Restoration and Performance Motorcars

Restoration and Performance Motorcars, usually shortened to RPM, is a family-owned restoration and service shop in Vergennes, Vermont, that also sells classic European sports cars. Its website says it specializes in Ferrari and Porsche. It is an independent business and is not affiliated with Classic Cars Arena.

History and ownership

A 2020 Hagerty profile says Peter Markowski founded RPM in 1985, starting out in the basement of his home and then building the main barn next door. RPM's own About page dates the red barn shop to 1986 and says the family business has run for nearly four decades. Peter's son Steve was working in the shop by the time of that profile. According to the same About page, Peter sold the business in September 2024 to four longtime employees, Nate Barcomb, Rolf Humburg, Keith Carnevale and Jennifer Valz, and he remains part of the team.

How the business works

The company describes itself as a restoration shop that also sells and services cars, with sales one of several lines. The inventory page says cars are onsite "being stored or serviced" in one of its three barns. It also says RPM has many cars for sale that are not advertised at the seller's request (consignment), so the public list is only part of what may be available. Anyone thinking of placing a car with a shop like this can read how classic car consignment works first, because RPM does not publish its fees or terms.

What it sells

The cars on the inventory page include European sports cars and trucks. When we checked on October 23, 2026, the priced listings included a 1998 Ferrari 550 Maranello at $225,000, a 1960 Porsche 356 Roadster at an asking price of $209,000, a 1965 Ford F100 at $49,500 and a 1954 Ford F100 at $39,500. Several more were marked coming soon: a 2003 Ferrari 575M, a 2017 Porsche 911s Endurance Race Edition, a 2018 Porsche 911s and a 2024 BMW M2. The sold archive on the same page gives a wider picture of what passes through the barns, with a 1967 Porsche 912, a 1985 Porsche 911 Carrera, a 1979 Porsche 930, a 1959 Lotus Seven Series 1, a 1976 Triumph TR6, a 1995 Alfa Romeo 155 Q4 and a 1967 Volvo P1800 S.

Services beyond sales

The site describes full restoration and service work, and a third-party directory summary adds maintenance and repair, upholstery, appraisals, transport, storage, import and export, and consultation. We could not confirm each of those on RPM's own pages, so ask the shop which of them it offers today. Because the same people restore, service and sell the cars, a buyer can ask what work the shop has already done on a specific car, and request the records.

Reputation

No BBB profile or review counts were found for RPM. The clearest outside reference is the Hagerty profile, which describes the shop as one of the East Coast's preeminent Ferrari specialist shops. That is Hagerty's characterization, not a measured rating. As with any six-figure purchase, plan on an independent pre-purchase inspection, check the title and the chassis numbers, and compare the car with similar ones, for example among classic cars for sale in Vermont.

Visiting RPM

The shop is at 462 Monkton Road, Vergennes, Vermont 05491. Business hours are not published, so call 802-877-2645 or write to [email protected] before you make the trip.