Nigel BELL Boothman

Epic Restoration Resurrecting a deceptively decrepit Maserati Ghibli SS Spyder. ‘When you sat on the bootlid, the door gaps opened up!’ Careless past work and corrosion made the concours restoration of this ultra-rare Ghibli SS Spyder a far bigger task than expected… Words Nigel Boothman. Photography Dean Smith.

Life Cycle The life story of a Ford Capri Special This rare Capri MkI Special made an impression on everyone who owned it – from the original Ford dealer who couldn’t stop driving it to the man who bought and restored it twice. Words Nigel Boothman. Photography Andy Mccandlish.

Abandoned Lancia Flaminia project restored. Epic Restoration… The Lancia Flaminia GT which languished, rusting, for two decades before a marque specialist worked its magic to resurrect it. Resurrecting a rare Touringbodied Lancia after 20 years of rot and neglect. ‘We had to skin it like a rabbit to get it done properly’ Lancia only made a dozen right-hand-drive Flaminia GTs, so Martin Clife snapped up this stripped, corroded example as a rarity. Two decades on, the restoration finally began. Words Nigel Boothman. Photography Charlie Magee.