A Life in Motion

"You cannot buy experience. It is earned, mile by mile, bolt by bolt."

The Lotus Era

My education began in the most demanding classroom on earth: the Formula One paddock of the 1970s. Working with Team Lotus was not merely a job; it was an indoctrination into the absolute necessity of precision. In that era, a loose bolt didn't mean a breakdown; it meant catastrophe.

Those years taught me to listen to machinery. To understand that a car is a living system, where every component must be in dialogue with the next. Colin Chapman's philosophy of "simplify, then add lightness" became a guiding principle not just for engineering, but for how I approach the business of automobiles.

The Showroom Years

For decades, I operated one of London's premier showrooms for historic vehicles. We did not sell "used cars." We transferred stewardship of history. We handled everything from pre-war Bentleys to the golden era of 1960s GT cars.

It was there that I learned the difference between a car that looks right and a car that is right. A fresh coat of paint can hide a multitude of sins, but it cannot hide the truth from a trained eye. My reputation was built on never letting a client buy a car I wouldn't own myself.