His CV includes the Metro 6R4, Jaguar XJR-14 and Panoz GTR-1, but John Piper's latest project is his most personal yet. Damien Smith meets the artisan engineer who's breathing new life into some old favourites
He's spent more than 40 years living at motor sport's cutting edge. So why would such a man, now on the cusp of his eighth decade, even think about starting again with a bright and ambitious new business? "It's just what I do," says designer, ex-mechanic, artisan engineer and artist John Piper.
"It's what I've always done. I guess I'm at that age where lots of people use the 'R' word. I'm 69, 70 in August. But I'll quote Carroll Shelby: 'I'll retire when the work's done.' This is simply who I am and I don't feel I've done it all yet."
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