THE PORTRAIT
A fine classic automobile represents the ultimate marriage of art and machinery. Serious collectors may rely on recognized experts to assist them in either selling and acquiring vehicles of true value, authenticity and distinction.
Ten years ago, Ivo Smutný as the founder of the AVC together with the team of experienced colleagues launched a unique concept of presenting classic cars and approached to get closer to achieve a goal by offering the professional and special services to the clients.
In at that time newly opened premises near Prague at area of nearly 1,000 m2 disposed of a showroom, technical support for the maintenance and a stylish lounge with well-stocked library full of technical literature, dedicated to automotive brands.
Today, after 6 years of sustained growth, we are excited for our next chapter. The current showroom will be moved from the original location to nearby vintage farm, where the old buildings are currently being carefully restored, offering as much as three times more floor area, then it is available now.
It is subtly converted into a unique “airship style” showroom, spacious workshop and car storage and we cannot wait to welcome you there soon.
WHAT WE LOVE
We believe you all like to see these magnificent cars in motion as we do. That’s the reason for our favourite activity – making movies. Together with our young and talented film director, we’re trying to raise the bar and make the movies always better. Choosing the right location with less traffic is a discerning job, it’s not an easy task, but here in wonderful countryside of Czech Republic is a pleasure! Please check out the website for our videos and tell us your really appreciated comments…
R e s t o r a t i o nThanks to our restoration manager Marek Woitsch has the team of mechanics an easier life to be able to fully concentrate on the job itself.
The result is spectacular as you can see in the news section on our website or on the Instagram.
This year is very promising with goal to complete restoration of three very unique cars - 1921 Hispano Suiza H6 by Duvivier, 1922 Austro Daimler AD6 by Köllensperger and 1920 Silver Ghost Alpine Eagle by Grosvenor.
Besides these cars we are supervising a restoration of one of three remaining Avions Voisin V12, Delahaye 135 by Figoni & Falaschi and other interesting projects.
E x h i b i t i o nWe love travel. Especially driving classic cars to some of great events held all around the world. AVC is proud to the results reached in the past and is looking forward to the future. Are you interested to participate with your car at the events like the Concours d’Elegance Villa d’Este or Pebble Beach? We will advise you how to do it and arrange all that is necessary.
Purchase and sale of automobiles
Service and maintenance
We provide the basic maintenance and service to meet your needs. We specialize in cars of pre-war era.Valuation of automobiles
We offer the professional advice in allocating the market value of the automobiles.Auction sale
We offer brokering of the sale of your car at the specialized auctions. We help you to allocate the selling price and choose the appropriate auction for your specific automobile.Facilitating participation at the events dedicated to classic cars
Are you interested to participate with your car at the events like the Concours d'Elegance Villa d'Este or Pebble Beach? We will advise you how to do it and arrange all that is necessary.Car transport
AVC provides the transportation of collectible cars throughout Europe with his own and for this purpose equipped with concealed special that will ensure that your car will not be exposed to the weather and unwanted interest around during the transport. Do you need to transport your car to the exhibition or rally? Don’t hesitate to contact us, we will be happy to help you out. Our experienced driver will make sure, that your car will be during the trip in the best care.Parking and car care
We provide parking and storage of all types of classic cars. If you are interested in one-time storage, or long-term parking, please don’t hesitate to contact us for more information.
Ivo Smutný
CEOPhone: +420 774 911 993
e-mail: ivosmutny@auto-veteran.com
Ivo Smutny born in 1973, after high school joined the ČSL as a representative of the airlines and in 1993 starts his own business in 4WD cars and their accessories, and co-founds an Adventure travel agency.
In 2001 he became a professional airline pilot; he worked for ČSA and later for the Travel Service. Ivo was always interested in transport facilities, especially in automobiles and the airplanes. He began to collect the classic cars with Ferrari 1977 and Porsche 1979, followed by the older generation cars such as Hispano Suiza, Rolls-Royce, Delage, Bugatti, Austro Daimler, Praga, Laurin & Klement and the others.
Today he devotes himself in automobiles of pre-war era.
Jaroslav Vrabec
Project managerPhone: +420 720 576 230
e-mail: jaroslav.vrabec@auto-veteran.com
Milan Přívozník
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