THE RIGHT STUFF

Classic Fords restored: A stickler for the smallest details, when it came to building a period-perfect Capri 3.0S to relive his youth, Bob Davison called on the equally fanatical Steve Mangham to bring his vision to life.

Dan Sherwood

With most things in life, there’s getting things done, and then there’s getting things done right. For some people, there’s very little to distinguish between the two — after all, if something works, then why worry about the finer details? But for a certain slice of the population, this distinctly nonchalant attitude just simply won’t cut it. For these acutely-driven people, you either do it right, or not at all. And when it comes to restoring classic cars, that void between ‘done’ and ‘right’ is a chasm as wide as the Grand Canyon. “I’ve always been a bit detail-obsessed, especially with my cars,” laughs electrical engineer Bob Davison, when we meet him and his immaculately-restored, 1981 Capri 3.0S outside the nondescript premises of SM Classic Car Restorations in Doncaster. “So…

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Classic Ford (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2025

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