Give me Goodwood on a summer's day.

Setting a strict deadline for a project build can be risky – particularly when the car’s a full-on custom restomod

Words Daniel Bevis Photography Well Chuffed Media

Something we hear so often from feature car owners is how their passion for motoring can be blamed squarely on their parents, and that’s very much the case for Alex Eyles. “For as long as I can remember my dad has been doing autocross events, and that’s where it all started for me,” he explains. “I started driving around the age of 8, and as soon as I was old enough to compete I was double-driving with him. His car is quite heavily modified, it’s a Ford Escort RS2000 that’s been gutted, caged and had a Vauxhall red-top dumped up the front, and for me this was a normal car to work on and drive! His day-to-day car at the time was a Honda Accord Type R and we would…

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