If your automotive dream is an Austin Allegro with carbon fibre bodywork and Honda Integra Type R underpinnings or a Saab 900 that drives like an Audi RS, then you need a small but rather mighty company based in the Midlands in England. Retropower has been going since 2009 and it is the company that Gordon Murray called when he wanted someone to build him a special Mk1 Escort.
Founded by two brothers, Callum and Nathan Seviour, Retropower is a one stop shop for bespoke cars of breathtaking diversity. In this episode of The Driver’s Seat on Hagerty, Henry Catchpole gets behind the wheel of their latest build – Project Lucky Strike. It has turned what is often considered one of history’s most undesirable cars into something genuinely attractive and fun.
As well as driving the Allegro we have a chat to Callum and take a tour of the workshops to see the scope of what Retropower does and understand the philosophy behind the company. We also hear why they have never restored and modified a Porsche 911 and we meet Buzz, the Jack Russell.
Given the choice, what unlikely car would you choose for a restomod? Let us know in the comments down below.
