Farmer makes new Aston Martin cars in shed!

Category: Aston Martin, News

Written by: Steve on Monday, July 27th, 2009 at 5:34 pm

British car engineering is all about men with beards building cars with their bare hands in a shed, and one man has gone right back to the roots by doing just that (without the beard).

Andy Soar is a farmer and is used to pottering around with tractors as part of his job. However, bored with the slow speeds that a tractor offers, he set up his own racing company located in his farm. Locked away in his shed for more hours than is usually healthy, Andy Soar has built a brand new Aston Martin DBR1 completely from scratch.

The thirty-eight-year-old is so pleased with his new Aston Martin that he plans to leave farming behind and take up motorsport as a full time career.

The car, which is a replica Aston Martin it has to be said, costs £50,000 and has already been sold. The car has been constructed fifty years after the original DBR1 won Le Mans, the World Sportscar Championship and the 1,000km Nurburgring endurance race.

Andy Soar stated about his new hobby:

“It is only a small farm and it is not viable to pay a whole wage, so I decided to diversify and turn my hobby into a business. When it’s raining and not farming weather, I come into the workshop.

“I’ve always been interested in sports cars of the 1950s and 60s. I like the sound of the engine, the wind in my hair, and it is a more connected driving experience. It is immensely satisfying to drive something you have created yourself.”