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BRINGING BACK THE PAST.(Revs)
Byline: NIGEL BURNHAM
If you were the owner of one of the world's rarest cars, would you trust its restoration to three guys who set up shop after a night in a bar? It may not sound like a good idea, but that's exactly what one car owner has done.
The car in question is a 1927 Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 with a 1932 body. It took more than 18 months to complete and cost its German owner in the region of $85,000. The 50-hp motor is 19 feet long and weighs three tons. The car was restored in a tiny workshop on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales-one of England's most beautiful national parks.
In charge of turning the car into a luxurious runner, fit enough to wear its Spirit of Ecstasy hood motif with pride, are Dick Francis, 50; Steve Layton, 45; and Steve Smith, 36.
The trio had wanted to run their own restoration shop and finally went for it after finding themselves simply going through the motions working 9 to 5 for a vehicle restorer in northeast England.
"We were sitting in a pub one night and decided to bite the bullet and give it a go,'' says Francis.
Francis and the two Steves have 60 years of restoration experience between them, and set up their firm-The Carrosserie Co. UK-three years ago. Since then they've been inundated with work from car owners around the world.
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Source: HighBeam Research, BRINGING BACK THE PAST.(Revs)