Race Car Re - Birth

well when I first saw this car in the workshop I was but seven years old and the car looks massive, like a monster and and I was totally in love with this car when I first... wanted to restore dis car I only knew it was from Rob Slotemaker and then I dig in to the story and then it big came a very special car... and one of the drivers was Frank Gardner and he was... ex F1... a formulal 5000 driver... This car has a great history and it would be a shame if this car was lost I worked for Allen Man Racing.. I had a of colleague Norman Lockwood, and frank was then there driver that's when we started the Z28 project which is the car you see here. It was then a very successful car... It won may races British Saloon Championship twice.. Tarmac Championship twice.. And then then the car got sold to Stuart Graham Rob Slotemaker he has an Racing Driving School in Holland Rob had this car and I was always talking about with him about the car I like it very much and I was very impressed Impressed from the car. Well Rob's career was very impressive I think is best days was probably when he was running for "van der Straten" He was doing Le Mans and lots of other high-profile races and i think is real moment of glory was when I was about 14 years old and he was doing all the spins that was necessary in the movie from my Steve McQueen "the 24 Hours of Le Mans" I always tell in that now when I have money I will buy this car from you of virtually any diet hall here of the dental time the girls cartwheel stemming on the sides of the track when I pass it it goes very fast I couldn't look inside that they have a better some kind of an intuition and I felt like the this is not true this is not true the new of these furnace been getting when he died I get to know it from the notorious and he said this is one of the wheels from Rob that you get his car is racing car that's the way they I get the car when I always looking to the car and saw him driving in racism as I never drove the car by myself in I was impressed with the car and no I'm still impressed from the car in more ways emotion we stand in the way that I get the car then that my nephew pick up the whole story and and and bring me in that same way a situation that I cool too work on the car and maybe also drive the car after that this projects for me was very a astonishing I think it's fantastic the mom someplace that for its no which project is still taking off the I also think it's it's the you guys did the very deep recuse you you got it just in time think if you will start this program for the year later then then probably only the chassis plate was still intact the south wall it's quite a step to to do this because you have to start again from scratch and it's not easy to get all all the old parts dance everything from the historical sites you have to try to figure out and it's not all documented so it's it's difficult projected I'm hoping that the car will ray emerges like all other we is to know I'm sure with patrick said termination who we will see a going I look forward to read to restore the car and to find the funding and to just have been racing again you know that that would be very very impressive and you know I I welcome a you know everybody to to be parted good mmm the