Twenty-two years of one rule: the car in front of us deserves our full attention.
Apex Motorworks was founded in 2004 by a former Porsche master technician who decided he'd rather work on six cars a week properly than forty poorly. The shop has grown since, but the rule hasn't. We still never service more cars than we can give real attention. We still take photos of every job. We still answer the phone when you call.
A specialist shop is a different thing than a dealer.
Rick Halloran spent fourteen years as a master technician at Champion Porsche in Pompano Beach before starting Apex. He watched the dealership model work against the work — cars flowing through the shop on a flat-rate clock, technicians rewarded for speed, service advisors selling jobs that weren't strictly necessary and skipping ones that were. The work was fine. But it was production-line work on cars that had never been production-line anything.
In 2004 he took a small bay in a warehouse complex off Indiantown Road with one lift, a Porsche PIWIS tester, and a waiting list of eleven customers who'd followed him out of Champion. The shop has grown four times since — to the current 14,000 square-foot facility on Jupiter Park Drive — but the model hasn't changed. We service cars we know, on our schedule, to our standard. We say no to work we can't do right. We document everything.
Rick still owns the shop. He's in the building most days, usually working on a personal project in Bay 4 — currently a 1973 911 RS tribute build that's been his off-hours obsession since 2019. If you visit and he's there, say hello.
Four non-negotiables.
These aren't marketing points. They're the reason we still have clients who brought cars in 2004 and have brought every car since.
OEM parts, OEM fluids, OEM procedures.
Every job uses the exact parts and fluids the factory specifies. No "equivalent" fluids, no aftermarket filters, no "close enough" substitutions. The factory engineered the car. We service it the way they engineered it to be serviced. If a client specifically requests an upgrade, we discuss it — but the default is always factory-correct.
Flat quotes. No surprise invoices.
Every job starts with a written quote. The quote stands unless we find something that requires scope change, in which case we stop work and call you. No exceptions, no "while we were in there" add-ons that double the invoice. This is how we've always worked. It's also why we sleep well.
Every job is photographed and documented.
Every car that comes through this shop gets a photo record of work performed — before, during, and after. Part numbers are logged. Torque values are logged. Fluid brands and batch numbers are logged. When you sell the car in ten years, you can hand the next owner a service binder that reads like a restoration document.
We decline work we can't do properly.
We turn away two or three cars a week. Not because we don't want the work, but because we won't do work we don't have the certification, tooling, or parts-supply chain to execute correctly. When we decline a job, we tell you who to call. Usually that's Canepa or one of two shops in South Florida we trust.
Five people. Nine factory certifications. Every job has someone's name on it.
We're a small shop on purpose. Every car gets a lead technician assigned at intake — the same person who does the work also signs the invoice. You can ask for that technician by name when you call. This is how it worked at good dealerships in 1982, and it's the correct way to run a service shop.
Opened Apex in 2004 after fourteen years at Champion Porsche. Formally trained at the Porsche Apprentice Program in Reno (1986), Bosch diagnostics certification, ASE Master. Rick runs the shop floor and leads every significant restoration. He personally approves every engine-out job that comes through the facility.
- > PORSCHE FACTORY TECH · CERT 1987
- > ASE MASTER AUTOMOBILE
- > BOSCH DIAGNOSTIC SPECIALIST
- > PIWIS III CERTIFIED
Daily: 1995 993 Carrera 2S. Weekend: ongoing 1973 911 RS tribute build (Bay 4).
Came to us from Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale in 2011. Factory-trained on every production Ferrari from the 348 forward, with specific depth in F1 gearbox service, 355/360 engine-out procedures, and modern direct-injection platforms. Marco also handles our Lamborghini V10 and V12 work — he apprenticed at Lamborghini Miami before moving to Ferrari.
- > FERRARI FACTORY TECH · 2003
- > LAMBORGHINI CERTIFIED · 2008
- > SD3 & LEONARDO DIAGNOSTIC
- > ASE L1 ADVANCED
Daily: 2019 F-150 Raptor. Weekend: 1987 328 GTS (his since 2014).
Joined Apex in 2016 from Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Palm Beach, where he was senior technician for eight years. Before that, eight years at Jack Barclay in London. James handles all Rolls-Royce and Bentley work, including bespoke refurbishment, Mulliner veneer coordination, and Naim audio service. He is the only technician in Palm Beach County certified on current-generation Spirit-of-Ecstasy retraction mechanisms.
- > ROLLS-ROYCE TECHNICIAN · 2008
- > BENTLEY CERTIFIED TECH · 2011
- > MULLINER COORDINATOR
- > CITY & GUILDS MASTER · UK
Daily: 2022 Defender 110. Weekend: a very original 1969 MGB he's had longer than his marriage.
Elena came to us from the McLaren Special Operations program in Woking in 2020 — the only tech in our county to hold current MSO certification. Her work is primarily carbon-monocoque hypercars: MP4-12C forward, Senna, GT, Speedtail, and our two Pagani clients. Mechanical engineering PhD from Imperial College. If we have a problem nobody else can diagnose, it ends up on Elena's bench.
- > McLAREN MSO CERTIFIED
- > PAGANI AUTHORIZED SERVICE
- > PhD MECHANICAL · IMPERIAL '09
- > TUV CARBON COMPOSITE
Daily: 2024 Taycan GTS. Weekend: track days with an ex-BTCC Honda Integra.
14,000 square feet, built for this specific work.
We designed the Jupiter Park Drive facility around the needs of exotic service and restoration, not as a retrofit of a generic shop. Climate-controlled throughout, polished epoxy floors, lifts sized for long wheelbases, a dedicated paint booth, and a separate climate-controlled storage wing behind the main service floor.
Facility specifications
- Total area14,000 sq ft
- Service bays6 (4-post & scissor)
- Paint boothDowndraft, 24×16, heated cure
- Storage wing22 climate-controlled stalls
- HVAC72°F / 45% humidity throughout
- FlooringPolished epoxy, sealed
- Security24/7 monitoring · Biometric entry
- Insurance$25M aggregate · Heacock Classic
Twenty-two years, four moves, one belief.
The shop has grown gradually. We've moved four times, each time to handle a specific need — more storage, a paint booth, climate control, eventually the current facility. We still service the same families of cars, many from the same original clients.
Founded in a 1,600-square-foot bay on Indiantown Road
One lift. One PIWIS tester. Eleven clients who followed Rick out of Champion Porsche. First car serviced: a 1999 996 Carrera 4 for a client who still owns it.
Moved to a 4,000-square-foot facility in Jupiter Farms
Added Marco DiStefano and began Ferrari service. First restoration commission: a 1987 328 GTB for a Wellington client. Waiting list to become a service client reached six months.
James Whitfield joined from Rolls-Royce Palm Beach
Expanded into British marques. Moved to an 8,000-square-foot facility in Abacoa with dedicated paint booth. Began concours preparation program.
Elena Ruiz joined from McLaren Woking
Only MSO-certified tech in Palm Beach County. Added hypercar program. Began on-site storage service with initial eight-stall climate-controlled wing.
Current Jupiter Park Drive facility opens
14,000 square feet, purpose-built. 22 storage stalls, six service bays, dedicated detail shop, client waiting suite. Apex Club launched the following quarter.
Come by. See the shop. Meet the team.
We're happy to show you around — the facility, the current builds, the storage wing. Visits are by appointment only, typically weekday mornings. Call ahead and we'll put coffee on.
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