer of old vehicles appointed master of art by the Ministry of Culture.

A knowledge and a mastery that he shares in particular with an apprentice, a companion of duty.

But especially with his successors, Isaak Rensing and Romain Gougenot.

Transmissions again, thanks to a "master - student" device, piloted by the National Institute of Crafts.

Carrosserie HH Services in Strasbourg on September 17, 2020. - G. Varela / 20 Minutes

A real place of cultural heritage, therefore, labeled Living Heritage Company since 2007, or even Living Treasure of craftsmanship in 2016. If its reputation is well established, Heritage Days will above all allow visitors to s' talk to those professionals who will be present.

Carrosserie HH Services in Strasbourg on September 17, 2020. - G. Varela / 20 Minutes

The opportunity also to discover the techniques of the trade of sheet metal worker, old-fashioned techniques, with a hammer.

But above all lovers of a job well done and beautiful things.

Perhaps also to find there, raised on a bridge, a Jaguar, even a Panhard it is not rare to also find simple and popular cars like the 4 CV… Because the important thing is not to to be "specialized in a particular brand, but to have a great project, a real contact between the owners and the team", insists Hubert Haberbusch.

A real artist's studio ...

  • Culture

  • Strasbourg

  • Automotive

  • European Heritage Days

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