Founded on a passion for classic & sports cars
The Vault is a labour of love and life-long dream come true. However this vibe doesn’t just extend to our love of cars and the car world, it also applies to our customer service, quality and professionalism.
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“I have spent the entirety of my career (with the notable exception of an evening job at the local Co-Op at 15) working in, on or under classic and sports cars. A time served apprenticeship starting by shadowing my father from the age of twelve.
A lifetime spent around cars has furnished me with a knowledge base, skill set and feel for classic cars and their peculiarities. I have a deep and genuine love for the subject matter and culture around them. My earliest memories always feature cars, particularly a certain Lotus Cortina engine bay I recall. My very best experiences have all been very motor-centric, and it is a privilege to live it every day.
I have a particular flair for engine set up and tuning, detail and optimisation.
I am professional, honest and respect everyone’s passion in whatever form it takes.
I have a particular personal enthusiasm for British classics; the Triumph TR range - and the 6 above all, modern and classic Bentley and Rolls Royce cars, and the machines of the 80’s and 90’s revolution that brought performance to the masses.
Currently, I am restoring a 1982 Honda CL250S, aiming for exacting original specification. I am also proudly a new owner of a 1990 VW Scirocco GT2, thanks in no small part to my colleague here at the Vault Europe.
See you at the shows, perhaps…”
My dream garage would have to include:
Triumph TR6
Mercedes W124 E36 AMG
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Hailing from Oxfordshire John has recently relocated to his former favourite holiday destination of the Suffolk coast. With decades of motor engineering under his belt John adds a specific capability around modern electronics, diagnostics and deep fault finding within complex sports and supercars.
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My classic car passion started with an article I read in about 1985 about what we’d now call a barn find, in fact it was more of a ‘hedge find’, a rear engined, air cooled, pre-war Tatra, I was mesmerised! Following this I developed a keen interest in my mother’s Morris Traveller, which I bought from a scrap yard after she sold it (aged 14!) and my Grandad’s 1983 Skoda Estelle, another rear-engined gem, which Alex restored for me and I still own!
My small collection today spans cars from my childhood, dream cars from my adolescence, such as a Ferrari 328 and just silly stuff like my near 200 MPH Bentley Arnage Mulliner T…I love them all!
My work life has taken me through property, banking, IT and marketing, latterly holiday letting through The Suffolk Cottage Collection.
The Vault is a long-held ambition of mine, to work with respected and long-term friends around cars and the car world, to share a little of our passion with our customers and community.
My dream garage would include:-
Ferrari 250 GTE
BMW E34 M5 Touring
Tatra 77
Porsche 992 GT3
Subaru 360
Mazda MX5 Mk3
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With a strong administration background in the interior design industry, Anneliese’s appreciation of aesthetics and design has smoothly crossed over to the world of classic cars. Drawing on plenty of office-based experience she is here to support not only the team at The Vault but the customers and owners as well.
“My dream garage did not exist prior to working at The Vault. However, the passion and enthusiasm for beautiful cars here is highly infectious and already there are three on my list:
Hudson Hornet, of course!
Mini Cooper
Porsche 550 Spyder”